Skip to main contentRemainders: Multi-state Common Core tests to take 8-10 hours
By | March 6, 2013, 12:51am UTC - New Common Core exams that New York could adopt would take eight to 10 hours. (Curriculum Matters)
- A long time ago we tried to rename “reformers.” Here’s an attempt at a whole taxonomy. (Peer-Reviewed)
- Speaking of minority caucus UFT presidential candidate Julie Cavanagh, here’s an interview. (WOR 710)
- Regularly absent city students’ NAEP scores were down 9 percent on average. (Inside School Research)
- A Bronx school’s new colors, including “salsa,” come courtesy of designer Massimo Vignelli. (City Room)
- Overheard on the subway: Students who say they give more to teachers who care. (Shoulders of Giants)
- A New York student has one of the world’s worst school commutes; see others. (Transportation Nation)
- A teacher offers a critical close reading of scenes from Oprah’s “Blackboard Wars.” (Assailed Teacher)
- A writer says school policies now, as in the past, aim to eliminate blackness. (Root DC via Answer Sheet)
- A low-performing Newark, N.J., school is struggling to serve new students with disabilities. (Hechinger)
- Eric Hanushek is coming around on the value of reasoned, open ed policy debate. (Bridging Differences)
- A city teacher says an educator “bar exam” is no substitute for a higher entry bar. (Mr. D’s Neighborhood)