The Los Angeles Times just ran a very good article concerning the failure of a number of education programs that have received massive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The title says a lot: “Editorial | Gates Foundation failures show philanthropists shouldn’t be setting America’s public school agenda” This is a solidly thought…
After finishing up on the Common Core State Standards project, a key writer of those standards moved on to take over the College Board, which creates the SAT college entrance test. Critics of Common Core were quick to charge that the SAT would become watered down. A new SAT was indeed created and came into…
Wow! It looks like the US Department of Education has now gone too far. Even the ever-federal-tax-dollar-chasing Kentucky Department of Education has had enough! WLKY has the details of this remarkable development where federal demands for Kentucky to do nonsense things like testing with obsolete tests are getting the cold shoulder in the Bluegrass State.…
I blogged a few days ago about “KY education is required to be Efficient!” This is actually a constitutional requirement in Kentucky. That should be sufficient, but history to date shows it has not been. Now, however, an article from the Brookings Institution indicates requirements in the new regulations for the new Every Student Succeeds…
Lifezette, a new online publication from well-known Fox News personality and radio talk show host Dr. Laura Ingraham, doesn’t pull any punches with: “Education Ruined for a Generation, Common Core has failed minority children in Kentucky — and all kids, for that matter.”
As we previously commented, the Courier-Journal and The Hechinger Report have collaborated on a series of articles about education in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) during the Common Core era. We’ve already discussed the articles on achievement gaps for special education students and the one for racial minorities. In both cases, the Courier and Hechinger…
The Courier-Journal and The Hechinger Report are continuing their series on education in Kentucky under Common Core, which we first noted yesterday. However, the next article, which deals with how students with learning disabilities are faring in the era of Common Core, provides some interesting issues to discuss. First off, consider the titles the editors…
Back in February, the Bluegrass Institute released its updated report on the white minus black achievement gaps in Jefferson County schools. “Blacks Continue Falling Through Gaps in Louisville’s Schools, The 2016 Update” examined several sets of test scores to make the case that the achievement gaps in Louisville are not getting better. Now, a new…
I am sure others can add their favorite examples of what the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) expects students to know by certain grades that NGSS ignores, but here is one good example from my area of interest as a graduate electrical engineer. I found the problem in question while looking for questions from…