Google, Facebook, … call for data request transparency
Large tech firms in the US, like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, have asked the government to be more transparent when making requests for their user data.
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Violence erupts in Turkey; riot police use tear gas
Moved by the violence and protests in Turkey, we empathize and suggest that some events in US schools have some of the same qualities as the Turkish protests.
Hearing officers oppose a few Chicago school closings
There have been many attacks on the school closures in Chicago, but none of them seem to have struck a vein at the headquarters of the country's third-largest school district.
Study repeats known info on making graphs pretty
We already know everything this new study from Ohio State tells us, and moreover, we knew it more than 20 years ago.
Brand names placed in NY's Common Core tests
Responding to an article written by a New York eighth grader about the inclusion of brand names in reading passages on the state's Common Core-aligned standardized test...
So you think online content delivery is all that, eh?
Online college courses have brought great lectures to students around the world, but universities push back a little. Likewise, elementary and high schools should be wary of online content delivery.
Spike in A.D.H.D. diagnoses leads to questions
A rise in A.D.H.D. diagnoses was noticed by reporters at the New York Times who obtained raw data from a recent nationwide survey of families.
IL teacher: We have a moral imperative to share
We join the voice of Illinois's former Teacher of the Year as he tells educators they have a moral obligation to spread the word about what works and what doesn't in our real schools.
Voxitatis to pilot reading challenge this summer
The Voxitatis Research Foundation will conduct an initial pilot test of a Web-based application that will promote reading over the summer months.
The New Freedom excerpt by Woodrow Wilson
We dig into the archives to find a beautiful expression of what our public schools should be, which in a timeless way, opposes what they are becoming in many communities.