By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. Originally Published at TruthOut Andrea Gabor examines the rise of charter schools in post-Katrina New Orleans, raising an important question in the subhead: “Are New Orleans’s schools a model for the nation—or a cautionary tale?” Gabor ends the piece suggesting caution: But [...]
By Andrea Gabor Originally Published at Newsweek. September 20, 2013 Long before Sci Academy, a charter school in New Orleans, had graduated its first senior class, the school was being heaped with accolades. In September 2010, when Sci Academy was just two years old, its 200 excited [...]
On September 21, 2013 a large group of children, parents, grandparents, school staff, teachers and community members gathered to affirm Public Education as a Civil Right. Locals and supporters from miles away came together at Milwaukee High School of the Arts at 10:30 a.m. Once the crowd [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
