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Texas: The District Needed Funding for More Schools. Instead, the Commissioner Opened More Charter Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 8, 2021October 9, 2021

October 8, 2021October 9, 202108

Enrollments in the Cleveland Independent School District in Texas was growing rapidly. Voters passed bond issues, but it wasn’t enough. The superindent turned to the...

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Jeanne Kaplan: The Battle Against Deformers in Denver is Always Uphill

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 14, 2021April 15, 2021

April 14, 2021April 15, 2021034

Jeanne Kaplan is a veteran civil rights activist who was elected to serve two terms on the Denver school board. She has been active in...

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What You Need to Know About Standardized Testing

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 4, 2021February 5, 2021

February 4, 2021February 5, 2021047

Valerie Strauss posted this article that I wrote on her Washington Post site “The Answer Sheet.” The tests now required by federal law are worthless....

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Pastors For Texas Children Ask U.S. Department of Education: Please Regulate the Growth of New Charters in Texas

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 2, 2021February 3, 2021

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021043

The Pastors for Texas Children sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education seeking relief from the deluge of federal funding for charters that...

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Steve Hinnefeld Reviews “A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door” by Schneider and Berkshire

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 30, 2021January 31, 2021

January 30, 2021January 31, 2021047

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...

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Nancy Bailey: Business Terms Should Be Expelled from Our Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 18, 2020November 26, 2020

November 18, 2020November 26, 2020036

Last year, Nancy Bailey and I co-authored a glossary of words, terms, and the names of organizations in education today. It is called Edspeak and...

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Commonweal: Stop Using Catholic Schools to Shame Public Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 20, 2020November 26, 2020

October 20, 2020November 26, 2020035

There was a time long ago when public schools were thriving, and Catholic schools were also thriving. They were not in competition for students or...

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Andy Hargreaves: What Should Happen to Education Post-Pandemic?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 18, 2020November 26, 2020

July 18, 2020November 26, 2020036

Andy Hargreaves, a scholar of international renown, participated in a virtual seminar in South Korea about post-pandemic education. His 20-minute presentation is brilliant, pithy, and...

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Pawan Dhingra on “Hyper Education” and Its Consequences

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 16, 2020November 26, 2020

June 16, 2020November 26, 2020035

I recently read Pawan Dhingra’s new book Hyper Education, which explores the competitiveness that some parents feel about their children’s schooling and their fear that...

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Stephanie Jones: Which Part of the Pandemic is a Real Crisis?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 3, 2020November 26, 2020

May 3, 2020November 26, 2020033

In this excellent article, Stephanie Jones, Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia, draws a contrast between a real crisis–the pandemic–and the scare rhetoric...

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