Privatization
School & District Management
Opinion
Massachusetts Teachers Association Takes On High Stakes Tests, School Takeovers
Activist rank-and-file movements are ramping up teachers unions' fight for justice, reason, and community solidarity by passing resolutions and winning offices across the country.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
Thoughts From a Sit-In
Klonsky: The struggle in the cities, while certainly connected to testing and curriculum (common core), has been focused on equity.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
Drawing a Line on Common Core
Klonsky: While you and I share a healthy suspicion of government programs and share a strong opposition to NCLB and Race To The Top, I'm not against government.
States
Opinion
What Will It Take to Educate the Gates Foundation?
Bill Gates has made it clear that this was an experiment from the start. What he did not seem to allow for in his scenario was the possibility that his experiment would not succeed.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
John Thompson Reviews John Kuhn's 'Fear and Learning'
It was a Texan, Diane Ravitch, who rallied teachers when it seemed like public schooling was condemned to its Alamo. Now, it may be a Texan, John Kuhn, who points the way out of the educational civil war launched by data-driven reform.
Families & the Community
Opinion
Paul Horton: Free Market Education Reform -- Evidence vs. Ideology
They conclude that empirical evidence does not support the marketist legitimation of privatization. The public sector has not failed, they contend, it has thrived and deserves much more support;
School & District Management
Opinion
Agreed: No Profiting Off Children's Education
Deborah Meier: If democracy is worth dying for, how about our learning to live with it?
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
John Kuhn at the NPE Conference: This is Our Education Spring
John Kuhn, alongside Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, spoke against threats to public education.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
Indiana Vouchers Will Help Fix Church Steeples
Vouchers approved in the state of Indiana are prompting creative bookkeeping on the part of Catholic school leaders, with a significant boon to the churches that run them.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
15 Months in Virtual Charter Hell: A Teacher's Tale
I believe K12 Inc. targets poor communities and economically struggling regions; they are easily influenced because they are desperately seeking alternatives to devastatingly under-funded schools.
Budget & Finance
Opinion
2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms Rejected
The year 2013 was one of gaining clarity about the strategies and objectives of Gatesian education reform. This clarity allows us to begin 2014 determined to move in a different direction.
Budget & Finance
Opinion
2013 in Review Part 1: Charter Schools: Public, Private, or Parasitic?
While I recognize that good-hearted people have been attempting to use charter schools as an avenue to help students not served well by traditional schools, the situation faced by public schools has become dire.
Families & the Community
Opinion
John Thompson: Time is Right for "Principles that Unite Us"
Teachers, unions, students, and families are finding a common voice. It is the perfect time for the American Federation of Teachers to issue "The Principles that Unite Us," a call for labor and communities to unite in a new era of school reform.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
Florida Teacher: "I Was Among Those Who Reviewed the Common Core in 2009"
As the review unfolded, it became apparent that we were not working with a holistic, integrated application of standards. To Rene and me, it began to look instead like a checklist forming a platform for standardized testing.
