“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 […]
Common Core
A Teacher’s Dilemma: Take a Stand Against Testing or Keep Abusing Children
What am I? Seriously. What is it I do for a living? When I wake up to go to work in the morning, am I preparing to be a teacher or a test proctor? Am […]
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. […]
Teacher Appreciation Week is a Pathetic Joke!
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, America! All over the country, millions of educators can look forward to a free burrito. Or maybe an Arby’s sandwich. Or a complimentary donut. Because we REALLY appreciate teachers here. What […]
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 […]
Betsy DeVos and the Cowardice of Republicans
“If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you, too?” If you’re a Senate Republican, the answer is apparently “YES!” Otherwise, why would all but two such lawmakers vote to confirm Betsy DeVos, the […]
Pittsburgh Public Schools Advised to Repeat Same Mistakes Over and Over and Over…
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein(attributed) “AAAUUURGH!” -Charlie Brown If I crash my car right into a wall, the worst thing to do would be to […]
Self-Serving Public Servants – Trump, DeVos and the Rise of the Plutocrats
This election cycle we have witnessed a subtle change to our political landscape – and it’s probably not the one you’re thinking about. It’s not that Republicans have gained control of a large chunk of […]
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 […]
Don’t Be Fooled: Betsy DeVos Still Loves Common Core
Poor Betsy DeVos. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Education Secretary has spent her entire adult life advocating for Common Core, but now she has to pretend like she doesn’t like it. In fact, if you […]