CORPORATE ED REFORM
New education law's 'flexibility' will require better leadership from Gov. Brown OregonLive
New education law's 'flexibility' will require better leadership from Gov. Brown: Editorial Agenda 2015 | OregonLive.com: New education law's 'flexibility' will require better leadership from Gov. BrownOregon Gov. Kate Brown and education policymakers must keep students' needs front and center as they develop accountability measures to track whether schools are making the progress that they should
Rapid response unit aims to counter criticisms of Teach for America - The Washington Post
Rapid response unit aims to counter criticisms of Teach for America - The Washington Post: Rapid response unit aims to counter criticisms of Teach for AmericaA nonprofit group has begun a public relations campaign to defend Teach for America against critics of the program that places newly minted college graduates in teaching jobs in some of the country’s most challenging classrooms.The new campai
Paving the way toward privatization - EducationNC
Paving the way toward privatization - EducationNC: Paving the way toward privatizationLegislators embrace vouchers, charter school expansion, disregard calls for accountabilitySince taking charge in Raleigh, conservative lawmakers have been steering public dollars into a range of alternatives to traditional public schools that march under the banner of “school choice.”“Vouchers = theft” — Teachers
Much Ado About an Enigma – No One Really Knows What Impact the ESSA Will Have on Public Schools | gadflyonthewallblog
Much Ado About an Enigma – No One Really Knows What Impact the ESSA Will Have on Public Schools | gadflyonthewallblog: Much Ado About an Enigma – No One Really Knows What Impact the ESSA Will Have on Public SchoolsPresident Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) this week.The new legislation reauthorizes federal law governing K-12 public education.In 1965 we called it the Elemen
We hold these truths to be self-evident… - Wait What?
We hold these truths to be self-evident… - Wait What?: We hold these truths to be self-evident…In her latest column on CT Newsjunkie entitled, “The Time Is Now For Moral Courage – Politicians Can’t Be Bystanders To Hate Speech,” Sarah Darer Littman provides readers with a personal and powerful commentary on the rise of Hate Speech and the importance of standing up and speaking out against the fund
Well-financed charter schools plan lobbying blitz–where are public schools’ champions? | Bob Braun's Ledger
Well-financed charter schools plan lobbying blitz–where are public schools’ champions? | Bob Braun's Ledger: Well-financed charter schools plan lobbying blitz–where are public schools’ champions?Two of the largest national charter school chains–KIPP and Uncommon Schools–will be using their students and their students’ parents Monday in a massive lobbying effort aimed at ensuring the expansion of t
CURMUDGUCATION: The Charter Bond Time Bomb
CURMUDGUCATION: The Charter Bond Time Bomb: The Charter Bond Time BombInspired by the stunning NEPC report on just how deeply and thoroughly charter schools are used as a mechanism for sucking public tax dollars into private pockets, I've been trying to read up on this stuff, in particular by looking through the work of one of the reports co-authors, Bruce Baker (Rutgers University). Baker operate
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Donna More is more of the same -- if not worse
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Donna More is more of the same -- if not worse: Donna More is more of the same -- if not worseAs readers know, I support Kim Foxx in her effort to unseat discredited Cook County State's Atty. Anita Alvarez, who covered up the Laquan McDonald murder. But Foxx is not the only one running. There's also Donna More.I actually think More, who claims to be a "progressi
Can a Supreme Court justice be forcibly removed from the bench? A quick civics lesson. - The Washington Post
Can a Supreme Court justice be forcibly removed from the bench? A quick civics lesson. - The Washington Post:Can a Supreme Court justice be forcibly removed from the bench? A quick civics lesson.There he went again.Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whom my Washington Post colleague Robert Barnes called “the reigning champion of provocation at the high court,” just stirred up another controvers
What Scalia’s controversial remarks about African Americans expose about U.S. higher education - The Washington Post
