The Bush-Obama-Trump program of standardized testing, punitive accountability, & school choice is their 'reform' strategy. It has utterly failed. The “reformers” relied on the business idea that disruption is a positive good. I call them “disruptors,” not reformers. Reformers have historically called for more funding, better trained teachers, desegregation, smaller class sizes. Federal mandates led states to spend billions on testing, crowding out untested subjects like history and science. Charter schools on average do not get higher test scores; in some states charters dominate the state’s list of the lowest performing schools. How do we improve our schools? States and districts should save billions by spending to reduce class sizes so children can get individualized help from their teacher," who, BTW, should not have to work 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet . Read more...
At time.com
