Finally, An Insider Admits to the True Purpose of No Child Left Behind

Gerald Bracey of the Huffington Post provides a commentary on the June 8th issue of Time Magazine, in which Susan Neuman, who was an assistant secretary of education at the time that NCLB was being proposed admits that the law was looked at as a ‘Trojan horse” and that “There were a number of people [...]

The DOE Takeover of Teacher Certification

Thanks to Chaz and New York City Educator for bringing my attention to Joel Klein’s newest plan in his effort to take over the world; control of teacher and administrative certification.
One of our ROTC teachers is a retired sergeant with the Air Force. He once told me that he never thought he would find [...]

McGraw-Hill Says “I’s is Edumacated”

The McGraw-Hill Proofreader job posting must have gone something like this:

Wanted
A Level 1 reader to serve as an In-depth Proofreading Executive in our Education office. Must be able to overlook basic typos and have the skill to confuse even the most advanced reader with the use of incorrect subject-verb agreement and parallelism. High School Graduates [...]

Question:What Will McGraw Hill Do With All Of the Profits From The Education Contracts?

Answer: What Every Blue-Blooded American Company Does. Lay People Off
Forbes.com writes:
“Shares of McGraw-Hill Cos. slipped Wednesday as investors fretted about job cuts and a related charge that analysts shrugged off.
Late Tuesday the educational publisher said it would cut 395 jobs in its educational publishing and financial services divisions, which would lead to a second-quarter [...]

Conflict of Interest?

Charlotte K Frank, former member of the New York State Board of Regents and Vice President of the McGraw-Hill Educational and Professional Publishing Group.
Did you pay attention in school? I think I did for the most part. Well, truthfully, I definitely day dreamed my way through some classes, but in the end, I walked [...]

Moral Dilemmas-Does Bloomberg Have These?

Mayor Bloomberg with Harold and Nancy McGraw, publishers of Acuity Tests

My mouse at home is acting crazy. It’s time to buy a new one. I was sitting in my classroom Friday, staring at the extra ones that I have lying around, when the thought came to me; “I can take one of [...]

When Did Our Children Become Commodities?

Balanced Literacy. Ramp Up. SAT’s. ACT’s. CTB’s. Riverside Tests. NCS. Whole Language. NWEA. Acuity. The list goes on…
Different year, different program, different method of assessment. As teachers we enter in September, only to learn that the program we used to teach our kids last year isn’t going to be used anymore.
This year, we have [...]

Maybe If The Elderly Needed Standardized Testing, They Would Get Some Attention

Posted by avoiceinthewilderness
When a political or governmental institution has profit as its motivation, certain aspects of the population are likely to be ignored. Such segments are usually those who can’t turn a profit for the powers that be. In our country, those who fall into this category are the very young and the very [...]