Changing the code of discipline
If you don't like it, you can leave. That's the line of defense that Noble Network of Charter Schools' supporters have fallen back on in the wake of research showing...
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Changing the code of discipline
If you don't like it, you can leave. That's the line of defense that Noble Network of Charter Schools' supporters have fallen back on in the wake of research showing...
Improve system to evaluate students
The story about changes in state testing for English-language learners (Metro, Feb. 13) misses a larger, even more critical point about the current U.S. obsession with standardized testing. It's bad...
Right to education
Columnist Jonah Goldberg uses the same "evidence" for the superiority of charter and other schools as the Tribune editorial board: the waiting list. By that measure, the most nutritious food...
Funding schools
This is regarding "End Chicago Public Schools monopoly" (Voice of the people, Aug. 17), by R. Eden Martin, president of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. The...
Blaming students
The headline "Illinois students not up to test mark; ACT scores indicator of college readiness" (Metro, Aug. 17) is more evidence of an unfortunate "blame the child" mentality that is...
Promoting kids
This is regarding "Ensuring that students can read" (Voice of the people, May 4), from Jim Warford, chancellor of Florida's public schools. The letter suggests that there is little learning...
Funding education
Parents United for Responsible Education would like to add our voice to those urging Chicago teachers to vote yes on the proposed new union contract. We have all come too...
Teacher support will improve education results
Another round of Iowa testing is under way in the Chicago Public Schools. Important decisions about children will be made shortly based on their scores on the Iowa Test of...
QUALITY EDUCATION
Robert Samuelson is just plain wrong when he states that the alternative to tests is "no standards, no accountability" (Commentary, Feb. 2). This extreme view ignores such serious questions as...