Wisconsin: FoxCon Job
Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect reports about the con job in Wisconsin: Fox Con Job. Remember Foxconn? Then-governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin...
Month : January 2019
West Virginia: Governor Refuses to Add Charter Schools to Pay Increases
Republican legislators in West Virginia want to tie pay increases for teachers—which they were promised when they went on strike last year—to the...
Washington State: Charters Fail to Make a Difference
“ Poor Bill Gates. He has poured billions into reinventing education, and nothing has worked. Nothing! Not even in his home state. One of...
Justin Parmenter: School Choice in North Carolina
Justin Parmenter, an NBCT high school teacher in North Carolina, writes here about the rapid expansion of charter schools in his state, which is doing...
Kansas: Students Walk Out to Protest Tech-Based Summit Learning Program
Mark Zuckerberg and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funded the Summit learning program, which is computer-based online instruction. not personalized learning. Students in Kansas...
Nevada Chief Resigns, after Failure as Charter Cheerleader
Nevada’s State Commissioner Steve Canavero and two of his deputies are leaving. “Nevada’s K-12 system consistently ranks as one of the worst-performing in the...
Dallas: Reporter Seeks Information about “Social Impact Bonds”
m4potwFebruary 2, 2019 at 3:25 am To whom may be interested in SIB (Social Impact Bond) as if they are intermediate seller or a naive...
Jeff Bryant: L.A. Teachers See Charters as “Existential Threat” to Public Education
Jeff Bryant went to Los Sngeles to interview teachers during the strike. He discovered that they see charters as privatization, and as such, an...
Bob Shepherd: How Long Will the Love Affair with Standardized Testing Go On?
As a nation, we are hypnotized by standardized tests and the scores they produce. We forget that the tests and the answers are written by...
Chris Hedges: Corporate Government Doesn’t Want Workers’ Rights
Chris Hedges writes about what happens when corporations run government. Number one is the subjugation of workers, which cuts costs and drives profits. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-private-governments-that-subjugate-u-s-workers/ He...