Centrist and progressive Democrats can’t stop fighting over how to fix America’s crisis-ridden K-12 schools. Truth is, each side has part of the answer.
No Child Left Behind Act
Posted inEducation
How We Can Help Daniela
Soon, a quarter of public school students may be classified as English-language learners, but the rigid reliance on one standardized test leaves many students like mine languishing in classes where they don’t belong—while their real needs go unaddressed. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Posted inEducation, K-12
States Will Soon Be Free to Transform Standardized Testing, But Most Won’t
Even states that only grudgingly rely on multiple-choice tests may sit out an “innovative assessment” pilot
Posted inPolitical Animal
No Mercy
Like Salon’s Heather Digby Parton, I can’t quite understand why any Democrat in his or her right mind would agree to work with Donald Trump on anything that would make the 45th President look good: From my perspective it’s too early to know how to react to this freakish psychopath beyond trying to remain as […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
Not Ready to Make Nice
So George W. Bush is a good guy now? One wonders how many Americans had a queasy feeling in their stomachs last weekend when the 43rd president spoke at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Although Bush did sign the bipartisan (!) legislation clearing the path […]
