PARCC
Want a Better Assessment? Start by Asking the Right Question.
In state after state, politicians, parents, advocacy groups and educators are re-evaluating the role that end-of-year tests should play in K-12 education. Given the high…
Newark Students Deserve Education Champions Who Keep Their Promises
It’s no secret that education in the city of Newark has had a tumultuous history. It’s a history with a complex narrative—going from a distinguished…
We Are D.C. Education Leaders of Color and Advocates for a High-Quality Public Education for Every Student in Every Neighborhood
As noted in a May 26 Washington Post article, Paul Kihn, Washington, D.C.’s deputy mayor for education (DME), wrote a memo to the D.C. Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) ahead of its May 20th vote on new charter applications. The DME’s memo, formally known as the School System Capacity Assessment, expressed concerns about adding new charter campuses, saying they “are competing for a relatively limited number of high school aged…
This Chicago School Just Got $1 Million to Build a New School Serving Latino and Low-Income Students
As a toddler, Camilla Ruelas had a life-saving liver transplant. She’s now a sixth-grader at Christopher House Charter School in Chicago, with her sights set…
Coffee Break: How Arthur VanderVeen Is Lighting a Spark Under PARCC
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is a standardized test developed with federal funding to determine if students are meeting…
Molly Cole on Opening Brooke East Boston Charter School and Becoming One of the Top Schools in the State
Molly Cole, founding principal of Brooke East Boston Charter School, was honored this school year with the Ryan Award for exceptional school leadership, a national…
How New Mexico Is Becoming a Quiet Leader in the Education Reform Movement
While much of the education reform world was convening in Austin for the annual charter schools conference this week, I snuck off to Albuquerque for…
Here’s the One Thing We Just Can’t Agree on When It Comes to Schools
Ask any parent and they’ll tell you they want their child to go to a good school. But ask them what makes a good school,…
The Struggle to Find the Perfect Standardized Test Is Real
So it looks like the standardized test known as Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is now a dead man walking…
My New Bowflex Helped Me Realize That Politicians Won’t Stand Up for Kids Unless We Make Them
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo delivered her State of the State address earlier this week. She is beginning the final year of her first term.…
