How Tony Bennett Raised the C to an A
Since Tony Bennett got caught fixing the grade of his favorite charter school, he has loudly defended his actions and described the claims against him as vicious and unfounded. In this post, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg of the University of Wisconsin explains how Bennett tried to protect his favorite school and how he distorted the truth afterwards. Ellenberg writes: “This was an act of aston
NC Governor: Phony Claims About Education
Governor Pat McCrory presented his budget and boasted it was the largest education budget ever. But it isn’t true. Adjusted for inflation, North Carolina is spending half a billion dollars less than in 2008. The fibs just kept on coming at a news conference. “Gov. McCrory also repeated a claim he made as he signed his tax reform package into law that teachers making between $40,000 and $45,000
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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why Did CPS Award a $20 Million No-Bid Contract?How many times have we heard that the a Chicago Public Schools are broke? Isn’t that why CPS laid off thousands of teachers and closed 50 elementary schools? But wait: this week, CPS gave a $20 million no-bid contract to a for-profit corporation called Supes Academy to train principal