When Jeanne Allen Comes Out Against the CREDO Study, the News Can’t Be Good for Charters
Apparently, world champion charter industry promoter, Jeanne Allen, did not get the memo from the corporate ed offices that all corporate education welfare recipients should pretend that the new CREDO study was full of good news for the corrupt charter school industry. Jeanne, who otherwise is a lifelong member of the Test and Punish Society […]
Ultra badass student activists in Chicago giving it to CPS #stuvoice
I am quoting, via Facebook: Just spoke out against the Board of Education with students from the CSOSOS! Most bad ass thing in the world! Security had no idea what was going on as students across the room stood up and spoke against the Board. It was pure chaos! My thirty second stand up speech: […]
Duncan: Pay no attention to who is behind the #CCSS curtain
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been quite busy lately making the rounds defending the Common Core. Yesterday Duncan gave a speech to the American Society of Newspaper editors which Valerie Strauss titled “Arne Duncan tells newspaper editors how to report on the Common Core.“ Duncan stated that opponents of the Common Core were “spreading […]
Let’s Unite in Opposition to Criminalization of Absenteeism in Texas
A couple of weeks ago, I tackled the daunting task of posting constructive criticism of the UCLA Civil Rights Project’s support for data-driven efforts to end some types of school suspensions. Now, I get to issue full-throated praise to a federal civil rights lawsuit against criminal prosecutions of Texas students for truancy (while acknowledging the […]
Propaganda, Plagiarism, and Public Misleading on CREDO
The corporate charter industry is working every angle to put the best makeup on the CREDO charter study of 2013. And “news coverage” in Tennessee shows their efforts paying off. Two examples of Tennessee media “coverage” of the 2013 CREDO charter school study are provided below, and as you can see, they are both lifted from […]
Evidence? Secretary Duncan, You Can’t Handle the Evidence
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appears now to be assuming the mantle of self-righteous indignation—a tenuous perch for someone who is leading a field in which he has no experience or expertise. As Valerie Strauss has reported, Duncan has lambasted news editors, berating them for failing to demand evidence for claims against the precious Common […]
6-25-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] CREDO v. Kids Count by plthomasedd I make a predication, about the fact that kids still don’t count. Please read HERE about CREDO’s new charter study and the 2013 Kids Count report. Tagged: CREDO, Kids Count Meaningless Debates by Activism in paradise - Voices from down under by David Hood Retired after 50 years in education Career includes 25 years as teacher and principal, Department of Education official, senior manager of Education Review Office, establishment CEO of New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and consultant ... more »