"So much for Democratic harmony," is the way Herold Meyerson chose to start his op-ed in The Washington Postanalyzing the ramifications of the current Chicago teachers strike on the well being of more »
It was Teacher Appreciation Week this week. Unfortunately, someone forgot the appreciation part.
President Obama, for one, kicked off the week by proclaiming that from now on the week would also (instead?) be forever known as National Charter Schools Week.more »
Conventional wisdom among the Very Serious People in Washington DC has long maintained that the severely punitive nature of current policies governing America's public schools cannot be called an "attack"on those institutions or the teachers who inhab more »
With the collapse of the No Child Left Behind policy that has driven American education policy for at least the past decade, one would think that our nation's leaders would pause to consider the faulty thinkingthat brought this erroneous policy to life t more »
Imagine you’re a parent of a seven-year-old who has just come home from school with her end-of-year report card. And the report card provides marks for only two subjects, and for children who are in grade-levels different from hers. Furthermore, there's nothing on the report card to indicate how well these children have been progressing throughout the year. more »
My guest today is Rob Levine. Rob is the founder of Cursor.org and Mediatransparency.org. He blogs about education issues and other topics at his personal blog thecuckingstool.blogspot.com. more »
Down here on the ground in public schools, what school children, parents, and teachers are experiencing are the first tremors of what will likely be seismic shifts in the reality of our nation's education system. more »
Now that No Child Left Behind has become the butt of popular ridicule, and the prospect of forging a new consensus on education policy in DC seems doubtful,
To all those out there who are clamoring for "market-based"approaches to education reform, please tell me this: What kind of a business slashes inventory in the face of increasing demand? more »
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