Fulfilling FDR’s Dream: His Second Bill of Rights
I have engaged in a heated exchange off line with people who are upset about taxing billionaires. They feel sure that taxing the 1% or...
Month : December 2019
John Merrow: The Governor’s Inaugural Address That You Have Been Longing to Hear
John Merrow writes here about the Governor’s Inaugural Address. It could be delivered in any state. It should be delivered in every state. It is...
Thomas Ultican: The Best Book of 2019
Thomas Ultican recommends Kochland as far and away the best book of 2019. He begins: This may be the finest book thus far in the...
Robert Shepherd’s Not Really 2020 Resolutions
Bob Shepherd writes, tongue in cheek: New Years Resolutions, 2020: A Report from Trumplandia Peace derives, of course, from within—from detachment of the kind I...
Garrison Keillor on the Traditions of New Year’s Eve
I recently subscribed to Garrison Keillor’s daily “Writer’s Almanac.” He sends poems and interesting stories. Here is one from today’s missive: Today is New...
Audrey Watters: The Most Important Post of the Decade: The 100 Worst EdTech Disasters of the Decade
I just opened my email and discovered this brilliant post by Audrey Watters, whose critical voice on EdTech is indispensable. Watters lists the 100 biggest...
Chalkbeat: How GreatSchools Inc. Contributes to Segregation
Matt Barnum and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee wrote a provocative article about the way that a private school rating agency rates schools and steers patents toward...
The Teacher Strikes: Teachers Speak Out about Their Activism
California Sunday Magazine published interviews with teachers about their role in striking, walking out, negotiating, bargaining. It begins: On February 22, 2018, some 20,000 teachers...
Education Law Center Opposes Charter School Pre-School Programs in New Jersey’s Poorest Districts
Education Law Center is calling for the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) to immediately end the unauthorized practice of allowing charter schools in poor urban...
Mike Rose: Why Teaching “Grit” Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing
Mike Rose opined a few years back about “grit” and its limitations. This is one of those articles that is never dated. Rose, one of...