Mercedes Schneider: The Leading Candidate for Mayor of New York City Has a Horrible Plan for the Schools
Mayoral control of the schools was never a good idea. The current race for mayor of New York City demonstrates that it is a horrible...
Category : Online Learning
National Education Policy Center Criticizes RAND for Overstating Results of Study of Online Learning
The National Education Policy Center frequently engages researchers to review studies, reports, and evaluations. NEPC recently released a review of a RAND study that looks...
Mercedes Schneider: The Hoax of Online “Learning” in Louisiana
Mercedes Schneider reports here on the absurd class sizes assigned to teachers in Louisiana in virtual classes. The teachers are not “teachers,” they are in...
John Thompson: Instead of Funding Public Schools, Oklahoma Bankrolled a For-Profit Virtual Charter
John Thompson, historian and retired teacher, writes in the Progressive about the epic failure of a for-profit virtual school in Oklahoma. The Epic virtual charter...
Sound Advice for Parents of Young Children
Denisha Jones, an expert in early childhood education and a lawyer (and a member of the board of the Betwork for Public Education) has prepared...
Wired: Miami’s Disastrous Deal with K12 Inc.
Frankly, it’s hard to understand why Miami public schools chose for-profit K12 Inc. as it’s provider of remote instruction. Ten minutes or less on google...
California: The Year of Teaching Dangerously: The Series
Please read the articles in Capital & Main’s series on teaching in the age of COVID-19, which is titled “The Year of Teaching Dangerously.” They...
California: The Year of Teaching Dangerously, Part 1
Capital & Main published a five-part series on teaching during the pandemic. The series is called “The Year of Teaching Dangerously.” Sasha Abramsky launched the...
Attention, Parents! A Statement on EdTech from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
The arrival of COVID-19 has made children and educators across the nation dependent on distance learning for since March. Many parents recognize the defects of...
Bob Shepherd: How to Use Remote Learning Wisely
Bob Shepherd. Is a former teacher, editor, curriculum designer, and assessment developer. He believes that a return to in-person instruction would be “an unprecedented catastrophe.”...