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Critical Education inaugural issue

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The Editorial Team of Critical Education is pleased to launch the inaugural issue of the journal.

Click on the current issue link at the top of the home page (or the abstract and article links at the bottom of the page) to read “The Idiocy of Policy: The Anti-Democratic Curriculum of High-stakes Testing” by Wayne Au. Au is assistant professor of education at Cal State University, Fullerton and author of Unequal By Design: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality (Routledge, 2009).

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Look for the initial installments of the special section edited by Abraham DeLeon titled “The Lure of the Animal: Addressing Nonhuman Animals in Educational Theory and Research” in the coming weeks.

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Next Stages in Testing Debate

Inside Higher Ed: Next Stages in Testing Debate

BALTIMORE — A year ago, the big news at the annual meeting of the National Association for College Admission Counseling was the release of a landmark report questioning the use of standardized testing. While the report didn’t call for testing to be abolished, it said that most colleges that required testing in the admissions process didn’t have a sufficient sense of its value, and the study suggested that careful analysis would lead many of those institutions to stop requiring the SAT or ACT as part of the admissions process.

Cyprus: Teachers’ union to boycott exams over university admissions

Cyprus Mail: Teachers’ union to boycott exams over university admissions

TEACHERS’ union OELMEK announced yesterday that its members in secondary education will boycott the Modern Greek Pancyprian Exam, due to start in just a few weeks, in protest at the Education Ministry’s proposal to allocate three per cent of public university places to pupils holding international qualifications such as GCEs or the Baccalaureat.

Nigeria: Invigilation Resumes as Oyo Teachers Call-off Strike

This Day: Invigilation Resumes as Oyo Teachers Call-off Strike

Parents in Oyo State heaved a sigh of relief as the 37-day strike, by members of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) was suspended at the weekend. With the call-off, the teachers have resumed the invigilation of the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), which they avoided while the strike lingered.

UK: TEACHERS MAY STRIKE IN FIGHT TO AXE THE SATS

Daily Express: TEACHERS MAY STRIKE IN FIGHT TO AXE THE SATS

TEACHERS moved a step closer to strike ­­action yesterday when ­union bosses revealed it is ­“ext­remely likely” they will vote to boycott Sats testing.

The National Union of Teachers wants the tests for children aged seven and 11 scrapped because they say they are damaging to ­pupils and demean staff.