Joining Forces for Education’s statement on using Broad’s Jaime Aquino’s resignation to push for authentic reforms
First published on LA Schools Matter on September 14, 2013 “Once Broad alumni are working inside the education system, they naturally favor hiring other Broadies, which ups the leverage…” — Sharon Higgins While Los Angeles’ corporate media bemoans scoundrel Jaime Aquino’s resignation, replete with descriptions of tears from fellow Broadyte John Deasy, there are other […]
Somerville Teachers’ Grievance Brings Apology and Purging of Evaluations Based on Immigrant Test Scores
Somerville, Massachusetts has just under 3,400 public school students, and 1,700 of them come from homes where English is the second language. Many of these students are economically disadvantaged. This has not stopped Boston Magazine’s racist and classist school rankings from posting Somerville 118th out of 135 systems. In fact, if you look at the […]
Almost Half of Tennessee Superintendents Sign Petition Against Huffman
From the Timesfreepress.com: NASHVILLE – State Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman today said he has not moved too quickly on school reforms despite a letter signed by some 60 local school superintendents calling for his boss, Gov. Bill Haslam, and state lawmakers to rein him in. Huffman said he has yet to see a letter that […]
John Merrow Responds, and So Do I.
Yesterday, I wrote a post about John Merrow’s decisions to both discontinue his reporting on Michelle Rhee, a damaging reformer whom his media attention helped create, and his creating a documentary in which he declares New Orleans schools a success. I showed that since 2004, Merrow has accepted approximately one million dollars from well-established education […]
Susan O to Vermont Politicos on Common Core
Susan’s op-ed is from VTDigger.org: Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Susan Ohanian of Charlotte [VT], a longtime teacher and author of 25 books on education policy and practice. Her website is at www.susanohanian.org. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest asked his state Department of Public Instruction 67 questions about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Now […]
9-12-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: As More Children Are Left Behind, CorpEd Turns to Gain Scores to Mask Reform Failure and Increasing GapsA new study is out showing increasing inequality based on race, class, and education, and with it comes the non-startling news that poor and minority children are further behind than they were when NCLB became the law of the Land, signaling as it did the full tra