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Jan Resseger: Does Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Want to Return to Arne Duncan Era?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 28, 2021September 29, 2021

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021051

Jan Resseger is puzzled that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot selected San Antonio Superintendent Pedro Martinez to lead Chicago’s public schools. His experience and views overlap...

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Mercedes Schneider: How TFA Alums Use Their Network to Move into Top Jobs and Score Fat Contracts

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 27, 2021September 28, 2021

September 27, 2021September 28, 2021037

This post is Mercedes Schneider at her best, pulling together the strings of a tangled web involving money, power, TFA, Chiefs for Change, John White,...

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Chicago Picks a Corporate Reformer as New Superintendent

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 23, 2021September 24, 2021

September 23, 2021September 24, 2021030

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot selected Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of the San Antonio School District, as the Windy City’s public schools. Martinez is a “reformer.” In...

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Rhode Island: Teachers Demand End to State Takeover of Providence Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 2, 2021April 3, 2021

April 2, 2021April 3, 2021061

Rhode Island is a mess. Two years ago, the state took control of the Providence public schools. The Governor, Gina Raymond, is a former hedge...

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Laura Chapman: McKinsey’s Education “Expert”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 4, 2021January 5, 2021

January 4, 2021January 5, 2021051

A few days ago, I posted Nancy Bailey’s critique of McKinsey & Company’s report claiming that it’s time for schools to get tough on students....

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Carol Burris: The Secretary of Education We Need–and Those We Don’t

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 19, 2020November 26, 2020

November 19, 2020November 26, 2020064

Carol Burris wrote the following post. Marla Kilfoyle provided assistance. They asked me to add that there are dozens more exceptionally well qualified people who...

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Tulsa School Board Extends Gist Contract One Week Before School Board Election

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 24, 2020November 26, 2020

June 24, 2020November 26, 2020048

The Tulsa school board went into executive session and talked until 1 am, then voted to extend Deborah Gist’s contract for two years. Two board...

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Providence: New State Takeover Superintendent Rolls Out Initial Plans

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 17, 2020November 26, 2020

March 17, 2020November 26, 2020061

Angelica Infante-Green, the Commissioner of Education in Rhode Island, selected Harrison Peters as the takeover superintendent of Providence. Peters announced his initial plans, which sound...

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Randi: Providence Takeover Demonizes Teachers, As Rhee and Klein Did

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 29, 2020November 26, 2020

February 29, 2020November 26, 2020056

Randi Weingarten will be in Providence on Saturday to discuss the role of teachers in the state takeover engineered by neoliberal Governor Gina Raimondo. The...

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Jeb Bush’s Chiefs for Change Plead for End to Backlash Against School Choice

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 16, 2019November 26, 2020

September 16, 2019November 26, 2020042

Feeling the backlash in a big way, Jeb Bush’s “Chiefs for Change” issued a call to end the “Toxic Rhetoric” about school choice, especially charters. ...

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