As high-stakes testing grows in K-12 education, it is no surprise the testing for teacher certifications is also becoming more high-stakes. The problem is, teacher testing is not a good indicator of ...

Another Week, Another Grand Jury Declines to Indict Letitia James The Land of Lincoln, and Home State of the Pope, Opts for Suicide Audio By Carbonatix George Leef has a post this morning about ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — For years, education advocates have said that teachers need to be paid more and students need to be tested less. There are two pieces of legislation that hope to do just that ...

Congress is debating what's next for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and No Child Left Behind. Minnesota was privileged to receive a waiver from No Child Left Behind, granting us ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell the truth ...

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) Next week, the unpopular teacher licensure test, the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, will be officially ...

A now-retired Palm Beach County high school English teacher spells out challenges of lowered expectations in today's ...