You’ve heard about all the disadvantages of teaching to standardized tests or assessments. Some educators use the content and skills that will be on a standardized test to plan classroom instruction. It narrows instruction to only what’s on the test. Once instruction is focused on the test, the creativity and dynamism of teaching is reduced. Read More
All the 2016 Presidential Candidates have education visions and education policy reform ideas. It’s just that these ideas have gotten lost in the self-immolation and squabbling that have dominated the media sphere during the 2016 Election Campaign. Compared to this stuff, education, normally an incendiary issue, isn’t that newsworthy. Education doesn’t get you millions of click Read More