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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. Moskowitz’s schools and repeating without…
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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 public education, public school teachers…
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“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 unknowingly unprepared? How did it…
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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 mathematics performance among students. In…
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Join Us in the Fight For Net Neutrality
Originally posted on WordPress.com News: “Net Neutrality” is the simple but powerful principle that cable and broadband providers must treat all internet traffic equally. Whether you’re loading a blog post on WordPress.com, streaming House of Cards on Netflix, or browsing handcrafted tea cozies on Etsy, your internet provider can’t degrade your connection speed, block sites, or charge a toll based…
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What Is the Real Cost of Federally-funded Common Core Tests?
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: This report from the Pew Charitable Trusts says that many states are reconsidering the costs of Common Core testing, and a small number have withdrawn from participation in the two federally-funded tests, PARCC or Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. “But as controversy over the Common Core has challenged some states’ commitment to the standards, a…
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Is it possible to protect the United States from ISIS jihadi attacks?
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Yellow journalism is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration, and a yellow journalist dressed up as an ISIS jihadi was videotaped as he walked across the border to Texas from Mexico with a fake severed head in hand, and the story made the news on September 5, 2014, at Inquisitor.com. Then Senator Rand…
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Hot Coffee reveals the Capitalist threat to all aspects of Democracy
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: My wife and I watched an award winning documentary Thursday night (September 4, 2014). It was called “Hot Coffee: Is Justice Being Served?” The DVD for the documentary was released November 1, 2011, and Amazon sells the DVD for more than $24.00, but you may be able to watch it free…
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The Corporate Global Privatizing Complex
Originally posted on educationalchemy: Most folks are versed in (or at least have heard of) terms like “military industrial complex,” “factory farms” or even “education industrial complex” (a phrase used by educator Troy Grant and others). I believe these terms are still useful for a qualitative description of some of the facets of what we are witnessing education reform today.…
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Jeff Bryant: Time to Regulate Charter Schools
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jeff Bryant of the Education Opportunity Network notes that the charter industry has launched an advertising campaign to sell the charter idea to the public. But, writes Bryant, there have been so many revelations of corruption, self-dealing, and rogiterring by charter schools in recent months that the public should be wary of their self-promotion.…
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