Tenure is Not the ProblemTeacher protections are not why poor schools are failing. Segregation is. By Richard D. Kahlenberg | Originally Published at Slate. June 13, 2014 On Tuesday, a California court struck down state teacher tenure and seniority protections as a violation of the [...]
Americans, for decades now, have aspired to be colorblind, just not completely. Oh we long to see pretty pink crocuses and yellow daffodils flowers bloom in the spring. We want to walk through tall green grasses and bathe in the bright sun. We want to wear colorful [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. June 12, 2014 [Reposting from Truthout as a response to the Vergaras ruling in California to dismantle tenure. See also Adam Bessie's A Tale of Two Vergaras: Of Stardom and the End of Teacher Tenure.] [...]
Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. June 10, 2014 It happened again. Today there was another school shooting. The killing of our children, and often by our children is much like the weather. Wait five minutes and it will change. Wait five [...]
By Jennifer Berkshire | Originally Published at EduShyster. June 9, 2014 Do you dream of being part of our nation’s greatest experiment in urban education? I know I do—which is why I was thrilled to be the recipient of a recent Google ad inviting me to Teach, [...]
"What's going on?" (Marvin Gaye) "Like Genocide, So Econocide" (Alice Skirtz) Every once in a while in the sea of intellectual discourse a term surfaces that resonates, that galvanizes the historical moment, that has gravitas. Stokely Carmichael's "Black Power" was one of those terms. [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. June 6, 2014 From the beginning of the call for and debate about Common Core, I have taken a clear stand against the promise of standards-based reform; for example, Why Common Standards Won’t Work: A [...]
By Dan Rockmore | Originally Published at The New Yorker. June 6, 2014 A colleague of mine in the department of computer science at Dartmouth recently sent an e-mail to all of us on the faculty. The subject line read: “Ban computers in the classroom?” The note [...]
By Nathaniel Mott and David Sirota | Originally Published at Pando Daily. June 5, 2014 In September 2011, a newly-launched nonprofit called the Teaching Channel announced that it would be producing a video series dubbed “Teaching Channel Presents” for PBS. The videos would be produced in partnership [...]
