Thomas, P. L. (2012, February 22). Education as "politically contested spaces."Daily Kos. Reposted at truthout.
-----. (2012, April 26). Politics and education don't mix. The Atlantic.
The Accountability Era
• A Nation at Risk (1983), Ronald Reagan
Bracey, G. (2003). April foolishness: The 20th anniversary of A Nation at Risk. Phi Delta Kappan, 84(8), 616-621.
Holton, G. (2003, April 25). An insider’s view of “A Nation at Risk” and why it still matters. The Chronicle Review, 49(33), B13.
• State Standards and High-Stakes Assessments (for example, high school exit exams)
• Goals 2000, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton
• "Texas Miracle," George W. Bush, Rod Paige
What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? (RAND, 2000)
• National Reading Panel
Yatvin, J. (2002). Babes in the woods: The wanderings of the National Reading Panel. Phi Delta Kappan, 83(5), 364-369.
• No Child Left Behind (2001), George W. Bush, Rod Paige, Ted Kennedy
Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education (Hout & Elliott, 2011)
Stedman, L. C. (2010). How well does the standards movement measure up? An
analysis of achievement trends and student learning, changes in curriculum and school culture,
and the impact of No Child Left Behind. Critical Education, 1(10). Retrieved 2 October 2011 from http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/182312/182361
Stedman, L. C. (2011). Why the standards movement failed. An educational and
political diagnosis of its failure and the implications for school reform. Critical Education, 2(1). Retrieved 2 October 2011 from http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/182313/182362
Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education (Hout & Elliott, 2011)
Stedman, L. C. (2010). How well does the standards movement measure up? An
analysis of achievement trends and student learning, changes in curriculum and school culture,
and the impact of No Child Left Behind. Critical Education, 1(10). Retrieved 2 October 2011 from http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/182312/182361
Stedman, L. C. (2011). Why the standards movement failed. An educational and
political diagnosis of its failure and the implications for school reform. Critical Education, 2(1). Retrieved 2 October 2011 from http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/182313/182362
• Reading First, George W. Bush, Margaret Spellings
• Race to the Top, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan
• Current reform initiatives:
-----. (2011, October 23). Testing support for TFA and KIPP: Whose children matter? Daily Kos. Reposted at Schools Matter.
Thomas, P. L. (2012, March 16). Charter schools not the answer, especially if we fail to identify the question. Daily Kos.
Common Core State [sic] Standards, Susan Ohanian
Thomas, P. L. (2012, February 13). Rotten to the (common) core. Daily Kos.
National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)
Thomas, P. L. (2012, June 1). NCTQ unmasked. Daily Kos.
-----. (2012, April 5). The bully politics of education reform. Daily Kos.
Teach for America (TFA)
Thomas, P. L. (2012, January 13). 'Teach for America' overstates its classroom success. Charleston Post and Courier. Expanded and reposted at Schools Matter.
• Key figures in reform agenda:
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Bill Gates
Michelle Rhee
Geoffrey Canada (Harlem Children's Zone)
Diane Ravitch
• Current tension: "No Excuses" Reformers v. Social Context Reformers
Thomas, P. L. (2011, December 22). Poverty matters!: Part 1 and Part 2. The Daily Censored. Reposted at truthout.
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