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   Sex, Lies, and DIBELS: A Guidebook to National Standards   Part 1  Fun Facts about Standardistos  Historical Signposts The Meek The Old Testament contains 63 references to Standards, the most cited being, “The meek shall… Read more

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As noted in The New York Times: McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken Sponsored research to find answers To these Questions: *Are cows ever happy? *Do pigs feel pain? *What do chickens really want? (see “Animals Seeking… Read more

Quick Summary: In 1983, the editor of Classroom Computer Learning asked me to review reading software. The mailed me a huge box of offal, and Beware the Rosy View! is the result. I had been… Read more

This article appeared in English Journal, November 2013. by Susan Ohanian I still cannot take my measure without a classroom of children to give me clues. . . .Where Reeny goes we shall follow.–Vivian Gussin… Read more

   With apologies to Christopher Marlowe. Come read with me and be my DroneAnd we will make reading skills our own.Let corporate precepts rule our field,And all the stubborn students yield. There will we stand… Read more

  Some years back, a comment on Twitter about Flat Stanley provoked me to locate this article, published in The Atlantic September 1987. I received some 150 letters from people who had read the article–not… Read more

If I were in charge of the world I’d cancel facilitators, Friday spellings, Pizza bribes, and also Questions at the end of the story. If I were in charge of the world You could read… Read more

Here is the mission of the U. S. Department of Education (from their website): Our mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. How… Read more

Note: This article was published by Counterpunch, Nov. 3, 2015, but it remains distressingly current. Go To Counterpunch for direct link to the articles. Big NYT logos and photos were getting inserted when I put… Read more

NRT adjutant General Back from Kindergarten War Zone. Set for appearance on Fox News. Congresses Passes Bill Sylvan Airport Passsenger Phonemic Awareness Test not mandetory. Ultra-Business travelers lobby for hardship exclusion. Classroom Bomb Threat a… Read more

                          Take This Test and Shove It Should a Miami Teenager Have to Deconstruct a Poetic Account of Tracking Moose in Alaska to… Read more