What Scalia’s controversial remarks about African Americans expose about U.S. higher education - The Washington Post: What Scalia’s controversial remarks about African Americans expose about U.S. higher educationSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia just stirred up another controversy with comments about why African Americans might be better off if they are not accepted into top colleges and univer
L.A. school official criticizes and seeks to limit leaks about superintendent search - LA Times
L.A. school official criticizes and seeks to limit leaks about superintendent search - LA Times: L.A. school official criticizes and seeks to limit leaks about superintendent search important drama involving the Los Angeles Board of Education -- selecting its schools chief -- is playing out in private, and officials this week said they are determined to keep it that way, even though some details a
Detroit school 'sickouts' measure system's dysfunction
Detroit school 'sickouts' measure system's dysfunction: Detroit school 'sickouts' measure system's dysfunctionIf there's any measure of just how bad things are in Detroit Public Schools, it's surely a series of "sickouts" — a coordinated mass absence under the guise of sick leave — which forced seven schools to close Thursday.Think about that for a minute: Seven schools closed without w
Los Angeles, Oakland Engaged in Broad Charter School War | The California Report | KQED News
Los Angeles, Oakland Engaged in New Charter School War | The California Report | KQED News: Los Angeles, Oakland Engaged in Broad Charter School WarThere’s a new push in the Los Angeles and Oakland public school systems to give charter schools more access to district students — pitting public school advocates against self-described education reformers.In Los Angeles, the Eli and Edythe Broad Found
Recommended school reforms mark shift in attitudes about learning standards - City & Region - The Buffalo News
Recommended school reforms mark shift in attitudes about learning standards - City & Region - The Buffalo News: Recommended school reforms mark shift in attitudes about learning standardsYou can add education reform to the list of life’s certainties, like death and taxes.But what the latest reform might mean for New York classrooms is still being settled.There are many questions, a day after G
How Congress finally killed No Child Left Behind - POLITICO
How Congress finally killed No Child Left Behind - POLITICO: How Congress finally killed No Child Left Behind‘I said, “We’ve got a bill for you,” ’ Sen. Lamar Alexander told Speaker Paul Ryan.House Speaker Paul Ryan holds a bipartisan, bicameral enrollment ceremony for the Every Student Succeeds Act on Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICOSpeaker John Boehner's September annou
How the Friedrichs v. Calif. Teachers Association SCOTUS Case Could Actually Be a Boon for Unions - Working In These Times
How the Friedrichs v. Calif. Teachers Association SCOTUS Case Could Actually Be a Boon for Unions - Working In These Times: How the Friedrichs v. Calif. Teachers Association SCOTUS Case Could Actually Be a Boon for UnionsWorks Progress Administration workers march after losing their jobs in 1937. (Library of Congress) As unions file their legal briefs in the epic Friedrichs vs. CTA anti-union Sup
When charter schools close, millions of state dollars vanish with them
Palm Beach County charter schools' $9 million bill | www.mypalmbeachpost.com: When charter schools close, millions of state dollars vanish with themBOYNTON BEACH —When Charter School of Boynton Beach decided in 2010 to build its own campus in a corporate park, Florida taxpayers pitched in big time.A special state program gave the privately run school hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help
4 lessons Mark Zuckerberg should learn from Gates Foundation
4 lessons Mark Zuckerberg should learn from Gates Foundation: 4 lessons Mark Zuckerberg should learn from Gates FoundationWhen Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, recently announced that they would donate shares presently worth about $45 billion to good works, they understandably looked for inspiration to the world’s undisputed philanthropy leaders — Bill and Melinda
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CORPORATE ED REFORM ESSA Whack-A-Mole | Save Maine SchoolsESSA Whack-A-Mole | Save Maine Schools: ESSA Whack-A-MoleRecently, I read a comment on Diane Ravitch’s blog that said that with the passage of ESSA, we will now be playing “whack-a-mole” with the American Legislative Exchange Council and host of billionaire-backed foundation-funded groups who – if they have not yet descended upon your neck
