Best of the Ed Blogs

The National Education Policy Center brings together some of the most interesting and insightful perspectives on current education policy. We expect that our readers will find here some blogs they are already familiar with but that readers will also find some exciting new discoveries. The views expressed are those of the bloggers.

Growth And Consequences in New York City’s School Rating System

by Matthew Di Carlo
May 15, 2012

School report cards, absolute scores, growth scores, and why the details matter.

Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems

by Paul Thomas
May 15, 2012

The role of school systems in making economic inequities worse.

After a Decade of NCLB and Florida Test Madness...

by Michael Klonsky
May 15, 2012

Florida "miracle" fails yet again.  In the face of plunging scores, Florida brain trust lowers the scores necessary to pass, thus improving student performance....testing regime continues.

Thinking about “Corporate Reform”: Reflections on Language

by Larry Cuban
May 14, 2012

Complicating the discussion about "corporate" education reform.

Failure to Launch Learning

by David. B. Cohen
May 14, 2012

A rocket to nowhere.  How test-driven schools fail their students.

Teacher Depreciation Week

by Jeff Bryant
May 14, 2012

The president gets school reform wrong - again - mischaracterizing charter schools "incubators of innovations."  

Chemtchr: A Science Teacher's View: The Backward-Engineered Common Core Science Standards

by Anthony Cody
May 14, 2012

"Backward engineered" science standards make it easier to market test-related materials but undermine high-quality science teaching.

Tim Slekar: Pennsylvania Schools Get the Shock Treatment

by Anthony Cody
May 14, 2012

Using the "shock" of alleged budget crises to auction off the schools that serve poor children.

I Don't Need Standards To Teach, I Need Students

by Paul Thomas
May 14, 2012

What teachers don't need.

The Left Wing of the Possible

by Deborah Meier
May 11, 2012

Principles for guiding public education reform.