Join Nancy MacLean and Me to Talk About Privatization of Our Nation’s Public Schools
I am delighted to invite you to join a webinar where the eminent Duke historian Nancy MacLean and I will discuss “Public Education in Chains,”...
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Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers? Readers Respond
Last week, I posted my thoughts on “Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers?” I sought to identify the people and organizations that spread the lie that...
Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers?
Who is responsible for the widespread teaching exodus? Who demoralized America’s teachers, the professionals who work tirelessly for low wages in oftentimes poor working conditions?...
Familiar Faces on Biden Education Team
I somehow missed a story that appeared in Education Week last February, identifying the background of Biden appointees to the U.S. Department of Education. What...
New Study Finds that Tougher Teacher Evaluations Showed No Gains in Student Achievement
Education Week reported that a decade of “reforms” focused on tougher teacher evaluations produced no improvement in student test scores. More than a decade ago,...
Study: How Foundations Engage in Advocacy by Funding Ideas They Like
Sarah Reckhow of Michigan State University University and Megan Tompkins-Stange of the University of Michigan studied the ways in which foundations fund research that advances...
Nancy Bailey: “The Truth About Reading” Isn’t True
Nancy Bailey is a retired teacher who battles misinformation and propaganda. In this post, she dissects a new film called “The Truth About Reading,” which...
Manufacturing Consent for Market-Driven Schooling
Christopher A. Lizotte of the University of Washington and Dan Cohen published an interesting research paper about how market-driven policies have been promoted and sold....
Gates, Walton, and Chan-Zuckerberg Join to Find “Breakthroughs” in Education
Why do so many billionaires think that it is their responsibility to redesign education? I, personally, would prefer to see them spend their time figuring...
Three Billionaires Combine to Seek a “Breakthrough” in Education, Despite a Long Record of Failures
Matt Barnum of Chalkbeat reported that the Gates Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are joining forces to fund a “breakthrough”...