Education Reform

January 2016

Quick Key Selected Again by Jaime Escalante Math

By |2016-01-17T20:13:01+00:00January 17th, 2016|

For the second year in a row, Quick Key was selected as the assessment solution for the prestigious Jaime Escalante Math Program in Los Angeles. According to Fernando Fernandez, Director of Jaime Escalante Math: "Quick Key has been instrumental in realizing our goal of using real-time data each day to help our students to thrive. We [...]

May 2014

NY Times: This Smart Girl Says Thank You

By |2014-05-23T16:07:00+00:00May 23rd, 2014|

John Gress/Reuters True Grit According Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times, "In 2011, a malnourished 14-year-old Vietnamese village girl named Phung arose in the wee hours each morning in a herculean struggle to get an education. After I wrote about her, readers responded with a torrent of $750,000 in donations to Room to Read, the aid organization helping [...]

NY Times: For Schools, Long Road to a Level Playing Field

By |2014-05-21T16:27:00+00:00May 21st, 2014|

A classroom schedule in Tempe, Ariz. Many reports have highlighted a persistent gulf in test results between the rich and the poor. CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times According to the New York Times, "socioeconomic background explains 15 percent of the variation in the performance of American students, far more than in high-performing countries like Finland, Japan [...]

New York Times: Charters, Public Schools and a Chasm Between

By |2014-05-14T16:02:00+00:00May 14th, 2014|

Both the Middle School for Arts and Philosophy and Kings Collegiate Charter School are housed at PS 588 in Brownsville, N.Y. Credit Christopher Gregory for The New York Times It is not an understatement to say that there is tension between Charter Schools and Public Schools.  According to the New York Times,  “'It’s like putting a Burger [...]

Michelle Obama: Holding Teachers' Feet to the Fire #edchat

By |2014-05-13T14:20:00+00:00May 13th, 2014|

First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement address to graduates of Dillard University in New Orleans, Saturday, May 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman) | ASSOCIATED PRESS The First Lady of the United States gave a commencement speech at Dillard University in New Orleans. The speech gave context to the struggle that many Americans had to endure in [...]