On my way out through the lobby, saw Michael Steele on the phone. He’s taller than I thought. The show’s going to broadcast tomorrow. I’ll link to it. But they originally contacted me because of this article that I wrote for Huffington Post about progressive disenchantment with the President. You just never know when or […]
Shove Your Yardstick and Your Calipers and Your ETS
November 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Indiana has recently released its “report card” assessments of its public schools. I’m sure I don’t need to go into the reasons the grades themselves are only political and have nothing to do with the welfare of our children but rather the welfare of our business managers. In fact Diane Ravitch had a brief post […]
Empty of Fact: Rachel Brown’s Bellwether Propaganda
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I asked Doug Martin, my colleague at The Common Errant and a dogged investigator of politico-corporate-educational malfeasance, to help us interpret the misleading graphic presentation offered by Rachel Brown for The Atlantic‘s Reform Pamphlet. Ms Brown seems to be responsible for page 87; I don’t think it’s appropriate to say she wrote it as it is primarily […]
Episode 51 of @thechalkface coming up today at 4PM EST, the chat room’ll be open
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
At the Chalk Face coming up in a few, or listen at Blog Talk Radio later, you know, when you have time
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Headed to Madison to try out some “real” radio
January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tim Slekar and I are going to Wisconsin to put together a few actual radio shows, with At the Chalk Face potentially going mainstream. I guess I have fewer details than I should, but we’re going to be doing three full hour shows, with interviews including Diane Ravitch. Then, some folks at the station are […]
#episode 39 of At the Chalk Face tomorrow at 4PM, be there!!
December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A great #progressive note on #standardized #testing
October 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mark Naison posted a note on the false hopes generated by test-based reforms, particularly in low-income communities. To wit: Unfortunately, the whole strategy was destined to fail. It is difficult, if not impossible, to use the public schools to create greater class and race equality , when tax policy, income policy, and numerous informal dimensions […]
A challenge to #progressive #education critics
June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’m a vocal opponent of “education reform” in its current and mainstream manifestation: test-driven, market-based reforms. There are numerous allies online. Articles and links are posted blasting common enemies like Michelle Rhee and others. At this point though, I’m a little unclear as to what critics propose as solutions. I see a lot of, you […]
My interview on All Things Considered on #NPR
My interview on All Things Considered on #NPR Coming up between 5PM and 6PM EDT, I’m not sure of the exact time. If you can’t listen live, I think it says the archive audio should be available at 7PM EDT. Unfortunately, I’ll be at a wedding at 5, so won’t be able to listen live. […]