A small, if vocal, movement urging parents to have their children sit out standardized exams took off this year, maturing from scattered displays of disobedience into a widespread rebuke. Source: ‘Opt Out’ Becomes Anti-Test Rallying Cry in New York State – NYTimes.com I commented. Though, as a former math professor, I don’t agree with the […]
“‘Opt Out’ Becomes Anti-Test Rallying Cry in New York State” – I Don’t Agree But OK If They Opt-In for Colleges
May 21, 2015 by
“Is Testing Students the Answer to America’s Education Woes?” Think No? Read This
May 5, 2015 by
I made a previous comment on this subject. “…From a purely financial perspective, high income parents should be willing to pay about $6,500/yr to get [a teacher in the 84th percentile vs. one at the 50th percentile]…Impacts on earnings are…similar in percentage terms for students from low and high income families…great teachers [as measured only […]
“Is Testing Students the Answer to America’s Education Woes?” The Real Answer is: Test the Colleges Through the Teachers!
May 4, 2015 by
Opinions on testing public schools students as a way to measure progress and as an accounting tool are varied, but are these exams working? Source: Is Testing Students the Answer to America’s Education Woes? – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com My Comment “Almost everyone involved in this debate is missing the 800-pound gorilla in the […]
It Cost a Fortune NOT to Grade Teachers by Their Students’ Test
March 25, 2015 by
Grading Teachers by the Test – NYTimes.com. Raj Chetty coauthored an important paper cited in this article, but, apparently not completely believed. I commented. “Professors Rockoff, Chetty and Friedman, found something more than that “…teachers who improved students’ scores…raised the students’ chances of going to college as well as their salaries later in life…” They […]
Teacher recruitment: High-fliers in the classroom | The Economist
February 14, 2015 by
Teacher recruitment: High-fliers in the classroom | The Economist. My comment: I’m a former math professor and have seen how the corrupted American system of higher education has caused so much of high school education to be a sham. That’s right, higher ed dumbs down lower ed. Here is one important way. For decades, […]
School Tenure – First, Cut Off the Problem at the Source
August 19, 2014 by
Good Article – But, From Whence Commeth These Teachers?
August 18, 2014 by
Teaching Is Not a Business – NYTimes.com. This is a good article by someone who also understands universities. But, (my comment on the NY Times site) Though I agree with Prof. Kirp, I would ask “from whence commeth these teachers?”. To get good teachers, we need good colleges. That second “good” means “not irresponsible or […]
“Teaching Teaching” A Start on the Right Track
July 29, 2014 by
A few days ago I posted a comment on a Times Magazine article about teaching math (by Elizabeth Green). Today, Joe Nocera published an op-ed on Ms. Green’s forthcoming book that the magazine’s article was excerpted from. Teaching Teaching – NYTimes.com. To readers of this blog, there is nothing new in my commen, which is […]
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