Articles Michelle Rhee's New Olympic-Themed Ad Ridiculing Public Education Misses the Mark Liz DwyerJul 26, 2012
Design The Testing Bubble Getting Artistic with Standardized-Test Answer Sheets Jennifer DanielEllen Van DusenKevin ZuckerTucker NicholsEcho EggebrechtDana GoldsteinSep 25, 2011
Articles For the Good of All Students: Why I'm Marching for Education Justice José VilsonJul 30, 2011
Articles Is Online Standardized Testing the Key to Ending Cheating? In the wake of Atlanta's massive scandal, why aren't more states copying the SAT and GRE and moving their high stakes tests online?Liz Dwyer27 Jul, 2011
Articles Is the White House Committed to Addressing the Role Poverty Plays in the Achievement Gap? The Department of Education is allocating more money to the Promise Neighborhoods program. Is it enough to make a real difference?Liz Dwyer08 Jul, 2011
Articles "Will This Be on the Test?" An Overemphasis on Grades Might Be Killing the Desire to Learn Time and again, I've seen the fixation on grades get in the way just when my students are learning how to use their minds.Shawn Cornally11 Jun, 2011
Articles Do We Need to Ditch High-Stakes Testing to Compete with China? Forget memorization and do-or-die, high-stakes testing. China's ditching those old schooling methods. Just as we're using them more than ever.Liz Dwyer09 Jun, 2011
Articles “The Modern Educator Is Not a Teacher”: Updating Learning for the 21st Century Classrooms operate almost the same way they did 100 years ago. A group of of middle schoolers from the Dallas-Fort Worth area want to change that.Liz Dwyer26 May, 2011
Articles Two Angry Teachers Protest California's Standardized Testing with Another Music Video It's standardized testing time in California, which means the anonymous pink-slipped duo Two Angry Teachers and a Microphone are back with...Liz Dwyer20 May, 2011
Articles Richard Dawkins to Indoctrinate Kids with Science-Pushing Picture Book The famous atheist's new book for kids is sure to spark student curiosity about our universe—and probably some controversy.Liz Dwyer20 May, 2011
Articles This Standardized Testing Story Will Break Your Heart This story of a student who sits till 6:30 p.m. trying to do her best on the state test is Exhibit A of what's wrong with high-stakes exams.Liz Dwyer05 May, 2011
Articles Studies Support Rewards, Homework, and Traditional Teaching—Or Do They? It's smart to be skeptical of education studies that seem to support traditional practices.Alfie Kohn09 Apr, 2011
Articles The New York Times Kind of Misinterprets a Study About Tests and Learning A new study claims testing helps kids get smarter—except, the tests that make a difference aren't the ones you think.Liz Dwyer23 Jan, 2011
Articles Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty Is an Education Reformer for Hire Fenty is jumping into the public speaking circuit as an "national leader in the area of urban education reform."Liz Dwyer10 Jan, 2011
Articles Why Iceland Evaluates Its Students' Self-esteem What American schools might learn from researchers in Iceland about how testing not only literacy and math, but the emotional lives of children.Brian Suda06 Nov, 2010
Articles Why Tests and Quizzes Are Good For You Remember those pop quizzes you hated in high school? Turns out they actually made you learn better.Nikhil Swaminathan17 Oct, 2010