Students change classes during the first day of school at Landry-Walker High School on August 12, 2013. (Photo by Kathleen Flynn, Nola.com / The Times-Picayune) Introductory Reflection by Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., Host of The New Orleans Imperative In this week's Louisiana Weekly's article [see below] Journalist Kari [...]
ThinkStock Image. By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at Alternet. and The Becoming Radical. May 31, 2014 What do third-grade retention policies based on reading tests, charter schools, tracking, and parental choice have in common? First, across the U.S., they all have a great deal [...]
By Jeffrey S. Solochek | Originally Published at Tampa Bay Times. Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:49am Following a year of research, the Florida League of Women Voters issued a report this week that's highly critical of the state's charter school movement. Education "reform" critics, such as historian [...]
By Dr. Mercedes Schiender | Originally Published at deutsch29. May 29, 2014 On May 29, 2014, Lindsey Layton of the Washington Post wrote this article on the conversion of the state-run New Orleans Recovery School District’s (RSD) conversion to charters. I would like to clarify a few [...]
With little notice and less national outcry, countrywide public schools close. Charters Schools operators move in. Charters schools receive tax dollars, and yet, they are not accountable to voters. Nor do these learning centers let every child enter. Students are selectively let in. Computerized lotteries are used [...]
Update June 14, 2015… Louisiana Department of Education allegedly updated their pre Katrina numbers in a High School Performance [PDF] but you'll notice still no methodology. Also, again, they conflate the 2003-04 school year with the 2004-05 school year. More laundering. We’ve [...]
Photographic Credit; Chris Hondros/Getty By Sally Kohn | Originally Published at The Daily Beast. May 16, 2014 Sure, it’s mostly the courts, but as we approach the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, charter schools and testing regimes are reinforcing segregation. Sixty years ago [...]
By Paul Thomas | Originally Published at TruthOut. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:02 So why do self-styled education "reformers" keep ignoring class issues? Ignoring Poverty as Education Reform As Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan represents both the discourse and policy currently driving education reform in the [...]
Photograph; M.K. Nguyen ends the protest with a Unity Chant as groups protest on the median in front of Sarah T. Reed High School to protest school closure, Monday, December 9, 2013. (Photo by Ted Jackson, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) By Danielle Dreilinger | Originally Published atThe [...]
