Category Archives: Ed Reform
Ditzy DeVoid and IQ45, Two Songs
“Orange Is the New Slack” (to the tune of “If I Only Had a Brain”) I just while away the hours A-tweetin’ in my bower, Consulting with TV. I don’t care for cogitating, I just sit here agitating While I’m … Continue reading
Charters, Vouchers, and Segregation
A breathtakingly good summary of the sordid history of using charters, vouchers, and private schooling to effect de facto segregation: https://southernspaces.org/2019/segregationists-libertarians-and-modern-school-choice-movement
Ed Deform Follies: Yes, You Get What You Measure, or Be Careful What You Wish For
April 30, 2019 Today, Diane Ravitch posted two important pieces on her blog. One is on Ken Robinson’s book about the egregious consequences of high-stakes standardized testing. The other is about the Stalinesque workings of the “justice” system in a … Continue reading
Roy Turrentine on the Long-term Effects of a Good Education and One of the Many Things That Ed Deformers Don’t Understand
I don’t usually post work by others on my blog, but I loved this piece by ex-farmer and history teacher extraordinaire Roy Turrentine. It’s a comment he left on Diane Ravitch’s wonderful blog. I was very busy yesterday . . … Continue reading
What Should Be Taught in an English Teacher Preparation Program?
Recently, I was teaching in a high school, and a directive came down from our administrators that final exams were to be graded on a curve. In a meeting with the other English teachers in my department, I found that … Continue reading
How to Prevent Another PARCC Mugging: A Public Service Announcement
NB: Everything said of PARCC here applies, as well, to all the standardized tests in English language arts currently being used by state departments of education. In other words, PARCC is singled out, here, as an example of a general … Continue reading
