Why Should Teaching Be a Hazardous Profession?
Jake Miller is a teacher who wrote an article for the UK Guardian as a tribute to two teachers who were recently murdered by students....
Month : October 2013
Child Psychotherapist: How Common Core Is Ruining Childhood
Katie Hurley, who is a psychotherapist who works with children and adolescents, writes at Huffington Post that Common Core is having a harmful effect on...
Students at Elite HS in NYC Boycott Tests
Students at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, a school that accepts only students that have high scores on their entry examinations, boycotted the...
L.A. Teacher Asks: Will Deasy’s iPad Deal Bankrupt Los Angeles Schools?
Superintendent John Deasy made a deal to buy an iPad for every student in the district, at a cost of $1 billion. The money will...
Common Sense from Robert Shepherd
Ever since the Nation at Risk report, we’ve had a reform narrative in this country that begins with the premise that our schools are failing...
Michelle Rhee and I Will Debate on Feb 6 at Lehigh University
Last March, Lehigh University invited Michelle Rhee and me to debate on its campus in Pennsylvania. We both accepted. After agreeing, Michelle said we should...
Links to The Daily Show!
Yesterday was my third appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2003, 2010, 2013). I love being on his show because he is not...
Our Kids, Under Constant Surveillance?
Parents and school districts are beginning to understand that student information will no longer be private. The Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Foundation created something...
Red Queen in LA: Who Attended LAUSD Circus?
This blogger writes about the well-orchestrated circus at the crucial LAUSD board meeting. This carrying daisies–a symbol of allegiance to the leader–were well represented and...
Race to the Top=A Pig in a Poke
When states won millions in Race to the Top funding, theyfound themselves required to spend more than they received from thefederal government. Onecareful study reported...