Last week, we talked about the results of several national and international standardized tests. While standardized tests are good for comparing large groups to each other, they are terrible mechanisms for measuring an individual student’s understanding. One problem is standardized tests ...
Early this month, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development released the results of its triennial, global standardized test for 15-year-olds. More than half of the 81 participating countries saw declines in reading and math. In OECD member countries, reading performance fell ...
Mylan Park Elementary’s Girls Who Code Club visited Charleston Monday for “Country Roads Codes Day at the Capitol.” While there, these girls spoke to legislators and visitors about the computer science program at “The Park,” as the elementary school is affectionately called, and ...
by Julie Marsh, Pedro Noguera and Miguel Casar Rodriguez School boards across America are under attack. We have all seen the disruptions at school board meetings triggered by clashes over controversial policies regarding the teaching of race and racism, ethnic and gender studies and LGBTQ+ ...
by Inna Faliks The students have too many activities and academic deadlines, the Montessori school principal informed me. This is not a good time for piano recitals, and the piano wasn’t needed either. “Please feel free to take the piano and donate it” elsewhere, the email ...
Why does it seem like the education system for our little ones is geared toward moms being stay-at-home moms and available for everything through the week? This is a problem I’ve seen and likely not just in my area. I feel as though this is a problem in a lot of school ...