A new issue with standardized tests is that they contain corporate plugs that could be considered inappropriate advertising.
Corporate Advertising In Standardized Tests May Soon Become A Common Reality
by Rika Christensen •
Tag Archive for public education
Tea Party Thinks Minority Students Are ‘Ethnically Challenged’
by Wendi Petit •
Indiana Introduces Bill To Require Students To Recite The Lord’s Prayer
by Wendi Petit •
The language in this bill is nearly identical to a much older case which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on more than 60 years ago.
Weekend Reading List
by Winning Progressive •
For this weekend we have articles on the Chicago teachers strike, charter schools, tax rates and economic growth, social mobility, and subsidies to professional sports teams.
When You ‘Starve The Beast,’ Who Eats Its Food?
by Don Hamel •
Obama Wins Support Of Bill Nye (VIDEOS)
by Nathaniel Downes •
Michele Bachman Says Not Teaching Creationism In Public Schools Is Government Censorship (VIDEO)
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
During an appearance at an education forum at the University of Northern Iowa, Bachmann talked about how she wants public schools to start including creationism and intelligent design on the curriculum and claimed that not doing so is censorship.