On AlterNet: testing

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "testing"

How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. May 18, 2012.

The education of our children is a core cultural and political choice that reflects the deepest differences between liberals and conservatives.

Want to Appreciate Teachers? Stop Treating Their Students Like Dirt

Molly Knefel, AlterNet. May 9, 2012.

A teacher offers her perspective on the hypocrisy of Teacher Appreciation week.

In New York, Parents Just Say No to School Testing

Philissa Cramer, Gotham Schools. April 17, 2012.

Tired of the impact of high-stakes testing on their kids, a small but determined band of families are sitting out state testing this year.

How School Administrators Tried to Bully My Daughter into Taking a Meaningless Test

Anonymous, AlterNet. March 28, 2012.

What really happens when a student decides to opt-out of statewide exams? One parent-teacher's perspective on the backlash her daughter experienced when she said no to the test.

"A Test You Need to Fail": A Teacher's Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students

Ruth Ann Dandrea, Rethinking Schools. March 26, 2012.

Perpetual, high-stakes testing is often accused of inspiring mediocrity -- but is it also criminal? To one teacher's mind, there's no doubt that it is.

Have Our Schools Become Educational Plantations?

Mark Naison, With a Brooklyn Accent. March 21, 2012.

Is high-stakes testing turning our teachers into 21st Century overseers -- and our schools into latter day plantations?

Standardized Tests Hurt Kids and Public Schools: Teachers, Parents Take a Stand Against Corporate-Backed Test Regime

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 4, 2012.

Teachers, parents and activists are organizing to fight standardized testing in schools -- and the big companies that profit from the tests.

Big Pharma Testing Drugs on India’s Poor

Viji Sundaram, Zeina Awad, New America Media. August 7, 2011.

Pharmaceutical companies are exploiting the country’s vast number of illiterate and poor people who are willing to become guinea pigs.

Prostitutes in Tijuana Forced to Pay More for Testing

Erika Cebreros, New America Media. October 1, 2008.

Health authorities in Tijuana now charge more for the medical tests required for sex workers. The price increase may keep many away from the doctor.

Music for the Brain

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 27, 2007.

Scientists might not be sure exactly how it works, but musically and artistically inclined students are better readers and mathematicians.

Why Have the Children Been Left Behind?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 22, 2007.

Bush's ironically-named No Child Left Behind program cheatsschools out of money and time.

Drugmakers Hurry Sales, Delay Safety Studies

Michelle Chen, The NewStandard. February 9, 2007.

Fast-tracked pharmaceuticals are on the market for an average of almost two years without beginning required safety tests, and the FDA is letting it happen.