E4E Slammed in Minnesota by PEJAM
The new strategy is to convince the public that teachers really do want the corporate reforms, but that it is actually their own unions that are keeping them silent. It is a devious approach that can pit new teachers against veteran teachers. These newer groups receiving money from Gates, the Waltons, and other corporate foundations are started and led, by mostly TFA alumni, and recruit heavily
Another Blogger Slams Eva's Success Academy Charter Scam
Owen Davis at The Commonal follows up on Gary Rubinstein's analysis of the Eva Moskowitz charter scam which we reported on the other day: Rubinstein: Success Academy Scores Based on High Attrition Plus Other Factors.Davis takes Gary's work a bit further:It’s true that Success owes its success to more than just general student attrition. But Rubinstein only examined the overall numbers. When you lo
E4E Slammed in Minnesota by PEJAM
The new strategy is to convince the public that teachers really do want the corporate reforms, but that it is actually their own unions that are keeping them silent. It is a devious approach that can pit new teachers against veteran teachers. These newer groups receiving money from Gates, the Waltons, and other corporate foundations are started and led, by mostly TFA alumni, and recruit heavily
Matt Damon Still a Save Our Schools Superstar
This week Jeb Bush, a shameless supporter of these destructive corporate reform policies, had the audacity to criticize Matt Damon for choosing not to subject his children to the test-driven, standardized public education Bush has helped create.Jeb Bush and ed deformers are afraid of Matt Damon. Following up on NYC Educator's great post on Matt Damon (Who's Afraid of Matt Damon?) the other day, th
Another Blogger Slams Eva's Success Academy Charter Scam
Owen Davis at The Commonal follows up on Gary Rubinstein's analysis of the Eva Moskowitz charter scam which we reported on the other day: Rubinstein: Success Academy Scores Based on High Attrition Plus Other Factors.Davis takes Gary's work a bit further:It’s true that Success owes its success to more than just general student attrition. But Rubinstein only examined the overall numbers. When you lo
Neo-liberalism and Ed Deform and Krugman on Rand Paul's "Better Dead than Fed"
Ed Deform's connection to neo-liberalism can be defined in one dirty word: CHOICE CORE in Chicago began with 8 people reading Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" to try to make sense of what was being done to the schools because so much of it didn't make sense educationally or even rationally, the idea of a grander privatization conspiracy began to make sense. In fact, the only thing that made sense.Pa
8-14-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Naison Calls for John King's RemovalWe've had 3 DUD NYSTATE Ed Comms in a row since 1995. Time to move on.Dear Speaker Silver and Assembly Member Nolan It is time to remove John King Education Commissioner of the State of New York. Commissioner King purposely decided to score state tests in such a way as to insure that the majority of the students in the state failed. The resu
