District ManagementColumn: Why schools used to be better January 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports It’s one of the ironies of education reform that despite wave after wave, schools are seen by many as in worse shape as before all the changes, says…
District ManagementOpinion: Eight problems with Common Core Standards August 22, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports E.D. Hirsch, Jr.’s book, “Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know,” was published March 1, 1987. So it was probably in March of that year when, sitting…
District ManagementOpinion: The complete list of problems with high-stakes standardized tests November 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports A few days ago, I went to a reunion of the surviving members of a class that picked up their diplomas 50 years ago, in 1961. They were…