Laugh of the Day from the Times and Stand for Children
Honestly, I think sometimes the Times does not think much of its readers. For many of their education stories, they always manage to leave out very basic information. Almost as if they wanted to slant a story. The latest laugher comes via Washington Stand for Children and their " petition" to the Legislature over voting to link test scores to teacher evaluations. The House will have a public hearing on their bill on Monday. Along with supporting this bill, Stand for Children, one branch of a national advocacy group, has also lobbied for stricter teacher evaluations and more school choice. The group collected the 20,658 signatures mostly online over the past year, said spokeswoman Jeanette Lewis. It vetted the signatures by deleting those with duplicate or invalid email addresses. What's missing - from a reporting standpoint - is not truly explaining who Stand is and who funds them (Gates). I note the Times uses the cagey "nation advocacy group" and N...