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...
Category : Accountability
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...
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...
Denis Smith Warns West Virginians About Charter Schools
Denis Smith was a teacher and an administrator in West Virginia. He moved to Ohio where he worked in the State Education Department. His last...
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...
Dark Money in the Holy City: A Short History of School Privatization in Charleston, South Carolina
Paul Bowers was the education reporter at the Charleston Post and Courier. He wrote this post at my request. A reader alerted me to the...
This Is What Happened on January 6, 2021
Since there is now a deep partisan divide over what happened on January 6, it’s helpful to remember that there is extensive video footage of...
A Day That Will Live in Infamy: January 6, 2021
Never in the history of the United States has the U.S. Capitol been invaded and ransacked by its own citizens. Never in the history of...
Being Black at KIPP
This message came from an educator who studies racial equity: From: Being Blackatkipp Subject:Being Black at KIPP To whom it may concern, BeingblackatKIPP is an...