Laura Chapman on Michael Fullan
I recently posted a long article by Michael Fullan that proposed a new paradigm for education reform. I found Fullan’s dismissal of the status quo...
Category : English Language Learners
The New York Times Should Add a Former Teacher to Its Editorial Board
The New York Times published an editorial correctly blasting Betsy DeVos as the worst Secretary of Education in the 40-year history of the Department of...
Providence: State Releases Plan to Make Schools High-Performing in Five Years
After Johns Hopkins University wrote a scathing critique of the Providence public schools, Governor Gina Raimondo and her new Commissioner of Education took control of...
David Berliner: How “Successful” Charter Schools Cull and Skim Students They Don’t Want
I recently wrote an article that referred to charter schools that succeed by excluding students with disabilities, English learners, and others unlikely to get high...
Chicago Teachers Union: The Status of the Strike
Day 2 of CTU strike will bring educators, allies to City Hall at 1:30 pm Some movement at bargaining table Thursday, but no agreement on...
Arthur Goldstein: New York Does Not Care About ELLs
Veteran teacher Arthur Goldstein writes here about New York state’s cruel indifference to educating non-English-speaking students. He writes: President Trump commits outrages against humanity...
Jan Resseger: Betsy DeVos Wants to Eliminate Office of English Language Acquisition
Did you know that DeVos wants to scrap the Office of English Language Acquisition by folding it into the much larger Office of Elementary and...
“Mister, No English”
A teacher in a big-city district in New York, posted this note on his Facebook page. I can’t give you the link because the teacher...
ACLU Slams Charter Industry in Arizona for Discriminating Against Students They Don’t Want
The American Civil Liberties Union issued a blistering report about the charter industry in Arizona, claiming that charters choose their students, instead of the other...
Arthur Goldstein: It Is Not Fair to Gut ESL instruction
Arthur Goldstein is a veteran high school teacher of English and English as a Second Language. He warns here that New York State is harming...