Rachel M. Cohen: When Bernie Sanders Stood Up to Teach for America
His efforts were ultimately defeated by Arne Duncan, Senator Michael Bennett of Colorado, and Eli Broad. In 2011, the Obama administration and TFA’s friends in...
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Tom Ultican: The Problem of Fake Teachers, Fake Administrators, Fake Schools
Tom Ultican has been chronicling the doings of the Destroy Public Education Movement, as it tears a path through urban districts across the nation....
Nancy Bailey: Who Created the Teacher Shortage? Give Credit or Blame Where It is Due!
Nancy Bailey writes here about the public wringing of hands over the teacher shortage. This is an excellent post. She takes no prisoners and names...
Why Allie Gross Changed Her Mind
Allie Gross is a journalist in Detroit. She came to the city as a member of Teach for America and taught in a charter school....
North Carolina: Ousted Superintendent Wonders: “How Do I Help an Infant in Public Education?”
June Atkinson, the incumbent Superintendent of Instruction for the state of North Carolina, was beaten by 33-year-old Mark Johnson on November 8. She was surprised...
Update on the Tea Party Coup in North Carolina
As the North Carolina General Assembly passes legislation to limit the powers of the newly-elected Governor of the state, who is a Democrat, protestors gather...
How the Billionaire Boys Club Paved the Way for Betsy DeVos
I wrote an article for the online version of the Chronicle of Philanthropy about how the big foundations paved the way for Betsy DeVos’ nihilistic...
Laura Chapman Explains TFA’s Political Action Group
When most people hear about Teach for America, they think of an organization that recruits bright young college students, gives them five weeks of training,...
Mercedes Schneider: TFA is Loaded with Nearly Half a Billion $, But Recruitment Falling
Mercedes Schneider reviews Teach for America’s finances, and the organization is awash in cash. It’s latest tax form shows that it has $445 million in...
Stuart Egan: Open Letter to a Young Ex-TFA Running for State Superintendent of Schools in North Carolina
Stuart Egan, an NBCT high school teacher in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrote an open letter to the Republican candidate for State Superintendent, Mark Johnson. Johnson...