NPR Pretends NCTQ Is Not an Advocacy Think Tank
Posted as comment at NPR:NCTQ and Kate Walsh got their start with federal grant money from the Bush Administration to promote NCLB with misleading op-eds in leading newspapers and magazines under the guise of a research institution. Follow links here:http://www.schoolsmatter.info/...As a advocacy think tank supported by corporate ed reformers, NCTQ continues its pretense as a legitimate research f
#StopJebNow
A clip from the Wall Street Journal:Education policy was Jeb Bush’s political salvation. After his first bid for Florida governor in 1994 ended in defeat, he threw himself into founding the state’s first charter school in a blighted Miami neighborhood. He went on to serve two terms as the state’s “education governor” and become a national policy expert.Twenty years later, education policy has beco
6-17-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: The Starbucks, ASU, and Pearson ScamIf you thought wow! yesterday when Starbucks announced that CoffeeCorp will fund its employees' college educations from here on out, look a little closer before you fill up your mug. First off, Arizona State has joined the state-run exploitation college model perfected by the University of Maryland, whereby overseas military personnel and the st
