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The journalist tells Hedges that the system is "designed to inculcate the traits of obedience, punctuality and respect for authority within working-class children." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 20, 2016
Far from dispensing with the controversial, high-stakes practice, John King intends to defend it “by blackmail if necessary,” writes Marilena Marchetti at Socialist Worker. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 11, 2015
The Every Student Succeeds Act scraps the federally mandated high-stakes testing regime of No Child Left Behind, the despised Bush-era federal education law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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David Sirota / TruthdigJun 22, 2015
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's presidential campaign announcement speech at Miami Dade College last week was an extreme makeover including passages that probably had America doing a double take. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMay 4, 2015
The "Last Week Tonight" host dedicated the longest section of his HBO show Sunday to discussing the one thing teachers, students and parents all despise: standardized testing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 17, 2015
Tens of thousands of parents took a stand against the education agenda of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and standardized tests nationwide by having their children boycott one such exam in mid-April. In some districts, abstention levels reached 80 percent. (Pictured: Jack Bierwirth, the superintendent of Herricks Public Schools in Long Island.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 20, 2013
Two new books about the woes of public education stake out opposing views of the problems, and the solutions, all wrapped up for you in this New York Review of Books essay review. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 13, 2013
Good schools are essential to democracy and prosperity -- and it is our collective responsibility to educate all children, not just a fortunate few, according to a manifesto on the Education Opportunity Network. To rebuild America, we need a vision for 21st-century education based on seven principles, it urges. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 18, 2012
With New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on a mission to “end tenure as we know it,” nearly half of the city’s eligible teachers were denied the status that educators’ advocates embrace as essential for defense against discriminatory firing.New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign to “end tenure as we know it" resulted in nearly half of New York City's eligible teachers being denied tenure in 2012. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 6, 2012
The Obama administration has relieved nearly 26 states of the program’s controversial requirement to make all students competent in reading and math by 2014. Ten more states are in line to receive the waivers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 9, 2012
It's one of the most maligned domestic relics of the George W. Bush era, and now President Obama has stepped in to let 10 states off the hook, at least for the time being, from the experiment in educational standardization known as "No Child Left Behind." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 8, 2012
With the broadly lamented education bill turning 10 on Sunday and Congress and the White House divided over how to update it, Dana Goldstein at The Nation considers the effects of some of the law's mainstays: the spotlight on the achievement gap, standardized testing, the rhetoric of failing schools and upper-middle-class alienation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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