| ‘Why is the material in a standardized test treated as more confidential than …. former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails?’; Florida insists severely disabled teen take standardized test — despite pleas from family; Alabama lawmaker apologizes for bill requiring teachers be trained not to have sex with students; Is there a more apt example of trying to ‘do the wrong thing right” than in our schools?; New York is in for a sea change in education policy. Here’s what and why.; How NOT to save the world: Why U.S. students who go to poor countries to ‘do good’ often do the opposite; Big trouble at Teach For America?; No, great schools can’t close achievement gaps all by themselves; Thomas Jefferson would not have liked this college trend; | | | | | | | | Big trouble at Teach For America? | | A former TFA corps member, now an academic, argues that TFA’s diversity gains have come at the expense of teachers of color, whose numbers have declined drastically in the very cities where the organization has expanded. | | By Valerie Strauss • Read more » |
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