Gary Rubinstein: How to Pretend to Reform Schools
Gary Rubinstein revisits the past decade of failed reforms and notes how frequently the “reformers” made promises and then failed to keep them. Michelle Rhee...
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Arthur Goldstein Asks Michael Bloomberg to Stop Disrespecting Teachers
Arthur Goldstein has taught ESL for decades in New York City. He is tired of being lectured by billionaires like Michael Bloomberg about how to...
Shocker: NYC Education Board Rejects Mayor’s Plan to Test 4-Year-Olds for Gifted Program
New York City has a form of education governance called mayoral control, initiated by billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002, in which the mayor appoints...
Oakland School Board Election: Money Can’t Buy Everything
Ken Rice was an elected member of the Oakland Unified School District from 1997-2000. That was before the billionaire disrupters decided to take control of...
Tom Ultican: School Board Elections Pit Billionaires vs. Public School Advocates
Tom Ultican writes here about three major school board elections: Oakland, Los Angeles, and Indianapolis. These are districts that are in the crosshairs of the...
In Honor of Eric Chasanoff, New York City Public School Teacher
Eric (Chaz) Chasanoff died of COVID-19 at the age of 69. He was a greatly admired high school teacher and blogger. He started his blog...
Tom Ultican: Billionaire Philanthropists Accelerate Attacks on Public Schools During Pandemic
Thomas Ultican has analyzed the billionaire funders behind the pro-Disruption, anti-democracy website “Education Post.” The major funders are the usual members of the Billionaire Boys...
Bloomberg Aide: If GOP Attacks Hunter Biden, the Trump Children Will Be Exposed as Grifters in a “Scorched Earth” Fusillade
Tim O’Brien, who wrote a book about Donald Trump, worked on the Bloomberg campaign and is now an advisor to Bloomberg. A few days ago,...
Mike Deshotels: Every Reform Imposed in Louisiana Has Failed and Harmed Children
Mike Deshotels reviews the past several years of “reform,” funded by the Walton Family and Michael Bloomberg, and declares that every part of it has...