Carol Burris: The Ohio Orphanage With No Orphans
Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, wrote a stunning expose of for-profit charter operators in Ohio. It was published in Valerie...
Category : Accountability
Gary Rubinstein: The Lies About Tennessee’s “Achievement School District” Live On
Gary Rubinstein has been following the sad career of Tennessee’s Achievement School District for a decade. The ASD was created with $100 million in Race...
North Carolina: State Superintendent of Schools Derides “Critical Thinking”
Catherine Truitt, the Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina sneered at critical thinking, as she put forth her own definition of what education...
Billy Townsend: The Collapse of Florida’s “Schools of Hope” Program
Five years ago, Florida’s Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran announced his plan to “save” the state’s lowest performing schools. He called it “Schools of Hope.”...
Billy Townsend: Florida’s Education Leaders Are Rotten
Billy Townsend, a former school board member in Polk County, Florida, warns that the state education leaders are rotten. In this post, he accuses several...
Good News in Charleston: School Board Delays Privatization Effort
It is great when good things happen, especially when they prove the power of the pen. Backstory: an anonymous reader of this blog left a...
A Letter to Jonah Edelman
Dear Jonah, You don’t know me but I have followed your career. As the son of illustrious parents, much was expected of you. Stand for...
Leonie Haimson on de Blasio’s Education Record
Leonie Haimson assesses Bill de Blasio’s record on education after eight years as Maor of New York City. He succeeded Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who served...
Alexandra Petri On Ted Cruz
Alexandra Petri writes humor columns about the news for The Washington Post. She wrote about Ted Cruz’s abject apology on the Tucker Carlson Show for...
Donald Cohen: “Market-Based” School Reform Has Failed
Donald Cohen is the executive director of “In the Public Interest” and co-author of an important new book The Privatization of Everything. He titled this...