Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning?

Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning?

What happened to learning as a national priority? For decades, both Republicans and Democrats strove to be seen as champions of student achievement. Politicians believed pushing for stronger reading and math skills wasn’t just a responsibility, it was potentially a winning electoral strategy. At the moment, though, it seems as though neither party, nor even…

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Opinion | Standardized Tests Let Us Know if Our Kids Are Learning

Opinion | Standardized Tests Let Us Know if Our Kids Are Learning

Unfortunately, Linda McMahon, the education secretary, agrees with President Trump’s executive order that the Department of Education should go away, but she hasn’t stopped there. As a consequence of massive job cuts McMahon has enacted so far, she has hobbled the federal government’s ability to gather statistics on student achievement, effective teaching practices and student…

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