Why do they care about schools? It’s all about money By Maisie Mcadoo New York Teacher Issue June 3, 2010 Education Reform Now, which spearheaded a $2 million media campaign to lift the charter school cap without reforms, paid for this mailer attacking the UFT. Who paid [...]
By Carlo Rotella | Originally Published at The New York Times. September 12, 2013 Sally Hurd Smith, a veteran teacher, held up her brand-new tablet computer and shook it as she said, “I don’t want this thing to take over my classroom.” It was late June, a [...]
While it might be easy to dismiss any poll, it is vital that we realize peoples' opinions have power! Sure you might say the questions were skewed or either of the political Parties who worked on the project had a vested interest. Nevertheless, the numbers are clear [...]
We each want the best for our child. We want our young to attend good schools. Confronted with countless "choices" what do we choose? Is it possible for any parent to make a bad decision? [If you are as we, we believe all is good.] Perhaps there [...]
By P. L. Thomas Originally Published at the becoming radical on August 19, 2013 Randy Olson’s Flock of Dodos (2006) explores the evolution and Intelligent Design (ID) debate that represents the newest attack on teaching evolution in U.S. public schools. The documentary is engaging, enlightening, and nearly [...]
By Karna Gowda Originally Published at Scientific American. August 20, 2013 This year, Mason High School was one of 50 programs in the Chicago Public School system closed permanently. This recent wave of closings is unprecedented in the city’s history, with over 1,700 faculty laid off and [...]
By David Sirota | Originally Published at AlterNet. August 16, 2013 The recent scandal ousting Florida's top education official shows the privatization movement is about profits. Paradoxes come in all different forms, but here’s one that perfectly fits this Gilded Age: The most significant lesson from the [...]
Photograph; Jeb Bush and Tony Bennett By David Sirota | Originally Published at In These Times In These Times. August 16, 2013 Paradoxes come in all different forms, but here's one that perfectly fits this Gilded Age: the most significant lesson from the ongoing debate about American [...]
By Howard Blume | Originally Published at The Los Angeles Times. August 3, 2013 Anthony Edholm, left, and Jordan Greenwald are Teach for America instructors with the ICEF charter group in Los Angeles. “My biggest thing is I wanted to take a kid at a critical point [...]
