Obama's Rheeist agenda on education again rears its privatizing head: One of the nation’s leaders of the privatization movement, Ted Mitchell, has been confirmed by the. u.S. Senate as Undersecretary of Education, the second most powerful job in the U.S. Department of Education. Mitchell most...
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This is an excellent but depressing piece of reporting on the resegregation of Tuscaloosa schools after a series of Supreme Court decisions rolled back the progress made in integrating America's.
I look forward to Republicans discovering the interstates are a socialist program and thus Interstate 5 Brought to You by Microsoft can be a pothole-ridden road that would make no.
The more parents who opt out of making their children go through the pointless and educationally destructive Common Core standardized testing that is the fad of Rheeist politicians of both parties, the better. I certainly implore all the parents who read this blog to stand...
Another sign that most Democratic politicians simply don't care about organized labor outside of writing checks and getting on votes on election day. Illinois governor Pat Quinn has named Paul.
Andrew Delbanco has a largely excellent review of the new books by Diane Ravitch and Michelle Rhee in the latest New York Review of Books. Essentially, the two come across.
Just in case anyone wasn't aware that Teach for America is a tool of the capitalists, the organization has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to funnel TFA members into a career with a corporation that only played a major role in the crisis that helped...
The Philadelphia school system has decided to use a classic union-busting tactic: destroy seniority provisions: There's something about seniority that really rubs a lot of people the wrong way. It.
Less than three months after Rahm Emanuel closed 50 Chicago public schools to bust the teachers union move resources around efficiently, the august mayor has issued a call for new.
Gary Rubinstein does some number crunching from New York school test report that showed declining scores and what he finds exposes more Rheeism lies: In the Stephanie Simon report she mentions that KIPP Star and Democracy Prep hadn’t done so well with their proficiency rate,...
Conservatives in Kentucky are very angry. After all, the state might adopt scientific standards that teach actual science instead of Christian mythology. The responses are quite rational: Matt Singleton, a.
What a surprise that those supposedly "measuring" school success change their data for political convenience. Former Indiana and current Florida schools chief Tony Bennett built his national star by promising.