Teacher to Iowa Governor: This Is What Teachers Need
Amy Prime teaches second grade in Iowa. She writes frequently about education issues in her state. When the politicians began passing laws to “fix” teaching, Amy decided they should know what teachers want and need.
This is the article she wrote.
Amy is engaged not just in teaching second grade, but in educating the public. This is crucial, as we must build
This is the article she wrote.
Amy is engaged not just in teaching second grade, but in educating the public. This is crucial, as we must build
An Appeal to UTLA: Please Help Monica Ratliff
Dear UTLA Members:
I am writing to urge you to throw your full support behind the candidacy of Monica Ratliff for the Los Angeles school board race.
Monica deserves and needs your help.
I know you endorsed both her and her opponent. I am calling on you to help your colleague.
Her opponent has collected over $2 million from the the same wealthy elites, the billionaires and millionaires who
I am writing to urge you to throw your full support behind the candidacy of Monica Ratliff for the Los Angeles school board race.
Monica deserves and needs your help.
I know you endorsed both her and her opponent. I am calling on you to help your colleague.
Her opponent has collected over $2 million from the the same wealthy elites, the billionaires and millionaires who
The Obama-Duncan-Gates-Rhee Philosophy of School Reform
While cleaning out my files, I came across this amazing article written in 2009 by the editorial page editor of the Washington Post. The historian in me finds it difficult to throw anything away, so the best way to save it is to share it.
It is a succinct and worshipful description of the ideas that we now recognize as corporate reform.
What would Bill Gates do to fix the schools? Expand charter chains like KIPP and improve teacher effectiveness.
The article goes on to say:
“In both cases, institutions stand in the way. School boards resist the expansion of charter schools. Teachers
It is a succinct and worshipful description of the ideas that we now recognize as corporate reform.
What would Bill Gates do to fix the schools? Expand charter chains like KIPP and improve teacher effectiveness.
The article goes on to say:
“In both cases, institutions stand in the way. School boards resist the expansion of charter schools. Teachers
Charter Fights Off Criminal, Civil Charges to Stay Open
A parent activist in Philadelphia sent me this astonishing story about how hard it is ( impossible?) to close a charter school.
In 2009, an employee filed a whistleblower complaint with the US Department of Education about financial misdeeds at Community Academy of Philadelphia, the city’s oldest charter school. When federal investigators arrived to confiscate records, they asked her to identify herself. She did and was fired the next day.
She has sued the school, but can’t get a trial because the charter school says it is the subject of a criminal investigation and has won delays. Meanwhile the School Reform Commission is determining whether to close
In 2009, an employee filed a whistleblower complaint with the US Department of Education about financial misdeeds at Community Academy of Philadelphia, the city’s oldest charter school. When federal investigators arrived to confiscate records, they asked her to identify herself. She did and was fired the next day.
She has sued the school, but can’t get a trial because the charter school says it is the subject of a criminal investigation and has won delays. Meanwhile the School Reform Commission is determining whether to close
North Carolina: Public Schools and Students Endangered by Radical Agenda
Legislation is advancing in North Carolina that will harm the state’s underfunded public schools and strike a blow against its beleaguered teachers.
North Carolina is a right-to-work state, so there is no collective bargaining, and teachers have no voice in policy decisions about education.
Among the worst of the new bills is a proposal to fund a voucher/tax credit program, removing $90 million from
North Carolina is a right-to-work state, so there is no collective bargaining, and teachers have no voice in policy decisions about education.
Among the worst of the new bills is a proposal to fund a voucher/tax credit program, removing $90 million from
Diane in the Evening 5-13-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: *NPE News Briefs* Gates Foundation Spends $150 Million for Common Core by dianerav Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post has published an overview of the munificent support provided by the Gates Foundation to promote the Common Core standards. The foundation expended $150 million to a wide variety of state education departments, think tanks, universities, NY Daily News Rebukes Pearson and Walcott by dianerav In a rare break from its established stance of applauding whatever Mayor Bloomberg’s Department of ... more »