My Views about ESSA: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
It was difficult for Congress to agree on a replacement for the failed No Child Left Behind. NCLB was supposed to be reauthorized in 2007,...
Month : January 2016
Peter Greene: Why Superman Will Never Save Us
The edu-propaganda film “Waiting for ‘Superman’” promulgated the myth that charter schools were the equivalent to Superman, that powerful guy who flies through the sky...
NPE Will Release a National Report Card on How Much States Support Public Schools
Good news! The Network for Public Education will soon issue our first national report card. What is your state doing to keep public education...
HAVE YOU HEARD? EduShyster Launches a Podcast Series
One of the funniest and sharpest commentators on the follies and madness of contemporary education policy is EduShyster, known to friends and family as Jennifer...
Florida Republicans Want to Cut Construction Budgets of Public Schools
The Florida legislature is dominated by Republican legislators who don’t like public education. Some of them have direct ties to the for-profit charter industry. Others...
New Jersey: Christie Administration Sets a Goal of 50,000 Charter Seats
New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie is devoted to charter schools. As he has repeatedly demonstrated, he despises the New Jersey Education Association, and charters seldom...
National PTA Opposes Parent Opt Out: UPDATE!
The National PTA adopted a resolution opposing parents’ decision to have their child opt out of state testing. The resolution endorses the federal requirement of...
Steven Singer: The Top 10 Reasons NOT to Like School Choice
Steven Singer, teacher and blogger in Pennsylvania, sums up the top ten reasons to reject school choice. Since National School Choice Week occurred just recently, Singer...
Hold the Presses: Junior in Florida PUBLIC School Gets Perfect Score on AP Physics Test
Jimmy Qin, a junior at Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida, received a perfect score on the AP Physics examination. He was one of only...
Professor to TFA: No, You May Not Recruit in My Classroom
I received the following exchange from Professor Howard Winant, who is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received a...