By Pamela Cantor, from the American Educator Education has long been central to the promise of the United States of America. But our current education system has never been designed to promote the equitable opportunities or outcomes that our children…
Ambitious Teaching and Equitable Assessment
A Vision for Prioritizing Learning, Not Testing By Lorrie A. Shepard Claims that testing will serve equity very often aren’t true. That’s my conclusion from 50 years of studying the impact of high-stakes standardized assessments. Yes, I should have retired…
Pawtucket School host AFT ‘First Book’ event this summer
The CDC releases compelling new charts explaining vaccine efficacy
Fully vaccinated individuals have a much greater chance of not being impacted by COVID-19, whether that impact is via infection, hospitalization, or death. If you are still unclear on how well vaccinations work against COVID-19 since delta became the predominant…
Pawt. School Committee Meeting, 9-14-21
Biden hails unions: ‘Worker power is essential’
President Biden on Wednesday honored labor unions at the White House, saying that empowering workers will help to build back the economy. “In the economy my administration is building, instead of workers competing with each other for the jobs that…