The Myth of Public School Failure RICHARD ROTHSTEIN SPRING 1993 Public schools are actually performing remarkably well. What they need is not radical reform but more support. There’s a conventional wisdom about public schools: Graduates don’t have the skills needed for a technologically advanced economy. We’ve doubled funds for public education since the mid-1960s, but…
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Alabama education chief calls out schools for not preparing graduates
By Trisha Powell Crain Updated Mar 26, 1:11 PM; Posted Mar 26, 1:11 PM tcrain@al.com Alabama interim state superintendent Dr. Ed Richardson has called out more than 150 schools for not preparing their high school graduates to either go to college or begin a successful path to a career. In a strongly-worded memo to superintendents statewide last week, Richardson wrote, “This is…
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) {#iBelieve}
A New Education Law The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015, and represents good news for our nation’s schools. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students. The new…
Court case could ‘financially cripple’ California unions
BY ADAM ASHTON February 26, 2018 12:01 AM Thirteen years ago, California’s teacher union went toe-to-toe with the state’s movie star governor and crushed him at the ballot box, funding almost half of the $121 million campaign that swamped his proposals to revamp tenure and restrict government spending. The rejection of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2005 initiatives…
The Demographics of Alabama’s “Failing Schools!” (2013)- {#iBelieve}
Challen Stephens | cstephens@al.com June 18, 2013 at 2:05 PM The state of Alabama unveiled its list of so-called failing schools today, labeling in bold red letters 74 attendance zones throughout inner cities and rural counties.All are high-poverty schools. And nearly all are predominantly black. For those 74 schools, the list promises immediate consequences, as those…
Alabama Will Get A New List of “Failing” Schools This Fall (2013)
August 11, 2013 Challen Stephens | cstephens@al.com Alabama will be facing a new list of “failing” schools before the year is out, as the test scores from last spring are due to be released some time this fall. The new round of test data will cause the state to recalculate the scores that led…
75% Achieve Goals (2012) What about those that did not make it?
By Kim Chandler August 10, 2012 at 7:59 AM More Alabama schools in 2012 met the yearly progress goals of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Education. Seventy-five percent of Alabama’s 1,365 schools met academic standards known as Adequate Yearly Progress in 2011-2012. That’s an increase…
83% of Alabama Schools Make AYP Sept. 2008- {#iBelieve}
State Experiences 18 percent Decrease in High-Poverty schools needing improvement. THE ACHIEVEMENT REQUIREMENTS continue to rise and Alabama’s public schools respond to the challenge. In its fifth year of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) implementation, most Alabama schools continue to increase student performance and move toward reaching the ultimate goal of 100 percent student proficiency as…
Understanding the Impact of (AYP) on Schools under “No Child Left Behind”
Transcribed Interview (2010) Dr. Joseph B. Morton, State Superintendent of Education (Alabama) What specifically does AYP measure? AYP measures a student’s ability to perform at grade level in math and reading and it is established by Federal law to measure students in Grades 3-8 and one measure at the high school level. AYP stands for…
24 Alabama Schools added to the Failing list in 2017 – {#iBelieve}
By: Anna Beahm January 25, 2018 The new list of “failing” Alabama public schools was released on Wednesday. 75 of Alabama’s 1325 schools landed on the list due to a poor showing on the state’s standardized test in the spring of 2017. The list shows schools whose spring 2017 test results in math and reading on the ACT…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 