Here is the place to sign up and support Portland, Oregon students who support Seattle, WA teachers. Who will be next to stand up to the bullies selling “junk” high stakes standardized tests (HSST’s) to school districts? Can they fire all the students?Expel them, suspend them, put them in jail? Why are so many students finally […]
There are so few who can explain the complexity of how the deep connections between the attack on public education and teachers — that if not stopped –will ultimately lead to the end of democracy itself. Henry A. Giroux is one of the few: TruthOut.org / By Henry A. Giroux The War Against Teachers December 21, 2012 | A […]
I received via email a very strongly worded message against the reform interference run by Wal-Mart and the Walton Foundation. Seems like the business caters to mothers on a family budget, so perhaps parents and caregivers should know what the discount store is up to that could affect their children’s schools. So, in all of […]
I saw someone whom I respect call them as such, a “scab recruiter.” Wow, I don’t know about this one. Scabs, those that cross picket lines during a strike, is that what they’re doing? You have a national debate in this country about teacher quality and the perceived ineptitude of preparation programs. At the same […]
Chalk Face is left-leaning and Democratic, no lies. But here’s the problem. It’s a screenshot of a survey over at Daily Kos, which is one of the liberal blogs of record. See that first answer choice there, public education? It’s not just Republicans destroying public education all right? We have Democrats for Education Reform and […]
From the Washington Business Journal: After five months on the market, [Rhee's] five-bed, 3.5-bath house at 1439 Madison St. NW finally sold for $841,000, shy of the $875,000 she’d listed it for this spring and $855,000 she bought it for in 2007’s happier times. Maybe she needs more speaking engagements to make up for […]
How do I wind up with this stuff anyway? Ah well, in any case, Kent State University in Ohio recently hosted Michelle Rhee as a guest speaker for the paltry, “discounted” sum (read: discounted) of $35,000. Inasmuch as the private sector is largely a threat to free and equitable public education, I have to say […]
I have no link for it… well, wait a minute, let me look. Nope, here it is. So, the crew there, and I watch MSNBC pretty regularly, but they’re all about education, Education Nation they call it (although, I never see an actual educator speaking). In any case, education comes up every so often. Now, you […]
Educators love them some Finland, I tell you. Let’s do what they do. My gut reaction tells me: well, they’re all Finnish, right? What’s the ethnic and cultural diversity there? That might be a key issue to their success. Then, when you look at the poverty issue, this stuff emerges: It’s almost unheard of for a […]
Article by yours truly is up and ready at @GOOD. So yeah, what about those prep schools?
I’m terrible at titles, so I’m glad the folks at GOOD picked something that gets right to the point: Why America’s Prep Schools Aren’t Following Arne Duncan’s Public School Education Reforms. Although, I will say for the record that Duncan’s children attend public schools in Virginia.