Chris Lubienski: The Deceptive Language of School Choice
Chris Lubienski is a professor of education policy at Indiana University. He wrote recently with Amanda Potterton and Joe Malin about the deceptive rhetoric of...
Category : Lies
North Carolina: School Board Bans Teaching Anything That Makes Students Uncomfortable
Justin Parmenter, NBCT teacher in North Carolina writes here about the resolution passed by a local school board that bans teaching anything that might cause...
Dana Milbank: Republicans—Not Democrats— Have Voted to Defund the Police
Dana Milbank is a regular columnist for the Washington Post and one of my favorites. Read his latest column: “Even the Squad Is More Pro-Police...
Billy Townsend: Florida’s State Commissioner Corcoran Is a Loser Who Wants to Indoctrinate Students with Lies
Billy Townsend doesn’t pull any punches. In this post, he tears into the State Commissioner for thinking he can indoctrinate the students of Florida with...
Florina Rodov: Inside the Charter School Hype and Hoax
Fiorina Rodov wanted to teach, and, as she writes, she believed the glowing claims about charter schools as beacons of hope for the neediest students....
Richard P. Phelps: The D.C. Reform Hoax, Part 1
Richard P. Phelps recounts his experiences as the director of assessment for Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Phelps was expected...
Denisha Jones: The Day Joe Biden Lied to Me About Standardized Testing
Denisha Jones explains here what happened at a televised event in Pittsburgh when she asked candidate Joe Biden if he would eliminate standardized testing. Denisha...
New Congressman Jamaal Bowman Blasts Biden Testing Plan
Congressman Jamaal Bowman, experienced teacher and principal and teacher, was elected last November and now is a member of the House Education Committee. He was...
Leonie Haimson: Biden’s Absurd Decision to Impose the Tests: Opt Out!
Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters and board member of the Network for Public Education, responded to Biden’s broken promise about suspending the...
Biden Administration’s Broken Promise: Schools Must Give Standardized Tests This Spring
The Biden administration chose a pro-testing advocate, Ian Rosenblum of Education Trust New York, to announce the decision that states must administer the federally mandated...