Mike Klonsky's Blog

"I think the promise of PARCC is greater than the promise of most of the other assessments we’ve ever had. Kids can test to the edge...

PARCC officials are still working to determine the full scope and causes of last year’s score discrepancies, which may partly result from...

Brother Fred Mercedes Schneider Duncan is gone, and the USDOE test worship continues. -- Deutsch 29 Valerie Strauss [New Ed Sec. ...

Mercedes Schneider America needs less of Pearson. A lot less.  --  Deutsch29 NEA president Lily Eskelsen Garcia “I don’t know anyone wh...

Julian Bond (1940-2015) As former President Jimmy Carter told former SNCC worker and author Mary King, “if you wanted to scare white ...

SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff  “Mayor Emanuel doesn’t understand that what made Chicago great was working people. We think he ha...

Back in the '80s I got my start in adult education, teaching GED classes in a little classroom in the back of the public library on N...

At last night's board meeting, Waukegan board member Victoria Torres blows it. Tells angry striking teachers and parent supporters, ...

Our thoughts this morning are with our dear friend and sister in the struggle, Karen Lewis , who underwent emergency surgery last night a...

ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has joined other top education officials to warn the public not to be alar...

Remember back in April, when a single insipid test question sparked the pineapple rebellion and shone a light, not only on current standa...