Virginia’s goals: Is ‘achievable’ OK?
Virginia’s “together and unequal” expectations for low-income, minority and disabled students received a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind, complained Andrew Rotherham, a former state school...
View ArticleFlorida sets lower goals for blacks, Hispanics
Florida’s race-based achievement goals are raising hackles, reports the Palm Beach Post. To qualify for a No Child Left Behind waiver, the state board of education set new goals based on race,...
View ArticleMoral cowardice and the educational policy we deserve
We call it by many names: drawing lines, making judgment calls, exercising discretion, setting limits. As human beings, we’ve got an inborn tendency to want routines — rules that we can follow to...
View ArticleEvaluating special ed teachers
Paul Hogan teaches severely handicapped children in New York City, yet he’s evaluated with a framework designed for teachers of mainstream students. This is “tantamount to punishing and penalizing...
View ArticleACLU questions zero tolerance
Policies designed to keep guns out of schools are pushing Pennsylvania students out of school, charges Beyond Zero Tolerance, a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. Black,...
View ArticleDisabled students struggle in college
Students With Disabilities Aim For A College Degree, But Often Get Stuck, reports Joy Resmovits in the Huffington Post. If the U.S. is to lead the world in college graduates by 2020 — President...
View ArticleDo bad apples spoil the learning?
African Americans and students with disabilities are suspended at “hugely disproportionate rates,” according to a report by a group called the Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice...
View ArticleIs the Core too much for disabled students?
Can special education students keep up with the Common Core? On the Hechinger Report, Amanda M. Fairbanks looks at a special-ed class for third- and fourth-graders at a Long Island school. Nicole Papa...
View ArticleNo evidence of ‘push-out’ at NYC charters
Attrition is lower at elementary charter schools in New York City than at neighboring schools, concludes a new analysis by the city’s Independent Budget Office. About 64 percent of students attending...
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District not liable for drug sting arrests
Riverside County (California) schools aren’t responsible for a drug sting that targeted special ed students, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Raquel A. Marquez dismissed a 2013 suit brought by...
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