Mitch McConnell Explains Why Privatization Is Good for You
I received the following email today from Senator Mitch McConnell. He really needs to get some people on his staff who can read and understand education research. It is not that hard. So should Rand Paul, Lamar Alexander, and the other senators who are pushing vouchers. He would learn, for example, that students in voucher schools have not outperformed students in public schools anywhere. He doesn
To Rand Paul: Why Should Kentucky Copy Tennessee’s Unsuccessful Corporate Reforms?
A blogger in Tennessee notes that Rand Paul of Kentucky is excited about what is happening in Tennessee. He wants Kentucky to follow Tennessee’s lead. But this is very odd because by almost every measure, Kentucky is more successful in education than Tennessee. Unlike Tennessee, Kentucky has no charter schools. It does not aspire to enact vouchers. It is doing none of what the corporate reformers
NC Teacher: These “Reforms” Are Insane
A reader from North Carolina explains how the legislatures so-called reforms will affect her: “I have been teaching in NC for 13 years now. To be honest, having to sign a new contract each year or not getting a raise yet again doesn’t concern me as much as having 25+ 7 year olds with no assistant. I’ve had to share an assistant with 3 other teachers for the past few years, and that is better than
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-30-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Nancy Flanagan Dissects the Latest Harebrained Reform IdeaNancy Flanagan taught music in Michigan for many years. She now blogs at Edweek. In this post, she dissects a new reformy idea called “the opportunity culture.” The bottom line is that if you are in the top 25% of teachers, determined by test scores, then you should teach la