Chris Christie hates the First Amendment
Probably not that much, but New Jersey’s governor ignored a truth about private associations as he tried out the “love the sinner teacher, hate the sin union” line at his keynote address last night: We believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed to put students first so that […]
NCLB goose, meet Virginia-waiver gander
Over this last weekend, the gigantic inequalities in Virginia’s NCLB-waiver plan became a target of criticism by former Virginia state board member Andrew Rotherham, among others. Essentially, Virginia decided to set different academic achievement expectations by race and ethnicity, and many have legitimately pointed out that such policies allow many schools to evade responsibility for […]