Claudia MacMillan: A Remarkable and Inspiring Program of Learning in Dallas and Fort Worth
Claudia MacMillan is the director of the Cowan Center for Education at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. I met her several years ago...
Category : Dallas
Thomas Ultican: Who Is Behind the Corporate Reform Agenda in Dallas?
Naming names is very important when discussing the movement to privatize public schools. In my book SLAYING GOLIATH, I devote an entire chapter to naming...
Dallas: Charter Operator Sentenced to 7 Years, Then Claims Bonus
The charter industry is overrun with scandals because charter laws do not require accountability and transparency. Theft, conflicts of interest, nepotism, and fraud are a...
Tom Ultican Explains Corporate Education Reform and the Assault on Dallas Public Schools
This is a very engaging video interview of Tom Ultican, an expert on corporate education reform, explaining the federal takeover of public schools via...
Dallas: Chamber of Commerce Leads Campaign to Destroy Public Schools
Tom Ultican has been writing a series of brilliant studies of cities where the Destroy Public Education Movement is busily undermining and privatizing its...
Dallas: Charter School CEO Convicted of Taking Kickbacks on Contract
The Charter Industry has insisted that charter schools need no regulation, supervision, or oversight so they can have maximum flexibility. But where government money...
Tom Ultican: Elites in Dallas Impose Massive Disruption on Public Schools, with Charters Schools and TFA
Tom Ultican tells a sad story about the takeover of the Dallas school board by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and other wealthy elites, who...
Colorado Springs School Board Rejects Mike Miles’ Charter School Proposal
Mike Miles, former superintendent of Dallas public schools and former superintendent of a Colorado district, was turned down by the Colorado Springs school board when...
John Thompson: Three Tumultous Years Under Broadie Mike Miles in Dallas
John Thompson, teacher and historian in Oklahoma, has been researching the lives and times of the superintendents trained by the unaccredited Broad Superintendents Academy, funded...
Dallas: Mayor Pro Tem Suggests that NRA Take Their Convention zelsewhere
The Mayor Pro Tem suggested that the NRA hold its convention elsewhere, not in Dallas, but he is likely to be ignored. “Dallas Mayor...