Just what we need - another standardized testing error. This one resulted in a six-month delay in reporting scores, which is pretty substantial.
RightWingDuck - new, funny, and setting themselves up for a lawsuit if they keep that Warner Brothers image on the front page (it's a great drawing, though).
Charter school laws, by state. The Center For Education Reform organizes it all here for you.
Michael Lopez wonders why pre-school teachers should be required to have bachelor's degrees.
Remember when I said earlier that some people would insist that we're already living in a time when kids do nothing except take tests? I didn't have to wait long to see that I was right. This editorial is a masterpiece of absurdity, logical fallacies, and whiny criticism; it's not funny, informative, or worth reading.
Lisa Snell notes that the Palm Beach Post works itself into a lather over the fact that 10 out of 34 schools that accept Florida's Opportunity Scholarship vouchers aren't accredited. The article failed to mention that while only 16% of Florida's opportunity scholarship students attend private schools with no accreditation, a good 60% of Florida's public schools have no accreditation.
Parents in New York are getting it. Joanne Jacobs is pleased.
After having frittered away two weeks on vacation, the slothful (heh) Reform K12 is back with an optimistic take on Philadelphia's "Declaration of Beliefs and Visions" for its students. They sound good to me, too.
Posted by kswygert at August 5, 2004 08:56 PM