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- ROTTEN APPLES IN EDUCATION - 2007
EDITION
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Dr.Gerald Bracey
found a whole barrel of Rotten Apples in 2007 -- here are 16 awards
that represent the worst in public education, as counterweight to
the Golden Apple awards in the annual Bracey Report on the Condition
of Public Education.
- THE 17TH BRACEY REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION
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Dr. Bracey looks
back at an event in the Fifties that seemed to change everything for
the U.S. as a whole and for U.S. education in particular. Working
his way forward to the present day, he makes it clear that the time
when everything changed also marked the point at which things started
staying the same.
- ROTTEN APPLES IN EDUCATION -
2006 EDITION
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The Rotten Apples
are a counterweight to the Golden Apple awards in the annual Bracey
Report on the Condition of Public Education.
- THE 16TH BRACEY REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION
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When political
considerations define the agenda for or shape
the findings of research, the results can seem frustrating or silly —
but often the losers are students and teachers. - DEAR PUBLIC EDITOR
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It is high time
The New York Times applied its ethical standards to the false information
being offered by Brent Staples.
- ROTTEN APPLES IN EDUCATION - 2005 EDITION
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The Rotten Apples
are a counterweight to the Golden Apple awards in the annual Bracey
Report on the Condition of Public Education. Unfortunately, the awards
continue to grow, and this year they are the length of the Bracey
Report itself!
- THE 15TH BRACEY REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION
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An apt characterization
for the 2005 Report might be “Testing Is Driving People Crazy.” Unrelenting
assessment pressure did seem to detach people from their psychological
and moral moorings, and we begin this year’s report with a few of
the more atrocious test-related outrages. The
2005 Golden Apple awards honor educators who take a stand in the best
interests of children and learning.
- ROTTEN APPLES IN EDUCATION - 2004 EDITION
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Jeb Bush siezed
the market for Rotten Applies in 2003, but big brother George takes
the lead in the 2004 bumper crop of Rotten Apples!
- THE 14TH BRACEY REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION
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NCLB remains the
only real story in education, and Bracey reviews 2004 from four viewpoints.
The Golden Apple awards honor educators who take a stand in the best
interests of children and learning.
- ROTTEN APPLES - 2003 EDITION
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Jeb Bush picks
up 3 of the 18 awards for 2003, and with a stretch, might have been
given several others for plotting to fabricate reasons to dump a donor,
for the falsification of government documents, shoddy oversight of
the voucher program, etc.
- THE 13TH BRACEY REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION
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Is NCLB achieving
AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress)? The Golden Apple Awards this year
highlight a number of flaws that suggest the answer is "No".
- THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT,
A PLAN FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: JUST SAY NO
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The No Child Left
Behind Act is a trap. It is the grand scheme of the school privatizers.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) sets up public schools for the final knock
down.
- APRIL
FOOLISHNESS: THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF A NATION AT RISK
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A Nation at Risk
famously declared a crisis in American education. Even today, 20 years
after the report's release, we cling to its message, which Mr. Bracey
shows to be as flawed as it was compelling. (Link to Kappan article)
- THOSE MISLEADING SAT AND NAEP TRENDS: SIMPSON'S
PARADOX AT WORK
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The phenomenon
by which the whole group shows one trend but the various subgroups
show another occurs often in social science and medical research.
It is known as Simpson's Paradox..
- THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF HIGH STAKES TESTING
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Another problem
with tests--passing or failing can turn on a single item.
- THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT: JUST SAY NO
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The No Child Left
Behind Act is a trap. It is
the grand scheme of the school privatizers.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) sets up public schools for the
final knock down.
- ROTTEN APPLES - 2002 EDITION
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Do you read the
Golden Apples awards by Gerry Bracey each year when they are published
in Kappan? Here are the corresponding Rotten Apple awards!
- 12th BRACEY REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION
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What profit it
a child to pass the MCAS, F C AT, TAKS, or CASE, if he lose his Epicurean
aesthetic? Mr. Bracey asks (from the Oct. 2002 Kappan).
