Wisconsin: Is Scott Walker Afraid of the Blue Wave?
Scott Walker is a puppet of the Koch brothers and has laid waste to education in what was once a great state for K-12...
Month : March 2018
John Merrow Questions Rick Hess’s Contrition about the Failure of Reform in D.C.
Yesterday I posted Rick Hess’s article chastising his fellow reformers for their celebration of D.C.’s “success” as a model, which led to their embarrassment...
Jacobin: The Reasons for a Teachers’ Strike in “Right to Work” Oklahoma
Eric Blanc wrote a comprehensive and excellent article in Jacobin about the dire condition of public schools in Oklahoma. Given the legislature’s indifference, even...
Washington Post: Why Oklahoma Teachers Are Likely to Strike
The Washington Post writes here about Oklahoma’s abysmal treatment of teachers and a decade of budget cuts. Teachers are working second jobs to make...
SomeDAM Poet: The Maestro of Corporate Reform
Our blog Poet seeks to understand greatness: “The Maestro” Chetty picked his VAMdolinAt Nobel-chasing speedDuncan played the basket rimAnd Rhee, she played the rheed Coleman...
In Case You Wondered Why I Am Blogging Again…
I announced a few weeks ago that I would slow down the blogging because I am writing a new book. You may have noticed...
Arizona: Gov. Ducey Lured Uber with Promise of No Regulations: 1 Dead
Hovernor Doug Ducey is one of those extremist libertarians who opposes government regulations. That’s why he loves charter schools and vouchers. That’s why charters...
Newark: The Poison Pill That Chris Christie Left for the Public Schools of Newark
When Corey Booker, then Mayor of Newark, and Chris Christie, then Governor of New Jersey, persuaded Mark Zuckerberg to give them $100 million to...
Rick Hess: Reformers Were Too Gullible About D.C. “Successes”
This is a really good article by Rick Hess of the DeVos-funded American Enterprise Institute about reformers’ credulous embrace of every claim made by...
Tom Ultican: Oakland Is California’s Petri Dish for Destroying Public Education
In this stunning review of Oakland’s recent history, retired teacher Thomas Ultican shows how that city’s school district was completely captured and nearly destroyed...