Anatomy of Charter School Advocacy
When I wrote Why Advocacy and Market Forces Fail Education Reform in 2011, the acceleration of charter school advocacy hadn’t quite gathered the momentum that we are experiencing at the end of 2013. If charter school advocacy has proven anything, however, it is that my basic premise has come to fruition: Once again, the caution of evidence - advocacy is the enemy of transparency and truth. Like me
Spellings Doubles-Down on “Incredibly Complicated” High-Stakes Testing
Spellings Doubles-Down on “Incredibly Complicated” High-Stakes Testing.
Truthout: Why Charter Schools Are Foolish Investments for States Facing Economic Challenges
Truthout: Why Charter Schools Are Foolish Investments for States Facing Economic Challenges
12-26-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Education Reform: Our Field, Our Voices Simply Do Not Matter“I am an invisible man,” announces the unnamed narrator of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, adding: I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me….When they approach me they see only my surrou