Stephen Dyer: The ECOT Scandal Was Even Worse Than We Knew
Stephen Dyer of Innovation Ohio, a lawyer and former Ohio legislator, reports that the ECOT scandal is worse than previously known. He writes: New state...
Month : October 2018
Do Foreign Exchange Students Act As Spies?
Daniel Goldin, educatuon editor of Pro Publica, has written a new book about spying by foreign exchange students. This practice has been rumored for years...
Valerie Strauss on the Race between Marshall Tuck and Tony Thurmond for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in California
Valerie Strauss summarizes the race between Marshall Tuck and Tony Thurmond. Tuck has raised nearly $30 million from the billionaires who support charter schools; Thurmond...
Denis Smith: The Five Most Common Words in Charterdom
Denis Smith worked for many years for the Ohio Department of Education. When he retired, he was employed in the office that oversees charter schools....
New Orleans: Delta Charter School Ordered to Desegregate by Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court ordered the Delta Charter School to accept more African-American students. The school expanded into another parish, which was under a desegregation...
Mike Pence’s Fake Rabbi Was a Defrocked Fake Rabbi: A Fake Fake Rabbi
We will never find out how low they will go. This one, at least, is funny. Mike Pence held a rally in Michigan. He wanted...
Our New Best Friends, The North Koreans, Marching to Great American Music
Here’s information on Trump’s other new friends. [Not mine.] …..The six men were all under 18 when they were charged with activities related to the...
Forbes: “How America Is Breaking Public Education”: By Forgetting the Cardinal Rule of Success
Ethan Siegel, a senior contributor to Forbes, understood what was happening to public education well before the wave of teacher strikes in the spring of...
Laura Chapman: The Deluge of Cash Flowing Into the Charter School Industry
Laura Chapman, tireless researcher, did a cursory scan of the abundance of billionaire cash flowing into charter schools, enhanced by another $400 million from the...
Tennessee: An Educator Appraises the Candidates for Governor
Dr. Bill Smith of Johnson City, Tennessee, watched the two candidates for Governor of Tennessee debate and focus on education as key to the state’s...