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Dept. of Ed Goes Global

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The U.S. Department of Education’s report, “Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement” tries to show how American students will gain more international experience. The report features six quotes by the department secretary Arne Duncan,…

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School Choice Victories

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Instead of improved quality and decreased spending on education, the government continues to spend more and more while results remain stagnant. “According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress – a standardized test often referred…

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Standardized Test Time Suck

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Why are classrooms silent right before summer break arrives instead of buzzing with uplifting and educated conversation? The answer can usually be found taped to the closed classroom door: “Do not disturb. Test in progress.”…

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Moment of Truth @MLA

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When professors drop their guard, you get to realize how decayed education is, higher and lower. “We prefer to pretend that bad students don’t exist,” Gerald Graff of the University of Illinois at Chicago told the panel.

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