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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Standardized Tests Have Always Been About Keeping People in Their Place
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Steven Singer’s GadflyOnTheWallBlog. Check out his great work documenting the attacks on public education and the teachers, parents, and students who are fighting back. Check out all his work […]
The One Reason Bernie Sanders is the Best Mainstream Candidate for Parents and Teachers
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Steven Singer’s GadflyOnTheWallBlog. Check out his great work documenting the attacks on public education and the teachers, parents, and students who are fighting back. Check out all his work […]
I Was a Radical Republican – For About a Week – And I Didn’t Change a Single Progressive View
I do not like Ronald Reagan. I own no guns. Back in high school I won a debate arguing for pro-choice. Trickle Down sounds more to me like a bladder condition than an economic theory. […]
Blinded by Pseudoscience: Standardized Testing is Modern Day Eugenics
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Steven Singer’s GadflyOnTheWallBlog. Check out his great work documenting the attacks on public education and the teachers, parents, and students who are fighting back. Check out all his work […]
Fewer Resources, Harder Tests: Common Core in the Last Days of Obama
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Steven Singer’s GadflyOnTheWallBlog. Check out his great work documenting the attacks on public education and the teachers, parents, and students who are fighting back. Check out all his work […]
Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Manager is a Longtime Corporate Education Reformer
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Steven Singer’s GadflyOnTheWallBlog. Check out his great work documenting the attacks on public education and the teachers, parents, and students who are fighting back. Check out all his work […]