Houston: School Board Seeks to Squelch Student Activism
In 2015, I wrote about a group of high school students in Houston who sued the state for underfunding public schools. Valerie Strauss wrote about...
Category : Equity
New York Review of Books: “The Dark History of School Choice”
I reviewed three books in the New York Review of Books, which seemed to me to be complementary. Together they offer a fresh interpretation of...
Arthur Camins: What Democrats Must Stand For Now
Arthur Camins reviews recent political history as a way to understand how Democrats lost their principles and values. Democrats became the party identified with both...
Jan Resseger: Resuming Standardized Testing in the Midst of a Pandemic Is Absurd
Jan Resseger writes here about the absurdity of the demand by major editorial boards (the New York Times and the Washington Post) to resume standardized...
Nancy Bailey: Seven Concerns for Public Schools This Year
Nancy Bailey is hopeful that 2021 will bring a new agenda for public schools and their students and teachers. All are worried about the pandemic...
Julian Vasquez Heilig Refutes Jonathan Chait on Charters, With Facts
Jonathan Chait loves charters but he does not know the extensive research that refutes his ardor. New York magazine publishes his misinformed opinions without fact-checking....
Mercedes Schneider: States Should Ask for Waivers for Spring Testing
Mercedes Schneider urges states to follow Montana’s example and ask for a waiver from the federally mandated standardized tests. She writes: This is a school...
Miguel Cardona Accepts Biden Nomination
On December 23, Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona spoke, accepting President-Elect Joe Biden’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Education: He said: Mr. President-elect,...
Andrea Gabor: First Tasks for Secretary Cardona: Cancel Standardized Testing, Pursue Equity
Andrea Gabor has some good ideas about what the new Secretary of Education must do. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, will...
Johann Neem: Restoring the Promise of Public Education
Johann Neem is a historian of education. He understands the central importance of public education in our democracy. He wrote this thoughtful, important commentary about...