The furor over Common Core: a fundamental shift in control over education
Common Core was not a “best practice” that was modeled by one state and copied by others. It was a joint initiative that had never been piloted anywhere. It was an unusual collaboration between government and private interests.
25 Rules of Disinformation
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen.
Standards Then and Now
Twenty five years ago we in the public schools were working on standards and goals, but they were very different from what is happening today.
George Carlin: On Critical Thinking
Read a transcript of George Carlin’s famous rant – as relevant today as it was nine years ago.
Kids For Cash
For-profit juvenile jails, corrupt judges, zero-tolerance public school policies; they’re all part of the school-to-prison pipeline. A new film documents one judge who was sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling our children to a private jail.
Why Does Education Reform Attract So Much Resistance?
Let’s get one thing perfectly clear: reform just means change. Change can be good. Change can be indifferent. Change can also be bad. Reforming your daily routine by not brushing your teeth anymore would be a bad change.
What You Need to Know about Charter Schools
Charter school claims are sometimes too good to be real. Here are some questions you can ask to get to the truth.
The Role of Poverty in School Success
U.S. policy initiatives to improve the U.S. education system are misguided because they deny evidence documenting that students from disadvantaged households perform less well in school than those from more advantaged families.
What Happened to Dump Duncan?
DumpDuncan.org was a website that ran from 2011-2014. It was created as a project of the Dump Duncan group on Facebook. DumpDuncan.org was reformed as Defend-Ed.org in January, 2014. Read why.