Education News
Don't expect Congress to end test-and-punish core of NCLB
Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin just introduced a new bill that would rewrite No Child Left Behind, which nearly all people in the education world believe to be fatally flawed. Here's a piece on why the Harkin bill and the likely Republican counterpart in the House won't fix the problems of NCLB. It was written by Monty Neill, executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, known as FairTest, which works to eliminate the overuse of high-stakes standardized tests.
Is it really this easy to block the Common Core?
This post is the second in a 10-part series called "Dispatches from a Nervous Common Core Observer," written by Michael McShane, a research fellow in education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative non-profit think tank in Washington D.C. This appeared on the AEI website, where you can find more information about the series as well as the first part. He is on Twitter @mq_mcshane).
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How college students incorrectly evaluate their instructors
Williams College Assistant Professor Nate Kornell's Psychology Today blog has one of my favorite blog names: Everybody Is Stupid Except You. Kornell, a cognitive psychologist, researches and writes about learning as they relate to education. He focuses on how to maximize learning efficiency and how typical learners understand and manage their own learning. In this post, he writes about whether college students really evaluate their professors properly when they complete course surveys. You can follow Kornell on Twitter.
Henderson not convinced that D.C. education plan will help schools
D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson said she is not convinced that a wide-ranging package of education legislation introduced Tuesday will improve educational outcomes for the city’s children.
“I need more information, because on the face of it, I just don’t believe that these seven proposals are going to move us to where we need to go,” Henderson said of council member David A. Catania’s education proposals.
Read full article >>James Van de Velde, From Pariah Back to Pillar
Governors, state education chiefs discuss improving child literacy
Governors and education chiefs from nine states said Tuesday that a focus on early-childhood education, the changing dynamic of families and supporting low-income students could help improve literacy across the country.
Read full article >>Academy of Arts and Sciences Defends Its Leader’s Honesty
St. Mary’s College president asks board not to renew his contract
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Joseph R. Urgo has asked the college’s board of trustees not to renew his contract, effectively resigning under pressure from the public liberal arts college after intense questions and criticism of him about this spring’s failure to enroll enough students for next year. The shortage of students could deeply harm the school’s reputation and is expected to cost millions in lost tuition.
Read full article >>E. Gordon Gee to Retire From Ohio State Presidency
Harkin Introduces Schools Legislation
Prince George’s schools chief search committee schedules forums
Three listening sessions have been scheduled over the next week to gather information from Prince George’s County community leaders, elected officials and residents about the characteristics they want to see in a new schools chief.
Read full article >>Ohio State president to retire after disclosure of remarks offensive to Roman Catholics
Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee, one of the nation’s highest-paid university leaders, announced his retirement Tuesday after the disclosure of disparaging comments he made in December about Roman Catholics, the University of Notre Dame and other institutions.
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