BILL LEE’S NOT SO SPECIAL SESSION S o, Gov. Bill Lee has decided to call a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly to address education issues he’s largely ignored during his time as governor. While Lee has eagerly pursued a privatization agenda , he’s left teachers and public schools behind. Now, he wants to make it seem like he’s doing something. This is, after all, the same Governor
Farewell to the Worst Secretary of Education Ever! Steve Nelson was head of school at the Calhoun School. He is now in retirement. He writes frequently about the need for child-centered education. “RESIST!” Bernie Sanders? AOC? Malcom X? Saul Alinsky? No, this was Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s plea to Education Department staffers as she ends her term in office. As reported in The Hill, she
They Say There are No Stupid Questions. I Beg to Differ. They say there's no such thing as a stupid question, but I beg to differ. We hear stupid questions almost every time adults and young children are together. For instance, a child is painting at an easel, exploring color, shape, and motion, experimenting with brushes, paper, and paint. There is an adult watching over her shoulder who points
solidaridad: Outgoing Administration Admits Charters are not Public Schools Outgoing Administration Admits Charters are not Public Schools The latest executive order by troglodyte Trump tacitly admits that charter schools are *NOT* public schools. We all knew that, but it's nice when the vile privatizers tell on themselves. * While it is good to see DeVos and Trump on the way out, there's little
Trump’s School Choice Executive Order: A Big Nothing On December 28, 2020, President Donald Trump issued this executive order to purportedly allow federal Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to be used to finance “emergency learning scholarships” (school vouchers) “to disadvantaged families for use by any child without access to in-person learning” This executive order will go nowhere. F
Schools And Social Capital I'm in the middle of reading Robert Putnam's new book ( The Upswin g ) which has gotten me to thinking about his previous work, Our Kids . What has struck me in particular about the latter is his writing about social capital and the children of this country. The definition of social capital is, in general, a little fuzzy. Putnam's, as put forth in Bowling Alone, anothe
PARENTS OF DISABLED STUDENTS: DO NOT GRANT COLLEGE BOARD UNLIMITED ACCESS TO YOUR CHILD’S SENSITIVE INFORMATION We recently received a query from a Chicago parent whose child has a disability, and was seeking an accommodation when taking a College Board test. Her child’s high school asked her to sign a SSD Accommodation Consent form allowing her school to disclose her child’s disability records,
When Children Return to School by Teresa Thayer Snyder Dear Friends and Colleagues: I am writing today about the children of this pandemic. After a lifetime of working among the young, I feel compelled to address the concerns that are being expressed by so many of my peers about the deficits the children will demonstrate when they finally return to school. My goodness, what a disconcerting thing
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Schools Face A Massive Challenge To Make Up For Learning Lost During The Pandemic https://www.scpr.org/news/2020/12/28/95901/schools-face-a-
