Doug Martin Interview Tonight at 6pm on WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana
Tonight, Doug Storm will interview Doug Martin on the hour-long community affairs interview/discussion program "Interchange" on WFHB, the community radio station in Bloomington, Indiana. The show, "Muckraking Education," will focus on the systemic fraud that has undermined the very idea of the public good. From the public conception of political office as representation to the
New York's 7 Million Dollar Teacher Observation Coaches
When Tennessee became the first state to implement a teacher evaluation system based on a Rube Goldberg designed observation rubric and invalid, unreliable, and unfair testing methodology, the State became a laughingstock. Now that same crackpot scheme has come to New York and most likely to a school near you, if your state or locality is accepting Race to the Top bribe money.A clip from DNAinfo
11-4-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Jal Mehta Nails the Reasons Why School Reform Has FailedThe Allure of Order provides one of the best single explanations of how and why top-down school reform failed. Elites chose to “colonize” the disrespected teaching profession. Part of the solution, Mehta indicated, was transforming teaching into a real and respected profession.Mehta’s “From Bureaucracy to Profession: Remaking