San Francisco: The Mural Dispute at George Washington High School
Tempers have flared in San Francisco because of a panorama of murals created during the Depression by a Communist painter who depicted Washington as a...
Month : August 2019
GERM Warfare: Stopping the Global Education Reform Movement
No one has been more effective at describing and fighting the spread of GERM than Pasi Sahlberg, the Finnish educator now working to reform...
ALEC: Advocate for Charters and Vouchers and Scourge of Teachers’ Unions
What do you know about the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC? It is right now the single most influential private organization in the nation....
Little Rock, Arkansas: Dr. Anika Whitfield Pleads for a Return of Democracy
Dr. Anika Whitfield is a remarkable woman. She is a podiatrist. She is an ordained Baptist minister. She has volunteered as a tutor in the...
How DeBlasio Protects the Charter Industry in NYC
When Mayor Bill DeBlasio was on the Democratic debate stage, he lashed out at the charter industry and vowed to fight the privatizers. But as...
Tennessee: Davidson County School Board Votes to Close Three Charter Schools
Chiara says: Local reporting on charter schools can be quite good- Ohio’s charter problems would not have come to light without Ohio newspapers. I have...
Colorado: Students Training to Respond to Active Shooter in School
Since the U.S. Senate refuses to consider any regulation of guns, some schools are preparing for the next shooter. In Colorado, students are receiving training...
Why Donald Trump Can’t Make a Deal—Ever
I added the link, thanks to Lloyd Lofthouse. Donald Trump sold himself to the American Public as the master of The Deal, the Master Negotiator....
Glenn Sacks: The Secret of the “Success” of Charter Schools and Magnet Schools
Glenn Sacks is a teacher in Los Angeles and co-chair of the UTLA at James Monroe High School. The title of the article is “Charter...
Bombshell in California: E-Mails Reveal Charter Lobby’s Goal of Complete Privatization of All Schools in the State
Blogger Michael Kohlhaas received a huge trove of leaked emails from the Green Dot Charter School organization in Los Angeles. He has been releasing them...