Schools Matter

Oversight of the testing industry? Unnecessary and costly, say Bush family friends, McGraw-Hill and Harcourt . Jim Popham is quoted in the ...

Kimberly Marciniak stands as an inspiration . Not only that, but she had colleges eager to have her as a student: When Kimberly Marciniak ...

When I was doing research in Louisiana in 2000, I could not imagine that states outside the former slave states would ever use tests to deci...

In the 1920s, immigrant students across the country were given IQ tests in a language they couldn't even understand. Many of these stude...

No, that's not a Bush appointee running Harcourt, that's just one of his major contributors. The Illinois mess just gets worse, and ...

Neil Steinberg gets it : Where do the children play? There are two madnesses running unchecked throughout primary education. One is the t...

Ohio neocons are in a hurry to scuttle as many public schools as they can before the Bush meltdown contaminates their own reservations of wh...

Yes, it is that time again for pep rallies, anxiety, nosebleeds, and vomiting. Basketball? Who said anything about basketball? Prepped and...

How much of it does he not have? From Think Progress : - In his proposed budget for next year, Bush has cut all funding for the National Chi...

Could it be anyone else but 'Pass the Sweet Tea' Maggie Spellings grinning it up in New York City this week? Another gem that is sur...