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Articles Published in 2007
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| May, 2007 |
The Last Word (and final issue) |
| April, 2007 |
Faking Reform
No Rich Folks Left Behind
You call this science? |
| March, 2007 |
False Claims and WMDs?
The Beginning of the End of NCLB
No Soldier Left Behind?
Skirting the Law?
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| February, 2007 |
Bring Home the Troops |
| January, 2007 |
Rating 'No Child Left Behind' a failure
Wanted: A Teacher Surge at Home
Write Congress Now
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Articles Published in 2006
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| December, 2006 |
The Petition to End NCLB |
| November, 2006 |
The Next Ed Law - Kinder, Gentler and Effective! |
| October, 2006 |
The Tinkerbell Effect - The New Science of Wishful Thinking |
| September, 2006 |
Why NCLB/Helter-Skelter Must Die
Scandal at Reading First - Friends First? |
| August, 2006 |
Meddling, Pandering and Muddling |
| June-July, 2006 |
Gaming the System |
| May, 2006 |
Dumbing Down the Nation |
| April, 2006 |
NLCB Loopholes
A Nation of Dropouts? |
| March, 2006 |
The Harsh Bigotry of Bad Policy |
| February, 2006 |
Bad Design in D.C.
Leaving that Other America Behind |
| January, 2006 |
King George Ascends to the Throne
Dr. Martin Luther King: Honoring the Dream |
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Articles Published in 2005
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| December, 2005 |
Weighing the Pig |
| November, 2005 |
Failing AYP at the Top
Charter Schools: No Silver Bullet
Flatline NAEP Scores
From Classroom to Emergency Room
Educational Triage in American Schools |
| October, 2005 |
Review of Jonathan Kozol's new book
The Shame of the Nation
Aunt Jenny and the Pig:
An Outsider's View of Guidance Counseling
In An Age of Testing and NCLB |
| September, 2005 |
Negligent Homicide:
Leaving Children, the Old, the Sick
and the Poor Behind to Suffer or Die |
| Summer, 2005 |
Adding Insult to Injury
Soviet Style Planning in the Good Old USA?
No More Recess: The New American Sweatshop |
| June, 2005 |
Faux Reform
Newsweek's Education for Dummies
'No Child' Wreaking Havoc
Reading, 'Rithmetic, and Raccoons |
| May, 2005 |
No Pump Left Behind
The World Bank's Possibly Chilling Agenda
The Annual Testing Myth |
| April, 2005 |
The NCLB Tipping Point |
| March, 2005 |
Fake News, Fake Reform and Other Fakeries
Silencing of the Lambs |
| February, 2005 |
Filtering What Teachers May Read
NCLB Stumbling and Faltering
Losing the Best and the Brightest |
| January, 2005 |
Buying Good Press
The Performance Gap
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Articles Published in 2004
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| December, 2004 |
Betraying Republican Values with BIG BIG Government
The New Bush Resume - Would you hire this person?
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| November, 2004 |
Four More Years - What the Election Means
The Dark Ages of Education
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| October, 2004 |
Charting (and Spinning) a Wasteful Course
Research-Based Delusions
The Seven Deadly Absurdities of NCLB |
| September, 2004 |
Many Children Left Behind - A Book Review |
| June, 2004 |
NCLB - Failing the Children |
| May, 2004 |
In Harm's Way |
April
2004 |
Test Today, Privatize Tomorrow - Using Accountability to "Reform" Public Schools to Death
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March
2004 |
Too Little Too Late: The DOE Retreats |
February
2004 |
Paige Plays the Terrorism Card
No Job Left Behind: Fiddling in Washington as Good Jobs Flee Offshore
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January
2004 |
Mad Cow, NCLB, & Duplicity |
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Articles Published in 2003
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December
2003 |
The Cheapening of America: NCLB and the Decline of the Job |
November
2003 |
The NCLB Wrecking Ball |
October
2003 |
A Lost Generation? A Million Left Behind? |
| Short-Changing the Schools, the Children and the Nation |
September
2003 |
Engineering Educational Miracles |
| Children are Not Hamburgers |
| Trampling the Heroes |
August
2003 |
"NCLB - AKA Helter-Skelter" |
Explores the damage NCLB will do to library programs. |
July
2003 |
"Cooking the Education Books - Works of Mass Deception? (WMD)" |
A recent audit of drop-out reports submitted by the Houston ISD High Schools in 2000 calls into question the "miracle" achieved at these schools while the current Secretary of Education was Superintendent. Enron accounting? |
June
2003 |
"Shock and Awe Campaign Hits Schools"
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NCLB is about big sticks, punishment and harsh measures. |
June
2003 |
"Not One Dime!" |
The Secretary of Education claims "We won't spend a dime on programs that won't work. If it's not working, we won't spend money on it." Does his claim holds up for the DOE pilot reading program in Atlanta? |
May
2003 |
"False Claims About Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Skills vs. Whole Language, and Recreational Reading" |
There is insufficient evidence to support the National Reading Panel's claims that phonemic awareness training significantly improves children's reading, that systematic phonics instruction is superior to less intensive instruction, and that skills-based approaches are superior to whole language. |
May
2003 |
"No Dictator Left Behind" |
The Bush foreign policy of preemptive strikes and regime change poses huge risks for the nation and its schools, as a stumbling economy and mounting budget deficits threaten the prospects of helping schools at home. |
May
2003 |
"Dictating Policy and Programs at Home" |
How ironic that we have an Education Czar in Washington violating decades of state and local control of education just as we profess to introduce democracy to Iraq. |
May
2003 |
FairTest Position on NCLB |
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April
2003 |
"Fuzzy Math, Fuzzy Reading and Fuzzy Science" |
NCLB/Helter-Skelter is laced with fuzzy thinking, fuzzy numbers and fuzzy science, despite claims of scientific evidence to support risky ventures. |
April
2003 |
"Do as We Say Not as We Do:
The Great Gamble on Teacher Quality" |
The Secretary of Education throws $10 million behind online teacher preparation despite a lack of scientific evidence that virtual learning will prove effective. Do as I say, NOT as I do! |
April
2003 |
Book Review: Reading the Naked Truth: Literacy, Legislation and Lies |
Author: Gerald Coles
A courageous expose of the distortions and errors of the National Reading Panel.
