On School Reform, Indiana Newspaper says”The Worm Is Turning”
The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette points to signs that the corporate reform movement is losing steam. Indiana is an epicenter of school privatization and teacher-bashing, yet even there the movement seems to be lagging. The epic defeat of state superintendent Tony Bennett was one clear indication of public opposition to his reforms. The failure of efforts to strip power away from his successor, Glenda Ritz, is another.
More signs of the movement’s weakening:
*The rebellion against the Common Core;
*The widespread criticism of state testing;
*The activism of grassroots groups like the Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education, and its leader, Phyllis
More signs of the movement’s weakening:
*The rebellion against the Common Core;
*The widespread criticism of state testing;
*The activism of grassroots groups like the Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education, and its leader, Phyllis
The Color of School Closures
Whose schools are closing? Is there a pattern?
Take a look at this graphic.
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And think about it. What is going on?
Take a look at this graphic.
Tweet it. Share it.
And think about it. What is going on?
Local School Boards Are Under Siege, and So Is Democracy
David Lentini is a lawyer and school board member in Maine. I am always happy to read his informed comments. In this one, he responds to an earlier post that explained that the radical group ALEC is trying to bypass and extinguish local school boards in their pursuit of privatization.
Lentini writes:
I’ve been sounding this alarm for a long time now; it’s good to see other, more expert, commentators reaching the same conclusion.
Still, as a school board member I also fear there are many ways boards will disappear ALEC or no. Too many boards are under siege trying to balance state and federal budget cuts, increasing child and family poverty,
Lentini writes:
I’ve been sounding this alarm for a long time now; it’s good to see other, more expert, commentators reaching the same conclusion.
Still, as a school board member I also fear there are many ways boards will disappear ALEC or no. Too many boards are under siege trying to balance state and federal budget cuts, increasing child and family poverty,
Is It Fair to Move the Goal Posts?
In some states that are besotted with accountability, the policy leaders are convinced that students will do better if the tests get harder every year.
Florida and Texas immediately come to mind.
Would basketball players get better if the basket were raised 6″ every year? Would football players score more
Florida and Texas immediately come to mind.
Would basketball players get better if the basket were raised 6″ every year? Would football players score more
Robert D. Shepherd: Beware the Social Engineer and His Abstractions
Robert D. Shepherd has had a long career as an author, curriculum developer, and textbook editor. But more than that: he is a remarkably independent thinker. Here are some of his latest reflections on the Common Core:
“Ideas matter. In part, the faculties of education schools and state and local education administrators have brought the current education deform movement upon themselves by imagining that it’s a simple matter to derive and then apply, in the human sciences and humanities, generalizations of the kinds that are the goal of
“Ideas matter. In part, the faculties of education schools and state and local education administrators have brought the current education deform movement upon themselves by imagining that it’s a simple matter to derive and then apply, in the human sciences and humanities, generalizations of the kinds that are the goal of
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