FYI, Alabama’s constitution still calls for ‘separate schools for white and colored children’; Schools offer ‘incentives’ to fire up kids to take standardized tests — and one charter network rents Radio City for test rally; Teacher to Ohio Gov. Kasich: ‘You are in the dark about life in the classroom’; DeVos praises Orthodox Jewish group that strongly backs public funding for religious schools; Michelle Rhee: ‘It’s going to be really hard going forward’ with school reform in the Trump era; ‘As a teacher and a woman, I don’t like this one bit’; Teacher: What school ‘choice’ looks like from my classroom; The Trump administration has a lot to learn about African American history. Here’s a reading list.; Head of DeVos-founded group resigns after saying he wanted to ‘shake’ an official ‘like I like to shake my wife’; What the numbers really tell us about America’s public schools; Teacher: Here’s the history lesson Betsy DeVos needed on black colleges and the Ku Klux Klan; The student Trump hailed as a school choice success came recommended by Betsy DeVos and Jeb Bush; Why the Trump/DeVos visit to a Catholic school is so unusual — and what it really means; How do you teach kids to care about something? Here’s how one teacher does it.;     FYI, Alabama’s constitution still calls for ‘separate schools for white and colored children’ The 1901 constitution has been changed numerous times, but this racist language still stands. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more » Schools offer ‘incentives’ to fire up kids to take standardized tests — and one charter network rents Radio City for test rally Standardized testing season is gearing up again. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   Teacher to Ohio Gov. Kasich: ‘You are in the dark about life in the classroom’ An educator responds to a useless mandate the governor is trying to impose on teachers. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   DeVos praises Orthodox Jewish group that strongly backs public funding for religious schools The education secretary met with leaders of Agudath Israel of America. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Michelle Rhee: ‘It’s going to be really hard going forward’ with school reform in the Trump era An interview from the “Have You Heard” podcast with Rhee, in which she talks about the corporate school reform she helped pioneer and looks into the future. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   ‘As a teacher and a woman, I don’t like this one bit’ One educator responds to her school district's closing because of the “A Day Without a Woman” protest: “It's the KIDS who stand to lose.” By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   Teacher: What school ‘choice’ looks like from my classroom The difference between public schools and private schools is that public schools have a responsibility to all children. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   The Trump administration has a lot to learn about African American history. Here’s a reading list. Here's a list of some egregious mistakes made by the president and other prominent officials in his administration — and a reading list. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   Head of DeVos-founded group resigns after saying he wanted to ‘shake’ an official ‘like I like to shake my wife’ He was executive director of the school choice advocacy group Great Lakes Education Project, started by DeVos and her husband in 2001. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   What the numbers really tell us about America’s public schools A renowned educational psychologist looks at the numbers. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   Teacher: Here’s the history lesson Betsy DeVos needed on black colleges and the Ku Klux Klan Education Secretary Betsy DeVos last week called historically black colleges and universities “pioneers” of school choice. Black students didn't go to them by choice; they weren't allowed in white schools. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   The student Trump hailed as a school choice success came recommended by Betsy DeVos and Jeb Bush Denisha Merriweather is a veteran advocate for school choice. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Immigrant students tweet to Trump: This is how our families help make America great It was part of a lesson in an English language communications class. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   Why the Trump/DeVos visit to a Catholic school is so unusual — and what it really means The visit to St. Andrew was a clear signal that the Trump administration intends to push forward with expanding school choice as a key priority. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   How do you teach kids to care about something? Here’s how one teacher does it. One fifth-grader teacher helped her students create a project to assist veterans. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »           Share Answer Sheet:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Answer Sheet or because it is included in your subscription. 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