Why Poor Schools Can't Win at Standardized Testing
Social reproduction
Article arguing that since the companies that make standardized tests also make expensive textbooks that poor schools cannot afford, students at these schools are disadvantaged.
The Atlantic
Article
Success Academy’s Radical Educational Experiment
Learning theory and practice
Article discussing the contradictions, goals, and outcomes of Success Academy charter schools.
The New Yorker
Article
No Child Left Behind (Poem)
Policy
Poem describing an education system that is working to leave children behind as they and their families fight.
Dominique Christina & Denice Frohman
Video
More Than a Score: Giving Students a Solid Chance
Policy
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Jesse Hagopian TED Talk
Video
Gates Foundation failures show philanthropists shouldn’t be setting America's public school agenda
Policy
Op-ed discussing Gates Foundation's failed attempts at school reform and the need for government, as opposed to private, funding and reform.
LA Times
Article