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March
2003 |
"Children Get Left Behind When High Stakes Are Confused With High Leverage" |
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March
2003 |
"The Bigotry of Expectations" |
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February
2003 |
"NCLB - Just Say No!" |
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January
2003 |
Gambling with the Children |
Provides a thorough list of NCLB's failings and hidden agendas. |
Articles Published in 2004
| January, 2005 |
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| December, 2004 |
Betraying Republican Values with BIG BIG Government
The New Bush Resume - Would you hire this person?
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| November, 2004 |
Four More Years - What the Election Means
The Dark Ages of Education
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| October, 2004 |
Charting (and Spinning) a Wasteful Course
Research-Based Delusions
The Seven Deadly Absurdities of NCLB |
| September, 2004 |
Many Children Left Behind - A Book Review |
| June, 2004 |
NCLB - Failing the Children |
| May, 2004 |
In Harm's Way |
April
2004 |
Test Today, Privatize Tomorrow - Using Accountability to "Reform" Public Schools to Death
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March
2004 |
Too Little Too Late: The DOE Retreats |
February
2004 |
Paige Plays the Terrorism Card
No Job Left Behind: Fiddling in Washington as Good Jobs Flee Offshore
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January
2004 |
Mad Cow, NCLB, & Duplicity |
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Articles Published in 2003
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December
2003 |
The Cheapening of America: NCLB and the Decline of the Job |
November
2003 |
The NCLB Wrecking Ball |
October
2003 |
A Lost Generation? A Million Left Behind? |
| Short-Changing the Schools, the Children and the Nation |
September
2003 |
Engineering Educational Miracles |
| Children are Not Hamburgers |
| Trampling the Heroes |
August
2003 |
"NCLB - AKA Helter-Skelter" |
Explores the damage NCLB will do to library programs. |
July
2003 |
"Cooking the Education Books - Works of Mass Deception? (WMD)" |
A recent audit of drop-out reports submitted by the Houston ISD High Schools in 2000 calls into question the "miracle" achieved at these schools while the current Secretary of Education was Superintendent. Enron accounting? |
June
2003 |
"Shock and Awe Campaign Hits Schools"
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NCLB is about big sticks, punishment and harsh measures. |
June
2003 |
"Not One Dime!" |
The Secretary of Education claims "We won't spend a dime on programs that won't work. If it's not working, we won't spend money on it." Does his claim holds up for the DOE pilot reading program in Atlanta? |
May
2003 |
"False Claims About Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Skills vs. Whole Language, and Recreational Reading" |
There is insufficient evidence to support the National Reading Panel's claims that phonemic awareness training significantly improves children's reading, that systematic phonics instruction is superior to less intensive instruction, and that skills-based approaches are superior to whole language. |
May
2003 |
"No Dictator Left Behind" |
The Bush foreign policy of preemptive strikes and regime change poses huge risks for the nation and its schools, as a stumbling economy and mounting budget deficits threaten the prospects of helping schools at home. |
May
2003 |
"Dictating Policy and Programs at Home" |
How ironic that we have an Education Czar in Washington violating decades of state and local control of education just as we profess to introduce democracy to Iraq. |
May
2003 |
FairTest Position on NCLB |
. |
April
2003 |
"Fuzzy Math, Fuzzy Reading and Fuzzy Science" |
NCLB/Helter-Skelter is laced with fuzzy thinking, fuzzy numbers and fuzzy science, despite claims of scientific evidence to support risky ventures. |
April
2003 |
"Do as We Say Not as We Do:
The Great Gamble on Teacher Quality" |
The Secretary of Education throws $10 million behind online teacher preparation despite a lack of scientific evidence that virtual learning will prove effective. Do as I say, NOT as I do! |
April
2003 |
Book Review: Reading the Naked Truth: Literacy, Legislation and Lies |
Author: Gerald Coles
A courageous expose of the distortions and errors of the National Reading Panel.
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March
2003 |
"Children Get Left Behind When High Stakes Are Confused With High Leverage" |
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March
2003 |
"The Bigotry of Expectations" |
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February
2003 |
"NCLB - Just Say No!" |
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January
2003 |
Gambling with the Children |
Provides a thorough list of NCLB's failings and hidden agendas. |
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