ALEC’s Extensive Plans for Education Restructuring in Your State
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) (established 1973) offers corporate America the opportunity to shape legislation that serves its profit-garnering interests and to do so in statehouses around the country. To accomplish this controlling of the legislative process, ALEC provides forums (conferences that double as posh vacations for legislators and their families) in which both […]
Social Studies isn’t English Language Arts’ Annoying Relative.
More and more, it seems that educational resources support two core courses: English Language Arts and Mathematics. In my opinion, this is a dangerous trend in education, today. At a time when students must prepare to live within global society, education curriculum and instructional resources are ignoring other critical subjects. As a result, the education industry’s […]
Wisconsin education legislation: Faith-based ideology trumps evidence
The headline yesterday in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal; Bill would close failing Wisconsin public schools, cut voucher payments Take a look and what you find is the same old “accountability mythology” being proposed. How does the Wisconsin legistalure plan to hold schools accountable? By assigning A-F letter grades to public schools. How do schools […]
An Open Apology, with Explanations: Math, Behaviorism, and “Grit”
While I haven’t really made any sort of public declaration, I have begun in 2014 to address in my public work something with which I have become more uncomfortable throughout 2013: The antagonism in the education reform debate. Thus, I want to address a series of tensions that have been created by recent blogs of […]
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