The Bosses of the Department of Re-education
"The business of America is business." Public education is not a business, however, and whatever strikes at its heart strikes at the foundations of our democracy. I have to believe some of the corporate "reformers" think they have the best interests of education at heart. Many may have their millions, but ultimately feel unsatisfied. They may feel a need to give back to a s
The NYCDOE During the Bloomberg Years
Bloomberg at Runnymede and the Magna ChartersHave you ever wondered who worked at the DOE during the Bloomberg years? Might there possibly have been some "Doedoe" birds? Do you recall the policies of closing rather than fixing public schools? Do you recall the McGraw- Hill Grading Debacle of June 2013? Do you recall...
Who's on Students First?
A parody of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" follows. It mocks the tangled web of millionaires and billionaires, all working towards the same ends, to dismantle public education in the United States. The complications in the dialogue below are only a mere pittance compared to the complex diagrams illustrating the interconnectedness of the elite group of educational deformers. Ab
2-23-14 V.A.M.: Value Added Measure
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: The Common-Core Pushers Rebrand their ProductAt the Common-Core Beauty Pageant, Rebranding is the Name of the Game. Who will win this year? Will it be Miss. Iowa Core, Miss Arizona College and Career Ready Standards, Miss Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, or any of one of a number of the other "Rebranders"? The Common-Core pushers realize the dwindl