Schools Matter

Those who read more (fiction), know more. Stephen Krashen The recent insistence that English Language Arts standards include more nonfic...

Parents Across America are disappointed they haven't been able to obtain an invitation to testify or have a seat at  a seat at the t...

Waiting for "Superman" would have audiences believe that free-market competition, standardized tests, destroying teacher unions, a...

One of the classics in the history of American education is Raymond Callahan's 1962 EDUCATION AND THE CULT OF EFFICIENCY.  In the free...

Submitted to Florida Today, May 18, 2012 US Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged Florida to adopt new textbooks, because “content is cha...

Comments posted on my recent piece at The Answer Sheet, "What teachers don’t need (but are getting anyway)," include a typical re...

The hiring of David Coleman as its next president is consistent with the College Board's aggressive push into the K-12 assessment arena...

Not quite what I was trying to say: Comments about the Common Core Standards and Tests Stephen Krashen I was quoted in an article in the...

Despite well-funded astroturf groups, the support of the Chamber of Commerce and the State Business Roundtable, and the unceasing positive ...

Posted at Opt Out of the State Test: Jean Schutt McTavish We are in week 2 of the opt out for my 4th grader in NJ. We met with the S...