A Writer’s Blog

  • Vergara East: How Politics, Education Policy and the Law Are Irrevocably Intertwined

    Originally posted on Ed In The Apple: The law suits challenging the New York State tenure law came before a judge in Staten Island; the judge combined the two suits and admitted the UFT as an intervener. Down the road the judge will undoubtedly admit other interveners who have the right to file briefs, and,… Read more

  • @TeachForAmerica Airlines: Fly Us! We Build Plane in Air

    @TeachForAmerica Airlines: Fly Us! We Build Plane in Air

    Originally posted on Cloaking Inequity: “I fly a lot,” he says. “Let’s say you go to the airport and you have a choice of three different pilots. One has trained for 30 hours online, the second has five weeks in the summer, and the third has studied, become certified and has spent a year as… Read more

  • New York Times Ignored Teacher Input on Eva Moskowitz

    Originally posted on Daniel Katz, Ph.D.: The September 7th New York Times Magazine ran a story by Daniel Bergner called “The Battle for New York Schools: Eva Moskowitz vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio”.  Bergner’s piece reads as an astonishing piece of hagiography to appear in the paper of record, ignoring any substantive argument about Ms.… Read more

  • Looking at 5 countries with some of the best public education systems in the world, and—SURPRISE, SURPRISE—they all have teachers’ unions

    Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: This post will prove beyond a reasonable doubt—for open minds—that the teachers’ unions in the United States are not guilty of the alleged claims made by members of the manufactured, corporate-driven, fake-education, reform movement [MCDFERM]. There is an all-out war raging in the United States against… Read more

  • “I felt Strange and Guilty”: Annie Tan @TeachForAmerica alum speaks

    “I felt Strange and Guilty”: Annie Tan @TeachForAmerica alum speaks

    Originally posted on Cloaking Inequity: Teach For America recently announced that they were sending more teachers of color than ever before to teach for short term stints in America’s schools. They expect to be lauded for this. What is Teach For America? Read here. Have you ever experienced a situation where you were knowingly or… Read more

  • OECD: Competition Among Schools Not Associated with Higher Scores

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: A report from the OECD, which sponsors the international assessment PISA, finds that competition among schools for students (“choice”) is not associated with higher math scores but is associated with higher levels of social segregation. “PISA results…show that, on average across countries, school competition is not related to better… Read more