Opinions on Education

The following are editorials, commentaries, and opinions from various sources regarding public education, collected in September and October 2015. Click on each headline to read more.

Commentary: Without action in Springfield, CPS students can't succeed
Forrest Claypool, CEO, Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Tribune, October 30

Column: Arne Duncan’s Race to the Bottom:

Our national test fixation isn’t just bad for kids — it doesn’t even work

Diane Ravitch, Salon, October 28

Editorial:  Which locker room for transgender students?
Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, October 21

Editorial: Class in history, economics for strike-idled students 
Editorial Board, Belleville News-Democrat, October 21

Our View: State needs to do a better job funding Illinois schools

Editorial Board, Rockford Register-Star, October 18

Opinion: PARCC assessments and the business of education

Dave Root, superintendent, Williamsville CUSD 15,
State Journal-Register, Springfield, October 16

Editorial: The price we pay for the Chicago Way

Editorial Board, Chicago Sun-Times, October 8

  

Editorial: A-PARCC-alypse Now:
Dismal but honest results from new statewide test

Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, September 21

Editorial: Test blame doesn't produce better results

Editorial Board, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, September 20, 2015

Commentary: How to protect teachers and taxpayers in the pension crisis

Charles A. Burbridge, executive director of Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund,
Chicago Tribune, September 17

This 500-Person Town is Leading on Education

Ethan Senack, Federal Higher Education Advocate, U.S. PIRG, Huffington Post, September 15

Commentary: Mayoral control of CPS not working

Kristen McQueary, Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, September 14

Opinion: The fallacy of using student tests to grade teachers

Gary Watts, retired teacher, State Journal-Register, Springfield, September 9

Counterpoint: Southwest Side doesn't need or want charter school

Patrick Brosnan, executive director of the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council,
Chicago Sun-Times, September 7

Our View: Harmon Mitchell helped lead vision for better Rockford public schools

Editorial Board, Rockford Register-Star, September 3

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