- POISON BILL
-
Gerald Bracey reports on No Child
Left Behind
- WHAT
THEY DID ON VACATION
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Gerald Bracey reports it is not schools
that are failing poor kids (courtesy Washington Post)
- THE 2001 ROTTEN APPLE AWARDS
-
Gerald Bracey awards 11 Rotten Apples
to the worst education actions of 2001
- REPORT
ON THE CONDITION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
-
Gerald Bracey's 11th annual report,
from the October 2001 Kappan
- SCHOOL
INVOLVEMENT AND THE WORKING POOR
-
Gerald Bracey Research report from June
2001 Kappan.
- DOES
HIGHER TECH REQUIRE HIGHER SKILLS?
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Gerald Bracey Research report from May
2001 Kappan.
- TEST
SCORES IN THE LONG RUN: NOT IMPORTANT
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Gerald Bracey Research report from April
2001 Kappan.
- THE
BUSH EDUCATION PLAN
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Bracey review of proposed Bush Education
Plan (first appeared January 2001 in Newsday).
- SMALL
CLASS SIZE: 1, ERIC HANUSHEK: 0
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Princeton University economists counter
arguments that money and class size are not determining factors in
school achievement.
- CULPRIT
IN RECESSION: U. S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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"Back to the Future" columnist Bracey
reports on Press Conference by President Bush in August, 2001.
- ROTTEN
APPLES OF 2000
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Thirteen awards to the most egregious
purveyors of disinformation on education in the year 2000.
- FAULTY
LOGIC IN REPORT ON CHOICE AND INTEGRATION
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A Review of "The Impact of School Choice
on Integration in Milwaukee Private Schools" by Howard L. Fuller,
Ph.D. and George A. Mitchell
- THE
"NO EXCUSES" DODGE
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While I share Geneva Overholser's desire
to improve the educational lot of the nation's poor children, I do
not share her belief that the Heritage Foundation's "No Excuses" report
shows us how to do it.
- THE
PERILS OF PETERSON
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Jay Mathews reports the findings of Paul
Peterson and Company on the Washington Scholarship Fund, an organization
that provides scholarships to Washington, DC public school students
so that they might attend private schools.
- DISINFORMATION'S
GLORIOUS DAY
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Bill Bennett, Checker Finn, Martin Gross
all in a row.
- TENHUTT!!
-- "The Vipers Nest of Right Wing Vitriol"
-
Daniel Golden's report on Military Schools
selects data for flawed argument.
- How
to Destroy Trust in Public Schools
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Why do the media constantly batter the
public schools?
- About
The Conpiracy of Ignorance
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The Washington Post does it again... using
poor logic to malign educators.
-
Lou Gerstner's Lies
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Good logic -- bad research plagues even America's
corporate leaders at the recent Education Summit
- Problems
with NAEP Writing Proficiency Levels
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Once again NAEP succeeds in comparing 1992
apples to 1999 oranges.
- The Propaganda
of "A Nation at Risk"
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Some thoughts to keep in mind as we review
the press from another "National Education Summit" September 30 -
October 1, 1999.
- Simpson's
Paradox Masks the Good News
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An EDDRA special -- two articles about the
unseen progress of American schools.
- Retention
in Grade Fails Children
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Is retention the only alternative to "social
promotion" or promotion for "seat time?"
- Vouchers,
Chile and Test Scores
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A review of Chile's voucher experience, and
a bonus article disputing Stephan Thernstrom's assertion that US test
scores are declining.
- Distortion
and Disinformation About Class Size Reduction
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It borders on the criminally irresponsible!
- A
View from the 1999 AERA Annual Conference
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EDDRA comments on the continuing standards debate
- Much ado
about...
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EDDRA reports on Vouchers as Florida enacts
a new plan
- Who is
failing whom??
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EDDRA reports on testing in Virginia and
Massachusetts
- Bonus Feature... A
Cruise on the Seine
How to spend a few free hours (and francs) in the City of Lights
© 1999-2008 Gerald Bracey
Last updated January 16,2008
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