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Bloomberg Blocks Release of His Comments at Aspen About Minorities and Guns

by dianeravitch / 18min

Four years ago, Michael Bloomberg spoke candidly in Aspen about his stop-and-frisk policies that targeted young black and Hispanic men, but he immediately requested that it not be released to the public. Although he was proud of his policy, he knew there was something that wasn’t right about targeting young minority males. Charles Blow of the New York Times wrote about the racist, disastrous poli

Tim Slekar and I Discuss My Book on “Busted Pencils”

by dianeravitch / 1h

Tim Slekar, one of the pioneers of the Resistance invited me to talk with him on his podcast Busted Pencils. We talked about SLAYING GOLIATH.

SomeDAM Poet: College Ready in Kindergarten

by dianeravitch / 2h

When Arne Duncan was Secretary of Education, he touted the idea that every student should be college ready. There has been considerable debate about which was Arne’s most memorable utterance. Some say it was his claim that Hurricane Katrina “was the best thing that ever happened to the schools of New Orleans,” despite the deaths of over 1,000 people. Others think it was his crack that the reason

Trump’s Budget for Education Eliminates the Scandal-Ridden Federal Charter School Program

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To the shock and consternation of charter school advocates, the Trump budget proposal abandons the controversial federal Charter Schools Program, turning it into a state bloc program that turns the money over to the states. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools issued a scathing denunciation of the axing of the federal charter school programs, which has enriched the big corporate chart

Laura Chapman: EdReports is NOT Independent!

by dianeravitch / 2h

Laura Chapman writes: “EdReports, an independent curriculum review nonprofit, rates curriculum on three gateways: Text Quality, Building Knowledge, and Usability. Amplify CKLA earned a green rating in all three.” This should not be regarded as a trustworthy endorsement. Here is Why. Recall that the Common Core State (sic) Standards were first marketed as if they were not intended to be about curr

Trump Proposes Deep Cuts to Social Programs, Including Education

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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) is in charge of the appropriations for most social programs. She released this list of the programs that the Trump administration wants to slash or gut. She stands in his way, which illustrates the 

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