Another New Jersey official resigns and no, there is no scandal. Indeed, from those who report on New Jersey education policy there is much praise for his endeavors. Nonetheless, signs still exist; for Chris Christie appointees it is profits before people, greener pastures over the good of [...]
Former House Speaker Tip O'Neil is famous for coining the axiom, "All politics is local." It begins with the people. Yes, this is true, but the contrast is also apparent. In recent years, big money flooded into our elections. It changed the dynamic. The will to fight [...]
Photograph; Sybrina Fulton's Birthday Homage Tweet to her son Trayvon Martin Our children are dying by our own hand and we sanction their slaughter. Some may say standardized-tests do our young in. But what of the killings? What of the guns and the "ground" on which we [...]
The NYC mayor is drawing a line in the sand when it comes to funding charter schools. By Owen Davis | Originally Published at AlterNet. February 4, 2014 The image is surreal. Newly elected New York mayor Bill de Blasio, wearing a broad and slightly [...]
Steven Senne/AP Photo Adults are all a flutter. Times are tough; money is tighter. Policymakers and the public alike say, "We must consider our priorities." The nation’s debt. The deficit. And also defense. After all, we must remain strong. "We need to eliminate waste, and cut all [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. January 29, 2014 Orwellian Educational Change under Obama: Crisis Discourse, Utopian Expectations, and Accountability Failures [pdf] | By Paul L. Thomas, Furman University “It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English [...]
House K-12 Subcommittee Chairwoman Janet Adkins proposed deleting Common Core from Florida Statutes so all the state's education standards will be under one name. File photo by John Iarussi By James Call| Originally Published at The Current. January 31, 2014 It’s not as Orwellian as making a [...]
Some of the students who are suing the State of California over tenure for teachers walked to a news conference this week outside Superior Court in Los Angeles. Monica Almeida/The New York Times By Jennifer Medina | Originally Published at The New York Times. January 31, 2014 [...]
Photograph; Sen. Ron Rice is sponsoring a bill that would require local school boards to approve the closing of a public school. The bill was prompted by the Newark school reorganization plan. (File Photo) By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger | Email the author | Follow on Twitter | [...]
