Maurice Cunningham: A Privatizing Philanthropist Buys Space in the Boston Globe
Maurice Cunningham is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts who writes a blog that”follows the money.” He also happens to be one of the...
Month : June 2019
St. Louis: Four New Charters, One Charter Closes
St. Louis will get four new charters, including another KIPP and a private school that turned charter so families would no longer pay tuition....
St. Louis: Can the District Recover After Years of “Oppressive Rule”?
Jeff Bryant writes about the obstacles faced by districts where state control is coming to an end. He takes St. Louis as his prime...
Missouri: This is How Much the Legislature Loves Its Suburban Moms!
This is a great opinion article by Tony Messenger, a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which is one of the nation’s great newspapers....
Great Britain: School Privatization Run Amok
Thanks to Leonie Haimson for sending along this paper. The “academy” concept began under a Conservative government that believed private enterprise was infinitely...
National Charter School Conference Honors Its Heroes
We are bummed you couldn’t make it, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a little taste of Vegas during the 2019 National Charter Schools...
Another Reformer Organization Pops Up
There seems to be no shortage of money to create new corporate reformer organizations, and they seem to open faster than anyone can keep track...
Ann Cronin: This is How to Assess Student Achievement
Veteran educator Ann Cronin offers her plan to assess real student achievement. Skip the standardized tests and assess what students know and can do....
Mercedes Schneider: All Student Records in NOLA Will Be Audited After Scandal
Mercedes Schneider reports a welcome development in New Orleans: in the wake of a grade-fixing scandal, all student records will be audited. As she...
Matt Barnum: Is Laurene Powell Jobs Reinventing the High School?
Let us give credit to Chalkbeat: It is not afraid to give an equivocal review to one of its funders, billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs....