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 Vallas as his candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Who is Vallas? The ultimate Rheeist, Vallas attacked...
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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.
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 challenges our national mythology about meritocracy, a myth that ignores the race, gender, and class...
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.
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 Baptist minister, is one of the opponents who spoke to the board about why the...
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.
While I don't doubt that Chicago has a real budget crisis coming from unfunded pension requirements, this is pretty telling of how Rahm Emanuel plans to use Teach for America.
If the students of Hoover, Alabama want the government to provide bus service so they can get to school, they are basically moochers anyway and we don't need them getting in the way of our freedom to not provide basic 20th century government services.
Jeff Guo has a good piece at The New Republic on how Michelle Rhee's StudentsLast First organization has centered on Tennessee to push its anti-teacher union agenda. Yet despite the.
Last month, I attended a session dedicated to the Chicago Teachers Union struggle at the Labor and Working Class History Association conference in New York. A couple of members of.