Public education is under attack. We are told daily that there is a crisis in the classroom: Bad test scores they say. Bad teachers they say. But don’t worry. Corporations are coming to our rescue replacing public service with the free market. BEWARE When corporations get involved in the learning process everything becomes ‘commoditized’ or […]
Students protest NYS “Pineapple” test
Students see the light as the blind lead the blind…by Tim Wolcott A sage once said “Life is 10% how you make it…and 90% how you take it.” Activist eighth graders from New York aren’t taking mistreatment by this year’s English Language Arts test sitting down. Hooray for them and us all! Effective this year, […]
