InBoston Parents Schoolyard NewsbySchoolyard NewsAn Excel HS student on MCAS and the graduation requirement“I’m not saying it’s irrational to support standardized testing … However, for schooling, there can be better alternatives”Oct 30
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Joshua OuelletteOpinion: A yes vote on Question Two only builds half a bridge between our most underserved…Joshua Ouellette, M.Ed. Massachusetts Public EducatorOct 12Oct 12
Frank BreslinWhy Politicians Don’t Want Students to ThinkThe American Government neither fosters critical thinking in its schools, nor makes it possible. The skeptical spirit fostered by the…May 27, 2023May 27, 2023
Melissa HoskissonThe Harmful Mythos of the Teacher HeroI call them teacher-hero movies, and they are surely a genre to themselves for how they inspire us with hope for a simple solution to…Oct 10Oct 10
InBoston Parents Schoolyard NewsbySchoolyard NewsAn Excel HS student on MCAS and the graduation requirement“I’m not saying it’s irrational to support standardized testing … However, for schooling, there can be better alternatives”Oct 30
Safwan SamsudeenThe SAT — Let’s Rock This GameThe SAT isn’t as important, fair, or hard as you think it is.Aug 22
Joshua OuelletteOpinion: A yes vote on Question Two only builds half a bridge between our most underserved…Joshua Ouellette, M.Ed. Massachusetts Public EducatorOct 12
Frank BreslinWhy Politicians Don’t Want Students to ThinkThe American Government neither fosters critical thinking in its schools, nor makes it possible. The skeptical spirit fostered by the…May 27, 2023
Melissa HoskissonThe Harmful Mythos of the Teacher HeroI call them teacher-hero movies, and they are surely a genre to themselves for how they inspire us with hope for a simple solution to…Oct 10
Frank BreslinStandardized Testing Undermines Real EducationStandardized Testing and the Third ReichDec 18, 2023
InArt of the ArgumentbyAkshita AshokkumarThe Real Test: The Role of Socio-Economic Class in Standardized Test ScoresWhen I began my junior year of high school, my enthusiasm to finally be an upperclassman was dampened only by the standardized tests…Oct 8
Bill FitzgeraldStudent Tracking and the College BoardA recent review of the College Board web site shows how students using the site are tracked, and how details of student activity on the…Jul 30, 20201
