Why Defeat of the Common Core Would Represent a Major Victory for Education
A post by Diane Ravitch yesterday leaves the soured impression that beating back the Common Core would be no major victory for those opposed to corporate education reform. Her reasoning? By ending Common Core, we would still have a terribly flawed system based on test and punish and ignoring poverty, so Common Core or local core--who cares. How wrong can Diane be: let me count the ways. 1) Witho
Is Tom Corbett the Most Hated Governor in PA's History?
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6-9-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Reporter Visits NOLA Charter Cult Where Parents Filed Civil Rights ComplaintA clip from the story, followed by part of my email to the reporter, Andrew Vanacore:. . . . Its campuses have never been outwardly impressive. Its first, Sci Academy, opened in 2008 in a set of trailers near what used to be Abramson High School. The group began a phased takeover of Carver High School, in t