David Koch, chairman of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, funds some of the largest dark money networks. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) | AP Originally Published at California Teachers Association. October 24, 2013 | [Download the Ruling.. The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) Announces Record Settlement in [...]
By David Sirota | Originally Published at David Sirota. October 24, 2013 Back in 1982, the Violent Femmes urged a generation not to get so distressed about something being put on our permanent records. To the band’s young followers, it was a comforting reminder that for all [...]
“Education reform” that helps only your resume By Sandra Y.L. Korn | Originally Published at The Crimson in the The Red Line October 23, 2013 Last month, I got an email from a recruiter. An associate of Teach For America, citing a minor leadership role in a [...]
Image; Childhood poverty impacted how much the two regions of the prefrontal cortex (as shown in orange circles) were engaged during emotion regulation. (Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) By Sherri McGinnis González | Originally Published at University of Illinois Chicago. October 21, 2013 [...]
Cindy Jordan, right, mother of two students at Granada Elementary Community Charter in Granada Hills, joins about 50 parents protesting an L.A. Unified order to reorganize classes according to students' levels of English fluency. The move has sparked a storm of protests across the district. (Al Seib, [...]
Using poverty alone to explain the achievement gap may do more harm than good. By Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at The Economic Policy Institute [EPI]. October 10, 2013 On her “Bridging Differences” blog, educator Deborah Meier began a discussion with Mike Petrilli of the [...]
Joe Raymond/AP Photo By Julia Ryan | Originally Published at The Atlantic. October 18, 2013 A new book argues that public schools are actually academically superior. Sarah Theule Lubienski didn’t set out to compare public schools and private schools. A professor at the University of Illinois at [...]
Intellectually people may know that Charter Schools are not public, although many are identified as such. After all, as the National Alliance for Charter Schools ascribes "Charter schools are independent public schools", ostensibly being one while essentially being the other. Perhaps, a Charter can best be described [...]
It is over. The government shutdown is finally over, the headlines herald, but for millions the pain continues and actually worsens. The prognosis is grim. We have ninety days to find a cure for what ails this country. Meanwhile, The patient is on life-support knowing that this [...]
