Quotable Education Quotes: 11/18/2013

** “In an American society that values originality and creativity, it makes no sense to subject millions of students to ‘one-size-fits-all’ testing that inspires uniform skills and conformity.” ~ Katrin Park, former United Nations staff member...

It’s an Education Fact: 11/12/2013

1) A Thomas B. Fordham Institute estimates that the total cost of implementing the Common Core standards will be between $3 billion and $12 billion depending on which approaches states use. 2) A Scholastic poll of more than 2,000 teachers finds that 75% of them think...

Quotable Education Quotes: 7/29/2013

** “Back in 2011, the administration’s Race to the Top sweepstakes . . . had a round focused on early childhood education. The first priority that states were asked to consider as they wrote their proposals was this: ‘Priority 1: Absolutely...

Factually Speaking: 1/10/2013

Last year, nearly 50% of our schools failed to make Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind Act. Standardized testing regimens cost states $1.7 billion a year–or .25% of total K-12 spending. A recent Gates Foundation report of more than...

Quotable Education Quotes: 9/14/2012

“No Child Left Behind requires tests in math and reading at the end of the school year in grades 3 and 8 and once in high school. The Common Core will test more subjects and in more grade levels, and additional tests given during the school year. There may also...