Tag: Public Education
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How to measure schools effectively
Students say that during test preparation time, they don’t get access to their usual lessons; they understand that come February, it is testing, testing, and testing. As more studies analyze the effects of high-stakes testing, it is clear that students are negatively affected, especially as it consumes their day-to-day school life. But why does it…
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Another version of history
And the vote from the State Board of Education is…yes. The State Board of Education has been looking to change the social studies curriculum in Texas. This week, they had community input, and people were speaking out from both sides- those in favor and those against. But what was at stake? The biggest theme in…
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The takeovers
With a leadership change in any school district comes uncertainty and anxiety. The uncertainty and anxiety are even greater when the new leadership is state-appointed, as is the case with the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) takeover of school districts. The state implements takeovers when a school within the district receives multiple consecutive years of low…
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What is Deficit Thinking, and What Effect Does It Have on Mexican American Students?
Blog Series: Deficit Thinking in Education. How educators think about their students matters. It guides the expectations that they set for them. Are their students capable of learning the content? How educators answer this question matters. How they answer this guides what they will do next. They might adjust the complexity of a question to…