This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools. If there is some urgency in the message, it is due to the current reform efforts that are based on a radical re-invention of education, now spearheaded by a psychometric blitzkrieg of "metastasizing testing" aimed at dismantling a public education system that took almost 200 years to build. JH August, 2005
Thursday, January 05, 2006
NSBA Responds to U. S. Chamber
Here is an audio clip from Marketplace on the U. S. Chamber's arrogant and morally-bankrupt plan to rank states by standardized test scores. I would say it is time to start ranking U. S. companies on how they avoid or acknowledge their civic responsibilities to support the public schools. Listen to Anne Bryant's response.
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