SAT and ACT Score Trends
In “SAT Down and Cried Today” (Core Knowledge Blog, August 26, 2009), Robert Pondiscio writes: The Class of 2009, who were in 5th grade when …
Culture
“AP” Courses Often Aren’t “Advanced”
In “Advanced Placement: A detour for college fast track?” (USA TODAY, 3/20/2006 11:02 PM), Mary Beth Marklein wrote: Admissions officials at Wartburg College in Waverly, …
Our Educational System is Broken: An Anecdote
In “Arne Duncan, Among the Scientists” (Curriculum Matters Blog on Education Week; August 25, 2009 12:21 PM) Sean Cavanagh writes: [Secretary of Education Arne Duncan] …
Anecdote on the Death of Writing…and Thinking
In “What Should Colleges Teach?” (New York Times by way of EducationNews.org, August 25, 2009), Stanley Fish writes: A few years ago, when I was …
Washington Post, 2005: “Literacy of College Graduates Is on Decline”
In “Literacy of College Graduates Is on Decline: Survey’s Finding of a Drop in Reading Proficiency Is Inexplicable, Experts Say” (Washington Post, Sunday, December 25, …
Modern Education: A Trojan Horse
We’ve accepted a Trojan Horse into our midst: mainstream modern education. It has a nice appearance, but within carries an element of destruction. We want …
More Standardized Test Corruption
In “Social Promotion? Easy as A, B, C!” (The Core Knowledge Blog, August 18, 2009), Robert Pondiscio writes: In a call for tougher tests in …
How To Make More Students Test at the “Proficient” Level
Writing in “Fraudulent Lowering of the Bar” (Phi Beta Cons Blog, Monday, August 17, 2009), Candace de Russy says: Diane Ravitch, the eminent education expert, …
What’s Wrong With This?
An ad inside a Panera said: Romeo and Juliet. Bread and Salt. Olives and Sourdough. How horrible of an ad is that??
Today’s Teachers Colleges: An Anecdote
In “They Messed With the Wrong Blogger” (In Jay Mathews’ “Class Struggle/Jay on the Web,” in The Washington Post, July 24, 2009, 06:00 AM ET), …