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Teachers are sharing the 'basic' skills students can't do anymore – and parents are panicking

A growing number of teachers are speaking out about a troubling trend they say they’re seeing in classrooms: students ...
Harvard Business Review

Basic Competence Can Be a Strategy

Raffaella Sadun, a professor at Harvard Business School, explains why seemingly common-sensical management practices are so hard to implement. After surveying thousands of... Raffaella Sadun, a ...
WAMC

Herbert London: Basic Competencies and The MOOC Surge

It is difficult to know if MOOC’s (Massive Open On-line Courses) are a conspiracy to undermine the Academy or mankind’s final redemption, a way to open the avenues of higher education. However one ...
Education Week

Here’s Why We Don’t Need Standardized Tests

There are two main arguments against using standardized tests to guarantee that students reach at least a basic level of academic competency. The first is radical: These tests are not necessary. The ...
Morning Call PA

Pa. waived the basic skills requirement for educators. Will it work to attract more teachers?

Emma Lambert easily passed the writing portion of the basic skills test required of Pennsylvania teaching candidates. The math section took a few more attempts. As for reading? She failed 12 times ...