Schools Matter: Slaying the Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy

Schools Matter: Slaying the Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy:

Slaying the Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy

by P. L. Thomas

Recently, I posted a chart highlighting that current “No Excuses” Reform (NER) claims and policies are no different than traditional problems and policies in public education.

The great ironies of NER include that NER perpetuates the inequities of society and the current education system and that NER does not seek a reformed and revolutionary public education system but a dismantling of public schools for private interests (See Ravitch, Flanagan, and Cody).

The problem in education reform parallels the problem in our two-party system: While the competing ideologie