October 26, 2015 Archives

Week of October 26, 2015 Archives

RealClearEducation Analysis and Commentary

Monday, October 26

L.A.'s $490M Charter Push

Richard Whitmire, The Seventy Four

Newark Charters Beef Up for Political Fight

Tom Moran, Star-Ledger

Finding an MCAS 'Fix'

Editorial Board, Boston Herald

'Forced Busing Didn't Fail'

George Theoharis, Washington Post

Defending Common Core

Editorial Board, News & Observer

Should Mass. Drop Common Core?

Retchless & Cedrone, Boston Globe

The Law School Debt Crisis

Editorial Board, The New York Times

Tuesday, October 27

A 2% Cap on Testing Misses the Point

Kelly Zunkiewicz, TNTP

Preschool Helps Kids. Sometimes. Briefly.

M. McArdle, BloombergView

Why Williams Students Disinvited Feminist Critic

J. McWhorter, CNN

Wednesday, October 28

A Great Outdoors Program

Andrew J. Rotherham, USNWR

Obama Testing Plan Treats Symptoms, Not Cause

Editorial Board, LAT

TFA's Impact on Student Learning

Michael Hansen, Brookings

Why Did Moskowitz Publish a Disciplinary Record?

M. Goldberg, Slate

The Test-Optional Surge

Cecilia Capuzzi Simon, The New York Times

Thursday, October 29

Demand Better Schools, Not Fewer Tests

M.R. Bloomberg, BloombergView

Dialing Back on School Testing

Editorial Board, The New York Times

Obama's Education Report Card

Review & Outlook, WSJ

Obama's Change of Heart on Testing

Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker

Paul Ryan Education Leadership Will Impact Minorities

C. Stewart, NBC

Friday, October 30

Why School Tech If It Doesn't Improve Quality?

Gabriel Zinny, Brookings

Rigging the Test Against Common Core

Editorial Board, BloombergView