Tom Ultican: 2019 Will Not be a Good Year for the Destroy Public Education Movement
Tom Ultican, on his way to becoming the chronicler of the shape-shifting Destroy Public Education movement, brings us up to date on the personnel changes...
Month : December 2018
Los Angeles Hires Hundreds of Scabs to Replace Thousands of Teachers Who Are Likely to Strike
Los Angeles is about to try to prove that class size doesn’t matter. The district, on orders from investment banker Austin Beutner, has hired about...
Our Ally, Charles Foster Johnson, Was Named “Baptist of the Year”
Charles Foster Johnson, one of our best allies in the fight against vouchers and for adequate funding for public schools, was named “Baptist of the...
Arizona: Why Teachers Are Leaving Their Classrooms and Hard to Replace
Linda Lyon, recent President of the Arizona SchoolBoards Association, describes the low funding and legislative hostility that has created a teacher shortage in Arizona. The...
GREAT NEWS from New Jersey SOS: State Court Strikes Down PARCC as Graduation Requirement!
This just in from Save Our Schools New Jersey, from its Facebook page: BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! NJ Appeals Court strikes down NJ’s PARCC-based high...
Los Angeles Parents Supporting Teachers
Parents are preparing for the teachers’ strike on January 10 by creating a FB page to support their teachers. Parent Jenna Schwartz started a FB...
Jill Lepore: Is Education a Fundamental Right?
Jill Lepore, a professor of history at Harvard and a staff writer for the New Yorker, wrote this interesting essay, which appeared in the New...
An Essential Guide to Donald Trump’s Swamp
ProPublica has created a valuable database identifying the individuals appointed by the Trump administration, with their history and ties to conservative groups. Go to the...
Mississippi: The Amicus Briefs in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lawsuit Against Diverting Local Funds to Charters
Is your school district losing funds to charter schools that it did not authorize? If so, you might find this information useful. A few months...
Steve Denning Connects the Dots in the Mueller Investigation
I recall that Reagan was known as the Teflon coated president. “Teflon-coated presidency “A president’s ability to deflect charges of corruption or scandal. “The term...