Education Truthiness
Media Matters and AlterNet Are Mostly Out to Lunch on Education Coverage
By Susan Ohanian
Media Matters billed it as The Worst Media...
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INDEX OF EDUCATION TRUTHINESS
Common Core State [sic] Standards
Up to the Bar on College- and Career-Ready
by Susan Ohanian
The New York Times repri...
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INDEX OF COMMON CORE [SIC] STANDARDS
Data Command Center
New education law: a lot of suds
Ohanian Comment: This is a great metaphor for explaining ESSA, which is old offal repackaged by corporate politicos--and those who didn't read the bill but were willing to buy the claim t...
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INDEX OF DATA COMMAND FORCE
Commentaries
Education Truthiness at the New York Times
Taking a look at what article placement says about the education message the New York Times delivers....
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INDEX OF COMMENTARIES
Duncanisms
Where California schools need to put their money
At the Incubator School, teachers leverage technology to individually tailor student learning and track progress toward challenging academic standards....
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INDEX OF DUNCANISMS
Gerald Bracey tributes
Remembering Dr. Bracey in All the Public School Turmoil
These days, the late Gerald Bracey's name comes up frequently. Nancy Bailey tells why.
by Nancy Bailey
I was thinking the other day about Ge...
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INDEX OF GERALD BRACEY TRIBUTES
RTTT & NCLB Outrages
The Children Left Behind: What happened to the students pushed out by high-stakes testing?
Ohanian Comment: Although the story told here is a Texas story, Nathan makes clear that NCLB and its focus on test scores has done inestimable damage to countless young ...
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INDEX OF RTTT & NCLB OUTRAGES
The Eggplant
Public Education 2015: The Year in Review
Reminder: This is The Eggplant. If this doesn't make you laugh, then you should consider the possibility that you haven't kept up with current events in education.
by Gene...
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Outrage of the Day
Why We Need a U.S. Department of Talent
If we want a Twenty-First-Century workforce, we need to tear up Washington's org chart.
Ohanian Note: The commentary below is excerpted from Jamie Margisotis' book America Needs ...
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INDEX OF OUTRAGES OF THE DAY
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