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In his two books, “The Myths of Measurement and Meritocracy: Why Accountability Metrics in Higher Education Are Unfair and Increase Inequality” and “Can We Measure What Matters Most? Why Educational Accountability Metrics Lower Student Learning and Demoralize Teachers” Josh Beach delivers an assault on the logic of using measurement-based accountability regiments to reform educational systems.
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I don’t know whose idea it was to start the New Year on January 1st? Why would anyone want to start a new year in the dead of winter? The Jewish religion and school administrators far and wide got it right when they designated September as the month that we return to school and work in earnest.
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Proponents of large-scale learning have boldly promised that technology can disrupt traditional approaches to schooling, radically accelerating learning…
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Monique W. Morris, co-founder of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute, is the author of several books, including "Pushout," and "Black Stats." Her…
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Our Falling into Place series spotlights the important work of -and fosters collaboration between- not-for-profit organizations in our communities;…
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Jal Mehta is Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he has received the Morningstar Award, presented annually to the best…
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Joe Feldman has worked in education at the local and national levels for over 20 years in both charter and district school contexts, as a teacher,…
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The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents began to file…
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It is probably safe to say, parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their children, especially now, when education has become a…
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Jonathan Starr, once a cutthroat hedge fund manager, is not your traditional do-gooder, and in 2009, when he decided to found Abaarso, a secondary school…