Is there a “corporate education reform” movement? Whether we identify ourselves as a Tea Partier or a Wall Street Occupier we would likely say yes. Does that mean that all "education reformers" are corporateers or that all education reform measures are corporate in intent? That question invites [...]
By Tom Arcaro | Originally Published at Richmond Times Dispatch. April 7, 2013 12:00 AM “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. And to render them safe, their minds must be improved to [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at the Becoming Radical. March 31, 2013 Writing in Newsweek (1980, January 21) in the cusp of America’s shift into the Reagan era of conservatism that included the roots of the current education reform movement built on accountability, standards, [...]
Working Together For Effective Reform In America's Public Schools Mostly we hear bickering; we play the blame game. In education, the topic thought to be the great uniter we see divisiveness more than we might imagine. The "Right" and "Left" split along party lines while each [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at Alternet . March 18, 2013 | Photograph Credit: Shutterstock.com/YanLev U.S. public education has a long relationship with pursuing high standards for students, teachers, and schools, reaching back to the Committee of Ten in the 1890s proposing a uniform [...]
The following is Part II of the transcript of a speech Noam Chomsky delivered in February on "The Common Good." Click here to read Part I. Let’s turn to the assault on education, one element of the general elite reaction to the civilizing effect of the [...]
If only there were a solution “lying around” to attach to this crisis. By Kenzo Shibata | Originally Published at Jaconbin Magazine. February 22, 2013| Photographic Credit; Chicago 2012 — Greg Wass / Flickr In public policy circles, crises are called “focusing events” — bringing to light [...]
As long as I can remember, there has been a perennial plea for black people to enter the teaching profession, and many of us enthusiastically headed this righteous call. However, as the nation's population and students have grown more diverse, the teaching force has done the [...]
Originally Published on January 30, 2013. By Valerie Strauss. The Answer Sheet. Washington Post. A nonprofit group released thousands of e-mails today and said they show how a foundation begun by Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and national education reform leader, is working with public officials [...]
