The biggest problem in evidence-based reform in education is that there are too few replicable programs that have strong evidence of effectiveness available to educators. The evidence provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)encourage the use of programs that have strong, moderate, or promising evidence of effectiveness, and they ... Read More »
If I had a dollar for every time a single mother got blamed for the problems in the African American community, I’d be rich. If I had two dollars for every time someone said a single mother’s problems would be solved with the addition of a man to the household, ... Read More »
Dear Reader, prepare yourself for mental legerdemain. As you recall, Part 1 of our story tells of Everyman, conditioned from birth to believe the authorities and myths of his tribe, and forbidden, under any circumstances, to think for himself. Prompted by inner doubts and travel restrictions, he steals away in ... Read More »
Ofsted inspectors said there was no assurance that vulnerable children were safe or “effectively protected” due to inadequate services at Dudley Council. The authority had been aware of the deficits for “some time” but had not acted quickly enough, they added. Dudley Council said it would “continue at pace” to ... Read More »
Westgate College and the Royal School for Deaf Children in Margate both shut after the trust that runs them went into administration in December. The CQC has now published details of conditions it found at the college. It said it had been unable to do so before because of legal ... Read More »
Officials said the accused knew that the University of Northern New Jersey did not exist, but they were unaware it was a ruse run by immigration agents. The defendants acted as brokers for more than 1,000 foreigners who sought to maintain student and work visas, prosecutors said. Most foreign nationals ... Read More »
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has voted to lobby for better training on the issue for school staff. Schools were “ill-prepared” for such issues, one teacher told the gathering. But practical steps to modify changing facilities, toilets and uniforms are straightforward, say teachers with experience of supporting these pupils. ... Read More »
George Mason University in Virginia said its law school would be called the Antonin Scalia School of Law. The eagle-eyed immediately took to Twitter to point out that the acronym would be ASSoL. The university has since renamed it as the Antonin Scalia Law School. Image copyright@vijayprashad Image copyright@99percentsassy In ... Read More »
One head teacher decided “all reading can be done on iPads,” a delegate told the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ annual conference. The union voted to lobby for libraries to be included in Ofsted inspections. A Department for Education spokeswoman said that school libraries “played a vital role”. Cathy Tattersfield ... Read More »
This copy of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, published in 1623, was found at Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute Academics who authenticated the book called it a rare and significant find. About 230 copies of the First Folio are known to exist. A copy owned ... Read More »
State boards of education are seeking to reassert their influence in the advent of the Every Student Succeeds Act, as much of the decisionmaking around standards, assessments, and accountability devolves back from federal to state control. Yet those boards—many of them a blend of retired educators and business leaders who ... Read More »
The math and science achievement of U.S. students continues to surpass the global average for nations taking part in a prominent assessment, results issued Tuesday show, but several East Asian countries and jurisdictions far outpace the United States, especially in mathematics. The most striking contrast comes in the 8th grade, ... Read More »
