THE AMOUNT OF energy, time, and money that is being put into curbing students from “opting out” of state- and federal-mandated standardized tests tests makes one wonder what these tests […]
Sandra Stotsky
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Peyser misses the mark on teacher licensing
THE STATE’S SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, James Peyser, recently set forth in CommonWealth his ideas on how he thinks the state’s teacher licensure system should be changed. He thinks we should […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Baker should embrace pre-Common Core standards
MICHAEL JONAS TRIED tried to paint Charlie Baker as a cautious governor on the issue of Common Core (“Baker’s Common Core Caution”). Instead, he managed to imply that Gov. Baker’s […]
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Future teachers need more liberal arts fewer courses in education
Two different kinds of problems point to the urgent need to rethink our entire system of teacher education in Massachusetts, and in the country as a whole. On one hand, […]