“Schools of the Future” and Other Scams to Monetize Your Child
Do you feel it? The future is coming. There it is hovering just over the horizon. You squint your eyes trying to get a quick peak before it arrives. But that rarely works. By the […]
Civil Rights
Pity the Corporate School Reformers
It’s gotta’ be tough to be a corporate school reformer these days. Betsy DeVos is Education Secretary. Donald Trump is President. Their entire Koch Brothers-funded, ALEC-written agenda is national policy. But their stripes are showing – big time. […]
Why Does Being Laid Off Feel Like I’ve Done Something Wrong?
As a kid, I distinctly remember the day my stepfather was laid off from the Exide battery plant in Laureldale, PA. This situation put a great amount of stress on my family. I remember fights […]
Don’t Trash the Department of Education. Fix It.
How do you get people to refuse a helping hand? Answer: Prove to them that it’s not helping. That’s the strategy of the Trump administration in regard to his cabinet of billionaires. The Reality TV […]
Trump Says Our Schools are “Flush with Cash!?” They’re Falling Apart!
Donald Trump lies. If you haven’t learned that yet, America, you’ve got four more cringe-inducing years to do so. Even in his inaugural address, he couldn’t help but let loose a whooper about US public […]
The Racists Roots and Racist Indoctrination of School Choice
“Simple justice requires that public funds, to which all taxpayers of all races contribute, not be spent in any fashion which encourages, subsidizes, or results in racial discrimination.” – President John F. Kennedy […]
Why Schools Should NOT Be Run Like Businesses
America loves business. We worship the free market. Nothing is more infallible – not reason, not morals, not even God. Money is the true measure of success – the more you have, the better a […]
Worse Than Fake News – Ignored News. Top 5 Education Stories You May Have Missed in 2016
Fake news! Watch out for fake news! In the wake of the disastrous 2016 election cycle that left us with a con man turned reality TV star as President, the media has suddenly decided the […]
Make Your City a Sanctuary City: 4 Practical and 4 Moral Reasons
There’s an entire underclass of people living among us. These are people like you or me who have no choice but to do the most menial jobs for meager pay under the table. And when […]
What Diane Ravitch Means To Me
Am I crazy? That’s what many of us had been wondering before we read Diane Ravitch. As teachers, parents and students, we noticed there was something terribly wrong with our national education policy. The Emperor […]