David Berliner: The “Required Curriculum” Vs. “The Not Required” Curriculum
David Berliner has devoted his life to the study of education. He has achieved the pinnacle of his profession as a researcher and statistician. He...
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New York Times: DeVos Allies Try to Understand Her Abandonment of Local Control
The New York Times wrote about Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ sudden turnaround, from champion of local control to heavy-handed advocate of federal threats to...
Distance Learning is Horrible for Kindergarten Students
A reader with the anonymous sobriquet “Kindergarten Interlude” writes: For my kindergartners distance-learning was never fun. And Lord knows for me it is not just...
Peter Greene: Why Bill Gates Is Not the Right Person to “Reimagine” Education in New York
Peter Greene taught high school students in Pennsylvania for 39 years. Now he blogs and writes about education for Forbes, where people in the business...
Naomi Klein: Beware the Tech Billionaires and Their “Pandemic Shock Doctrine”
Naomi Klein coined the iconic book Shock Doctrine, about the way that the powerful elites use emergencies to expand their power because of the crisis....
Michigan: District Votes to Turn Alternative School into Virtual School
Maybe this won’t seem like a big deal to you, but it’s a portent of the future. It’s not a lot of students or teachers,...
Eleven Warning Signs that Privatizers Are Invading Your School District During the Pandemic
“In The Public Interest,” a nonpartisan organization that supports a healthy public sector, has identified eleven warning signs that privatizers are targeting your school district....
Secretary DeVos’ Sneaky Effort to Divert Coronavirus Dollars to Virtual Charters and Non-Public Schools
I earlier posted Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s outspoken criticism of Secretary DeVos for diverting CARES (coronavirus relief) funds to her pet projects (anything but public schools)....
Heritage Foundation’s “National Coronavirus Task Force” Recommends Universal Vouchers and Uncertified Teachers
Talk about taking advantage of a crisis! The rightwing extremist Heritage Foundation has issued its own report on how to recover from the pandemic. They...
An End to Schooling as We Know It? To Grocery Stores? To Concerts? To Live Plays? To Dances? To Offices?
A wise reader, who is anonymous, posted this comment a few days ago. I thought it was wise because we hear so many Disrupters cheering...