The term “Microaggressions” has risen in the education world as yet another example of how political correctness is damaging the fabric of society. A trio of news stories this week puts the “problem” in the spotlight. During the Confederate flag debate, you may have missed these brewing conflicts. UC Introduces ‘The Speech Police’ It’s understandable when […]
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For decades schools across the country that have had the “Rebel” nickname or some other reference to the Southern Confederacy have contemplated name changes against much opposition from their residents. But in one former Confederate state, action has been taken. The Fort Smith, Arkansas, school board voted to remove the Confederate flag, the “Dixie” fight […]
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Education reform is fresh on everyone’s mind as we gear up for the 2016 presidential race. Here at 4Tests, we’ve already outlined some of the plans that are on the table, most recently Bernie Sanders’ plan to get you a free education at all four-year universities. You can read more on Sanders’ plan here. But […]
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Follow your passion. You’ve heard it said countless times, no doubt, and not always in a positive light. Take this article from Vanaia, which calls it “the worst career advice ever.” From the piece: “First of all, true pre-existing passions, to which one could connect their work, are extremely rare. Secondly, there is practically no […]
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It’s important to stay on top of the things that are happening in the world today, particularly as it relates to what most affects you. Since I’m assuming most of you are affected by education, it would be wise to keep your eye on these stories for the week, starting with a radical plan that […]
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Kyle Schwartz, a third grade teacher at Denver’s Doull Elementary, tried a social experiment on her kids that involved asking them to write on an index card or sheet of paper what they wish she knew about them that she probably didn’t. Schwartz is the first to tell you that she didn’t expect to be […]
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So many changes are happening in the world of education — Common Core, high-stakes testing, and all the opposition to it — that it’s easy to miss something important. That’s why we’ve put together a selection of the top stories for the week that we recommend checking out. Whether you’re on the teacher side or […]
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The Bada** Teachers Association is a group of more than 51,000 educators, who have decided to band together to organize resistance to school reform that places standardized testing front-and-center as the way of telling if a student is “ready” for the world. Among the major gripes that the BTA has with current educational reform is […]
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Pearson, the textbook and testing giant, had to eat a large slice of humble pie recently when an angry mom caught a mistake in some of their materials. Sarah Blaine, a New York-based attorney as well as a mom and former teacher, noticed that one of the math questions her daughter had gotten right was […]
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A fourth grader just handed proponents of standardized testing their walking papers in as passionate of an address to a school board as I’ve ever seen. The girl’s name is Sydney Smoot. She is a fourth grader at Brooksville Elementary School in Florida. She’s also a new Internet celebrity thanks to her unabridged thoughts on […]
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