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A New Resistance to Standardized Tests

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2011 A fresh national movement to oppose the standardized testing of young students is afoot. The Bartleby Project aims to invalidate state test results by getting parents and their children to simply opt out of testing; if enough did so, that would make schools' yearly progress ratings meaningless. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Guts No Child Left Behind

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2011 The Obama administration on Monday gave states a break from the ailing No Child Left Behind law, allowing them to file waivers that grant flexibility in meeting science and math proficiency standards. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama: No Education Cuts

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 Insisting that "the best jobs program out there is a good education" and lamenting the U.S.' slip down the ranks in the global brain trust, President Barack Obama declared Monday that his budget plan won't include high costs to the American educational system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Changing No Child Left Behind

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2010 President Barack Obama's administration has called for an overhaul of George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind education law, mitigating the ridiculous focus on standardized tests with an approach that takes into consideration student attendance and classrooms' learning climates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lying to Our Children

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2009 Education Secretary Arne Duncan feels that "we're lying to our children" when we accept low student achievement standards, a policy that sees many states promoting children to the next grade despite being inept at reading and math. Also, Santa isn't real. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blinded by Reform

Mike Rose / Truthdig Oct 22, 2009 The Obama administration has committed serious money to education reform, but many of the Department of Education's big ideas are flawed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Education ‘Miracles’ Don’t Survive Scrutiny

Mike Rose / Truthdig Aug 13, 2009 What miracle talk and magic-bullet solutions share is the reduction of complexity, of the many levels of hard, creative work necessary to make schooling successful in the United States.Miracle talk ignores the many levels of hard, creative work necessary to make schooling successful in the United States. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Rebirth of Education

Paul Cummins / Truthdig Mar 3, 2009 A friend of mine, J.M. Zimmerman, once stated that to revitalize our schools, engage our children and ultimately save our planet will require “the death of education and its rebirth.” Sometimes systems are so flawed that they need to be scrapped and replaced rather than fiddled with or fixed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush’s Legacy Untangled

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2008 Keith Olbermann, in this comma-laden "Countdown" diatribe, really lets loose on the idea of George Bush's legacy being anything but a dishonorable, terror-filled and disastrous eight years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Child Left Behind Fails Us All

BLANK Oct 21, 2008 Truthdig asked Demitrious C. Sinor, an inspirational educator, to sound off on the state of our schools. He warns that unless the No Child Left Behind regime ends soon, America's classrooms could unravel. It's a reality that neither presidential candidate seems to fully understand, but one he sees every day, from where he sits. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Banking Collapse Lands on America’s Schools

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 One of the worst casualties of the Iraq war and the Wall Street failures is the U.S. public school system, which is central to the nation’s economic, intellectual and social health. With financial resources being consumed, education cuts are on the way. Thank you, John McCain and President George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )