Regardless of the abundant research on the ineffectiveness of merit pay, states continue to adopt policies that promote the plan. However, those same lawmakers who think money motivates, refuse to fund their own programs. Hence, failed and popular policies go quietly into the darkness from which they [...]
Originally Published at Education Votes. October 11, 2013 The National Education Association (NEA), which represents 3 million educators nationwide, will launch ads on television and online asking members of Congress to stop playing games and get its priorities straight. The spot,”Not a Game,” will air in the [...]
By Joy Resmovits | Originally Published at The Huffington Post. October 11, 2013 Ten high-profile civil rights leaders are pressuring Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) to intervene in the sorry state of school funding in Philadelphia. The national and local leaders -- including the NAACP's Ben Jealous [...]
In America, in respect to education there are as many questions as there are answers. There are as many problems as there are solutions, perhaps more. Indeed, the abundance of problems may be best understood through the numbers of solutions. The two are the same, humans. Humans [...]
Illustration by Brian Stauffer By Alex Morris | Originally Published at Rolling Stone. October 10, 2013 Private Christian schools are exploiting local laws to raise money while expelling kids for the crime of being not straight A strange thing happened to Tristan at the end of [...]
Photograph: John Arnold, a former hedge fund manager who retired last year at 38, and his wife, Laura, expressed frustration with Washington. Might we consider the source, the need, the meaning, or all of these? Read. Reflect. Do your research. Respond if you choose. By John Schwartz [...]
By: Stephanie Simon | Originally Published at POLITICO October 6, 2013 10:50 PM EDT Ever since the Obama administration filed suit to freeze Louisiana’s school voucher program, high-ranking Republicans have pummeled the president for trapping poor kids in failing public schools. The entire House leadership sent a letter [...]
By Greg Kaufmann | The Poverty Line, What Matters Today | Originally Published at BillMoyers.com September 27, 2013 We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following post appeared first in Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week [...]
By Daniel Denvir Originally Published at City Paper. September 17, 2013 Gov. Tom Corbett, Mayor Michael Nutter, the School Reform Commission, and myriad self-described education reform groups have all cited the School District of Philadelphia's catastrophic budget crisis to demand major concessions from teachers and other workers. But [...]
