A Radical Right-Wing Idea: The A La Carte School
Stephanie Simon of Reuters continues to be the most industrious investigative education journalist in the nation.
Here she reveals the outline of the free-market model of school, where students learn what they want, where they want, when they want, and pay for it with taxpayer dollars.
She calls it “a la carte” schooling.
It eliminates public schools as we have known them. It opens the door to private, for-profit vendors and anyone
Here she reveals the outline of the free-market model of school, where students learn what they want, where they want, when they want, and pay for it with taxpayer dollars.
She calls it “a la carte” schooling.
It eliminates public schools as we have known them. It opens the door to private, for-profit vendors and anyone
My Conversation with Tavis Smiley and Cornel West
I had a great, great time talking to Tavis Smiley and Cornel West!
It was like old home week.
I think you will enjoy listening.
It was like old home week.
I think you will enjoy listening.
Michigan Senate and House Pass “Right to Work” Bill
The right to work legislation was approved by the Michigan State Senate.
Union protesters ringed the State Capitol building but were ignored.
Governor Rick Snyder pledged to sign it and said that it would bring the state together.
It surely clears the way for employers to hire hourly workers without benefits.
Union protesters ringed the State Capitol building but were ignored.
Governor Rick Snyder pledged to sign it and said that it would bring the state together.
It surely clears the way for employers to hire hourly workers without benefits.
Brookings Institution to Host Governor Bobby Jindal
Readers of the blog may recall that I was asked to resign my non-paid affiliation with the Brookings Institution last June because I was “inactive.”
When I read this morning that Brookings will be hosting an event where the keynote speaker will be Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, I realized the institution had changed very considerably from the time that I worked there in the mid-1990s.
In my view, Bobby Jindal is leading an extremist rightwing crusade to dismantle public education in Louisiana as well as the teaching profession. He is clearing the path for for-profit vendors of online virtual schools that are
When I read this morning that Brookings will be hosting an event where the keynote speaker will be Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, I realized the institution had changed very considerably from the time that I worked there in the mid-1990s.
In my view, Bobby Jindal is leading an extremist rightwing crusade to dismantle public education in Louisiana as well as the teaching profession. He is clearing the path for for-profit vendors of online virtual schools that are
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-7-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Philadelphia Parents File Ethics Complaint Against Powerful Foundation by dianerav People often ask what can be done to slow down the galloping pace of privatization, which has the enthusiastic support of so many Republican governors and legislatures (see Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Tennessee, Louisiana), the Obama administration (see Race to the Top), and wealthy foundations (see Gates, Walton, Broad). Philadelphia parents are not sitting back and wailing against the proposed privatizatio... more »