Lauren Ashley Villa spelled it out for lawmakers: It’s time to find better forms of assessment and stop robbing students of a rich education. Read More

Monty Neill of FairTest on how we can win the battle for better evaluations of students, teachers and schools. Read More

This week we talk about the Voters First coalition submitting signatures to qualify their redistricting constitutional amendment in Ohio, NJEA holding a rally to support Englewood ESPs who are having their jobs privatized, Alaska qualifying for a waiver from NCLB and feature video of Wisconsin educators talking about why political action is important. Read More

Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 the House Education and Workforce committee is scheduled to markup two amendments to ESEA. Read More

"The best legislative ideas don't come from lobbyists or think tanks, but from parents and educators" Read More

Few were willing to cross the aisle, even with students’ futures on the line. Read More

Pamela Geisselhardt, NEA member from Kentucky, is invited by Rand Paul to speak at the Senate HELP committee hearing on ESEA. Read More