The Antidote to Money
Money has poisoned many of the conversations in this country, shaping the debates about everything from wars in foreign lands to the future of American public education. Money has an unprecedented power to control the public discussion simply by taking control of the major media (which are, after all, contained within just six corporations).Ironically, today there is also unprecedented power for o
Education Next Plugs Research Proving Not Much of Anything
This week Education Next ran an article entitled "The First Hard Evidence on Virtual Education." It turns out that the only word in that title which comes close to being accurate is "first" (more about that shortly). What actually runs in the article is a remarkable stretch by anybody's standards.The study is a 'working paper" by Guido Schwert of the University of Konstanz
9-13-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekWhy So Politicized?!Education Post is beginning to look like an organization dedicated to the proposition that it takes an entire village to replace She Who Will Not Be Named. Though they have not yet announced plans to run a large urban school district into the ground, they are laboring mightily to make themselves a clearinghouse for all the top talking points fo