China’s “ Invisible Crisis” In Education
We have heard for years about the alleged superiority of Chinese education, based almost entirely on test scores on international assessments in which Shanghai comes...
Month : November 2017
Michael Lewis: Inside Trump’s Cruel Campaign Against Science at the U.S.D.A.
This is an outstanding article by Best-selling author Michael Lewis. It will give you a scary insight into the Trump administration’s determination to stamp out...
The Disgrace of East Ramapo, New York
The New York Civil Liberties Union recently filed a suit against East Ramapo, New York. The town school board has been almost completely captured by...
Republican Tax Plan Will Have Devastating Impact Across Society: Trickle-Down Economics Redux
The Republican Tax Plan will have devastating impact in many sectors of society, including education and healthcare. It will dramatically increase income inequality, by reducing...
Daniel S. Katz: How the GOP Tax Plan Will Damage Education
Daniel Katz reviews the many ways in which the tax plan now being debated and being pushed to an early vote without hearings will have...
Karen Wolfe: The School Wars in California Heat Up as 2018 Approaches
Karen Wolfe, parent activist in Los Angeles, writes here in response to an ill-informed article in the Napa Valley Register by columnist Dan Walters. I...
Congratulations, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Her Work on the Cost of Higher Education!
I am delighted to share the good news that Sara Goldrick-Rab won the Grawemeyer Award for her outstanding book on the spiraling cost of college....
Bill Becker: The Republican Tax Plan is a Massive Hoax!
Bill Becker is an internationally recognized expert on climate change and the environment. In this article, he demonstrates how Republicans are pullling the wool over...
Do You Want to Bid on My Set of the 50-Volume Harvard Classics?
Here is a chance to buy a wonderful gift for yourself or your favorite bibliophile. I am auctioning off my 50-volume set of the Charles...
Jeb Bush’s Privatization Ball: You Are Not Invited
Jeb Bush is a seminal person in the privatization movement. He developed high-stakes testing and accountability, A-F school grades, so as to produce a steady...