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Student Union Challenges Adults To ‘Take The Test’

Student Union Challenges Adults To ‘Take The Test’

By Bob Plain on March 13, 2013

Imagine this scenario: you’ve been excelling in sales job for a few years when your boss tells you that your continued employment is in jeopardy if you don’t bring home the bacon on a randomly selected day next week. Sound extreme? Maybe even counter-productive for the company’s long-range best interest? This is what the state [...]

Posted in Education, Featured | Tagged gist, high stakes test, necap, psu, regunberg | 1 Response

Photo by Sam Valorose.

Zombies March Against Education Deform Efforts

By Bob Plain on February 11, 2013

The Providence Student Union’s zombie march, a planned protest from Burnside Park to the State House against standardized testing, has gone national. Diane Ravitch, the most widely read and respected blogger on the ed reform debunking beat, picked up the item today and mentions that RI Ed. Commissioner Gist probably won’t be able to make [...]

Posted in Education | Tagged ed deform, gist, ravitch, regunberg | 2 Responses

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