From www.ncte.org — The new National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE) brings together leading education associations, policy organizations, and foundations to support powerful learning about literacy in every discipline. NCLE provides a structure for educator teams and schools engaged in innovative practices to share and learn from one another through exchanges centered on development of locally viable […]
By Alyson Klein, Education Week — The Obama administration on Thursday afternoon said it will waive the cornerstone requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, including the 2014 deadline that all students be proficient in math and language arts, and will give states the freedom to set their own student-achievement goals, and design their […]
By Judy Johnson, Executive Director, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING Every parent and policymaker, every union-basher and union-backer, wants every kid to be taught by an effective teacher. If effective teaching is defined primarily by student achievement on standardized tests, then this goal is good, but not good enough. Current standardized tests do […]