Texas Requires Students to Take State Test in Person
While other states are requesting waivers from federally-mandated tests this spring, Texas is moving forward, requiring all students to take in-person tests. Given the stress...
Month : January 2021
John Thompson: Oklahoma’s Disastrous Efforts to Privatize Everything
John Thompson is a historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma. He keeps us abreast of what is happening in his home state. He writes: Now...
North Carolina Hopes to Demolish Its Public Schools, Too
A few days ago, I published a list of states that are considering new legislation to defund their public schools while expanding the corporate charter...
Peter Greene: The Robograding Fraud
The ultimate killer of robograding os Dr. Les Perelman of MIT, who recently retired as a professor teaching writing to students at MIT. Les Perelman...
FBI Probes Planning for Violent Coup on January 6
How close we came to a bloody coup. Only a few yards and a few minutes separated the terrorists from their targets, the leaders of...
Guess Who Paid for Trump’s January 6 Rally?
The Wall Street Journal has the details on the money behind Trump’s incendiary “Stop the Steal—Save America” rally of January 6, which preceded a violent...
Who is Madison Cawthorn?
Madison Cawthorn is a Republican member of Congress from North Carolina. He was elected last fall when he was only 24, the youngest person ever...
Mitchell Robinson: If You Want Schools to Reopen, First Make Them Safe for Students and Teachers
Mitchell Robinson is a professor of music education at Michigan State University who writes frequently about K-12 issues. In this post, he explains what is...
Steve Hinnefeld Reviews “A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door” by Schneider and Berkshire
Steve Hinnefeld, an Indiana blogger, reviews Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire’s new book A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door and finds that it resonates with...
Iran: The Fight Against Privatization of Education 40 Years After the Revolution
This is a fascinating report on the state of education in Iran, forty years after the revolution, emphasizing the resistance to privatization. The authors are Mohammad...