Category: Lloyd Lofthouse

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Students at the Amistad High School, the crown jewel of the no-excuses Achievement First charter chain, walked out to protest the lack of diversity among the school’s teachers and the arbitrary discipline. “Administrators overseeing the Achievement First Amistad charter high school promised to “do better” Tuesday after hundreds of black and Latino students walked…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well as directly to students. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, Longman, Poptropica, and others. Though Pearson generates approximately 60% of its sales in North America, they operate in more than…

Originally posted on gadflyonthewallblog: On the face of it, the title of this article is pure bull crap. What do you mean Hillary Clinton is worse than Donald Trump!? She’s not a reality TV star pretending to be Presidential. She’s not a bigot, a demagogue and a fascist. She’s not the top choice of racists and white supremacists everywhere. And…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: While reading Endgame: Disaster Capitalism, New Orleans, and the Charter Scam by Paul Thomas, I was reminded of another piece I have been reading from the National Geographic Magazine for May 2016 that focuses on Yellowstone as another perfect example of why there must be an honest and un-corrupted government to…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: This is a must read. ? Joanne Barkan has written a remarkable article that closely examines Bill Gates’ determination to force charter schools on the people of Washington State. ? This is is a story that you should read and understand. The people of the state voted against charters three times. But Gates was…