Today’s Orange County Register has an editorial calling for “increased school choice” for parents while making the argument for a school voucher program. The Register has a long standing editorial/opinion viewpoint that public schools are government schools and they argue…
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Closing the Latino Achievement Gap – New Orange County Committee Formed
by Chris Prevatt • • 6 Comments
“Currently we see practice in the classroom guided by policies from the federal government that are not aligned to qualitative research. One of our main goals is to better align research to policy to practice. We are pleased that this initiative has the support and participation of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Senator Lou Correa and Assembly Member Jose Solorio and look forward to working with all legislators interested in taking action.â€
Obama Weekly Address: Education for a More Competitive America & Better Future
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In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced that on Monday, his administration will send to Congress the blueprint for an updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act that will overhaul No Child Left Behind. The plan will set the ambitious goal of ensuring that all students graduate from high school prepared for college and a career, and it will provide states, districts and schools with the flexibility and resources to reach that goal.
No Child Left Behind Has Left US Schools with Legacy of “Institutionalized Fraudâ€
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch. She’s long been known as an advocate of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, standardized testing, and using the free market to improve schools. But she’s had a radical change of heart.
Teacher performance should not be measured by a series of multiple-choice questions
by Chris Prevatt • • 9 Comments
By teaching to a test we end up teaching as though we are programming a computer for limited and simple functions rather than teaching students the full spectrum of knowledge necessary to be productive and involved members of society. Life is not a series of multiple-choice questions and our students are not monkeys trained to use a #2 pencil to fill in bubbles on a sheet of paper.
A Teacher’s Letter to President Obama
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
During your campaign you said, “I am tired of hearing teachers blamed for our collective failures.” If you really meant this, Mr. President, then please stop blaming teachers because we are all tired of hearing this too.
Race to the Test
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Stop paying teachers and principals a salary. Instead, pay them on a per-standardized-test-point basis each day. At the end of the school day, simply give each student a standardized test. Then calculate what the teacher and principal will be paid that day based on the growth of the student, that is, on how much the student has improved over the previous day.
