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OPINION: The Opt Out movement is gaining ground, quietly

The Hechinger Report

Standardized testing is a common feature in K-12 schooling in the United States, with federal legislation requiring since 2002 that states test virtually all children in grades 3-8 in mathematics and English language arts. Moreover, the movement has yet to form an advocacy arm that calls for specific changes and a reform agenda.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. In 2015, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top five of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county. You know, Charlottesville is the center of Albemarle County. You go to Henrico County?

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In a recent survey of the state’s superintendents conducted by the University of Southern Maine, roughly a quarter of respondents said they planned to stick with a proficiency-based diploma, even though the law no longer requires it. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute , an organization that gives out scholarships to Maine students.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Since 2002 she has led the organization through significant national expansion, reaching nearly 730,000 middle and high school youth and nearly 6,000 educators across 26 states and 12 countries, from offices based in Minneapolis, San Francisco and New York.

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Who should pay for preschool for the middle class?

The Hechinger Report

Take our short survey to tell us more about your experience and ask questions we may be able to answer in future reporting projects. . States are moving slowly in the same direction, more than tripling their spending on preschool since 2002 , according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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