Twitter Frauds and Their Followers
What follows is an alarming story about a young man who hoaxed thousands of people on Twitter, including Trump. The real shocker is not this...
Category : Fake
Forbes: Trump Is a Billionaire Who Doesn’t Pay Taxes
Dan Alexander, a senior editor at Forbes who covers Trump’s businessses, writes that Trump really is a billionaire. His net worth, he says, is about...
Dana Milbank: How a Very Stable Genius Will End the Pandemic
Dana Milbank has become my favorite columnist. I hope you can open this column from the Washington Post, because he has added links to everything,...
Paul Thomas: Two Cases of “Epistemic Trespassing”
Paul Thomas of Furman University describes two examples of “epistemic trespassing”: Ruby Payne’s theories about poverty and the current advocacy for “the science of reading.”...
Laura Chapman: EdReports is NOT Independent!
Laura Chapman writes: “EdReports, an independent curriculum review nonprofit, rates curriculum on three gateways: Text Quality, Building Knowledge, and Usability. Amplify CKLA earned a green...
Audrey Watters: The Most Important Post of the Decade: The 100 Worst EdTech Disasters of the Decade
I just opened my email and discovered this brilliant post by Audrey Watters, whose critical voice on EdTech is indispensable. Watters lists the 100 biggest...
Bill Phillis: An Experiment in Ohio That Will Probably Never Be Repeated
Bill Phillis, retired deputy commissioner of the state education department, is a watchdog for Ohio schools, especially finances. Charter schools in Ohio are called “community...
Leonie Haimson: DeBlasio’s Hypocritical Embrace of Corporate Reform
Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, is outraged that Mayor DeBlasio is handing schools over to Laurene Powell Jobs and the charter-promoting Robin...
Texas: The Hoax and Lies Perpetrated by the Charter Industry
William J. Gumbert has posted a series of analyses of charter school performance and demographics in Texas, based on public data compiled by the state....