Kindergarten Readiness: A Useless and Dangerous Concept
The usual big government, control our children from birth crowd constantly harp at parents and policymakers that fifty percent of Minnesota children come to school not prepared or not fully [...]
View ArticleQuotes and References Regarding the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
THERE IS NO CRISIS “The total percentage [3-10% for 2009] of students rated on average as not yet showing proficiency in each of the five developmental domains has remained consistent [...]
View ArticleEducation Liberty Watch Private School Choice Freedom Grading Scale Table
STATE TYPE OF SCHOOL CHOICE TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY TESTING IF ANY ACCEPTED COMMON CORE? FREEDOM GRADE Arizona (2006) CSTC – Means tested Nationally norm referenced test Yes B Arizona (1997) [...]
View ArticleEducation Liberty Watch Introduces New Freedom Grading Scale for Private...
The concept of trying to rescue poor and minority students from failing public schools is a noble one. However, if the private schools are forced to teach the public school [...]
View ArticleEducation Liberty Watch Response to Senate Author of Florida Data Tracking Bill
Last week, Florida Senator Bill Galvano sent the following email to a constituent who had called and visited his office with very legitimate concerns regarding Florida SB 878 (See detailed [...]
View ArticleFormal Response to the Chief State School Officers’ Letter on Student Data...
Formal Response to the Chief State School Officers’ Letter on Student Data Privacy Karen R. Effrem, MD President of Education Liberty Watch and Co-Founder of the Florida Stop Common Core [...]
View ArticleAnalysis of Amendments and Votes for the Every Child Achieves Act
Karen R. Effrem, MD – President Sadly, despite clear and detailed warnings from parents, teachers, activists, and policy experts, the US Senate passed its rewrite of the No Child Left [...]
View ArticleConstitutional, Statutory, & Privacy Concerns with Assessing Mindsets in the...
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is planning to assess non-academic social and emotional “mindsets” like “grit” as well as school climate in next year’s National Assessment of Educational...
View ArticleThe National Pulse: 2 Reasons Why DeVos’ Education Reform Plan Would Be a...
Charter school and voucher expansion have been a hot topic across the nation at both the state and federal levels. Interest and grave concern about this expansion, especially at the […]
View ArticleThe National Pulse: Alabama Wants Local Control over Education. Will...
During the 2015 fight over the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), over 200 parent and conservative organizations and leaders denounced the bill due to its extension of tight control over state […]
View ArticleThe National Pulse: Mother Denied Parental Rights over Transgender Teen...
Last month, Dr. Effrem described the bizarre and dangerous Minnesota federal court decision that “emancipated” a minor child from his mother, thereby denying her inherent parental right to direct the […]
View ArticleThe National Pulse: POLL: Support for Charter Schools Plummets Nationwide —...
by: Dr. Karen R. Effrem, MD The annual Education Next poll on education issues came out last week, and there was a very surprising finding regarding charter schools. After nearly […]
View ArticleThe National Pulse: Grading the GOP’s Latest Education Bill: Needs...
by Dr. Karen Effrem, MD The House Education and Workforce Committee completed their mark-up last week of HR 4508, which they have named the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity […]
View ArticleThe National Pulse: Will Congress Spend Big on This Failed Education Program...
by Dr. Karen Effrem, MD The corporations, foundations, investors, and politicians funded by them have been working hard this year to promote competency-based education (CBE), also called personalized...
View ArticleThe National Pulse: Looking Ahead: 4 Predictions for Education Policy in 2018
by Dr. Karen Effrem, MD Happy New Year! Here is a brief update on federal education issues we were following before Christmas and some predictions as 2018 begins. As always, […]
View ArticleInvasive International Survey Targeting Pre-K Students Is Coming to U.S.
This article written by Dr. Karen Effrem for The National Pulse details the international survey titled the International Early Learning Survey (IELS), and how the questions it asks inherently violates...
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