May 2011
Court orders New Jersey to increase aid to schools
By Richard Pérez-Peña and Winnie Hu/New York Times
New Race to Top: $500M for early ed., $200M for round 2 runners-up
Blog by Michele McNeil/Education Week
Where's the evidence? Serious inadequacy of 'Race To The Top' school turnaround models
Blog by Gary M. Ratner/Huffington Post
The service of democratic education
By Linda Darling-Hammond/The Nation (Commencement speech delivered at Columbia University’s Teachers College)
Board of Education officially cancels community elections over school-reform plans
Blog by Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Linda Darling-Hammond on teacher evaluations through student testing
Guest blog by Linda Darling-Hammond/Education Nation
Report highlights effects of California's school finance deregulation; Oakland one of 10 districts included in study
By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune
Remix of knowledge acquisition and practice are elements of Learning 2.0
By Charles Taylor Kerchner/Thoughts on Public Education
The OCR as a tool in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline
By Rosa K. Hirji and Benétta M. Standly/The American Bar Association
Testing students to grade teachers: A dangerous obsession
Opinion by Linda Darling-Hammond/New York Times
Teacher: Of 8,892 data points, which ones matter in evaluation?
Guest blog by Charles Duerr/Washington Post
Student: Why do I have to take a standardized test in Yearbook?
Guest blog by Jack Eiselt/Washington Post