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Why are teachers angry?

by Jack Jennings | Jun 22, 2018 | graduation rates, teachers, testing

Insultingly low wages for many, more students needing extra assistance, and great pressure to raise student test scores and graduation rates. Meanwhile, politicians orate about the importance of education....

Better education will come when the emphasis is on real factors such as teacher quality

by Jack Jennings | Jun 21, 2018 | academic standards, graduation rates, teachers, testing

DC’s public schools’ progress is tainted by some phony “improvement” due to enormous pressure to produce higher graduation rates and test scores. Better education will come when the emphasis is on real factors such as teacher quality....

Teachers’ views have not been heeded

by Jack Jennings | Jun 18, 2018 | Fatigued by School Reform: Articles, lnterviews, and More, teachers

Teachers’ views have not been accorded the weight they deserve in seeking school improvement. Just the opposite–teachers have been unfairly blamed for the lack of progress. Listen to John Thompson for some realism from the classroom....

State and national leaders given a grade of D minus by Ed Week

by Jack Jennings | Jun 7, 2018 | school funding

State and national leaders were given a grade of D minus by Ed Week showing a lack of commitment to adequately fund the schools, despite rhetoric about education’s importance. “Watch what someone does–not what they say,” to see their real...

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