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Cheating Teachers Play the Blame Game
Atlanta's dishonest teachers say the data made them do it.
July 13, 2011A new report finds that Atlanta is chock full of cheating teachers and principals, at least 179 of them in 44 schools. The confessed cheaters blame an over-emphasis on test results and "unreasonable goals" set by the administation. Senior Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward asks whether cheating is inevitable in a high-stakes testing environment and if it's really so unreasonable to demand that fourth graders be able to read, write, and do basic math?
California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum
May 16, 2011, 2:17pmFlorida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP
March 24, 2010, 7:04pmFederal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat
March 24, 2010, 12:35pmEducation Lessons Are Lost on Obama
Not every failure occurs in the classroom
March 22, 2010I can't pinpoint the moment when the Obama administration went wrong on the subject of education. But I can pinpoint the moment when it demonstrated that it can't be taken seriously.
No Child Left Behind R.I.P.: A Balloon Payment that will Never Come Due
February 1, 2010, 4:27pmView Resources by Type
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July 19th, 2012 - California’s Ballot Initiatives: A Top Ten List Too Boring for Letterman or Buzzfeed
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July 18th, 2012 - The Dumbest Argument for Censorship That You Will Read Today
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July 16th, 2012 - Illinois Politicians Can’t Handle Handing Out Scholarships Without Being Crooked
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July 11th, 2012 - The Secret History of New York's Playgrounds
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July 9th, 2012 - For-Profit Colleges Keep Access to Federal Money
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July 5th, 2012 - California Voters to Gov. Brown: Stop Yanking Us Around
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July 5th, 2012 - As Pension Bombs Explode, California’s Budget Masters Cross Fingers for Tax Increase Vote
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June 24th, 2012 - The Horror of Drug-Boosted Grades and SAT Scores
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June 7th, 2012 - FCC Worries That Poor People Are Enjoying Their Electronics Too Much
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May 30th, 2012 - California Fixing to Have to Pimp-Slap Cities to Get Redevelopment Funds Back
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May 24th, 2012 - Years of Absurd Outcomes (and Maybe Real Competition?) Prompt Reconsideration of “Zero Tolerance” School Policies
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May 23rd, 2012 - Opt Out of School Lunch
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May 19th, 2012 - Chronicle of Higher Education Fires Blogger For Challenging Seriousness of Black Studies Depts.
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May 8th, 2012 - When the Right Helps to Write the Sex Education Curriculum
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May 7th, 2012 - David Brooks (and Harvard and MIT and Stanford) Get Online Education Right
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May 4th, 2012 - Can a Machine Tell Good Writing from Bad?
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May 1st, 2012 - Education Expert Michelle Rhee Criticized for Speaking at Education-Related Conference
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April 30th, 2012 - Updated (4.30pm)!: Feds, Dems Lead Way in Creating More Student Loan Defaults Via Paperwork Screwups
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April 30th, 2012 - Should New Student Borrowers Be Charged What Older Ones Are?
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April 27th, 2012
No Child Left Behind Blog
- Cheating Teachers Play the Blame Game (7/13)
- California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum (5/16)
- Florida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP (3/24)
- Federal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat (3/24)
- Education Lessons Are Lost on Obama (3/22)
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