Reader: Which Kind of School Is the “Factory Model”?
A reader called “Retired Teacher” read Peter Greene’s reflections on Amazon as a model of schooling and posted this comment: Devious DeVos had the nerve...
Category : Technology
Florida: The First Virtual Reality Charter School Will Open in 2022
A new virtual reality charter school will open in Florida in the fall of 2022. It is called Optima Domi, and it presents itself as...
Capital & Main: How Employers Use Technology to Thwart Union Drives
In part one of its review of union busting, written by Jo Constantz, Capital & Main examines how employers use technology to defeat unions. It...
Audrey Watters “Takes on Ed Tech from Its Beginnings”
Steven J. Koutsavlis, a research associate at the National Center on Privatization in Education reviews Audrey Watters’ new book on the history of education technology...
Nancy Bailey: An Overview of the War Against the Teaching Profession
Nancy Bailey has assembled a devastating review of a three-decades long effort to destroy the teaching profession and replace it with models derived from the...
West Virginia: Board Approves 2 For-Profit Online Charter Schools
West Virginia recently passed a charter school law, breaking its promise to the state’s teachers. A new board was created to authorize charters. That board...
Audrey Watter’s Brilliant New Book on the Origins of Ed Tech
I had the pleasure of reading the galleys of Audrey Watter’s fascinating new book—Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning—about the origins of education technology,...
Darcie Cimarusti: K12 Inc. and Charter Lobby Pushes for $$$ in Iowa
Darcie Cimarusti, communications director for the Network for Public Education, reports on the assault on public school funding in Iowa. K12 Inc., the for-profit virtual...
Les Perelman: We Need an FDA for Educational Assessments
Les Perelman, former professor of writing at MIT and inventor of the BABEL generator, has repeatedly exposed the quackery in computer-scoring of essays. If you...
Bill Gates Invites You to Learn About “The State of Education”
Let’s just say it upfront. If you wanted to know more about “The State of Education,” and how to “rebuild a more equitable system,” the...