This is a somewhat interesting film about children in the early years of the Cultural Revolution. One can say it is propaganda; it probably actually isn’t since it’s not a Chinese governme
The Manhattan Institute is a hive of scum and villainy almost like no other. And there’s nothing our “free market” betters love more than hating on teachers unions. So therefore you
Other than COVID robbing me of most of a baseball season where I am enjoying my best fantasy team ever, this has to be the most horrifying side effect of the pandemic: It appears that COVID has foreve
What COVID is doing with education, both K-12 and higher ed, is bringing neoliberalism’s chickens home to roost. Decades of decreasing state investment, the encouragement of private fundraising
Clearly the problem in the discussion about race and education on this blog is my lack of understanding for white parents. Angry White parents gripping picket signs. People making death threats and a
I have not listened to the New York Times podcast Nice White Parents, simply because it would get in the way of me listening to music 14 hours a day and that’s not going to happen. But I have ha
Leave it to rich white people to double down on privilege in education! Fed up with remote education, parents who can pay have a new plan for fall: import teachers to their homes. This goes beyond tut
Here are two facts. In person K-12 must happen in person in the fall, both in terms of the necessity of parents to work and for child development. There is no way that K-12 can happen with proper soci