Ann Cronin: Miguel Cardona, What Is Your Vision for American Education?
Ann P. Cronin is a former Connecticut Distinguished English Teacher of the Year, a school district administrator, and creator of award-winning programs for the teaching...
Category : Graduation rates
Gary Rubinstein on Citizen Stewart and Eva Moskowitz
Gary Rubinstein writes here about podcasts in which Chris Stewart of Education Post interviews Robert Pondiscio and Eva Moskowitz. Gary has made a practice of...
Gary Rubinstein: More Reform-Funded Nonsense About KIPP Graduation Rates
Gary Rubinstein is the Myth-Buster of the Resistance. He has achieved this eminent position because of his intolerance for hype, propaganda, and lies. In this...
Gary Rubinstein: That Misleading KIPP Research about College Completion
Gary Rubinstein has a deep aversion to hypocrisy, hypes, and propaganda. He read a widely publicized report saying “research shows” that graduates of KIPP have...
Indiana: State Graduation Rate is 87%, but for Charters, It is 40%
Why do the Disrupters continue to insist that charter schools will “save poor kids from failing schools,” when the evidence continues to accumulate that this...
New Orleans: How a Student Graduated Although She Could Not Count or Read
The parents of a student in New Orleans were dismayed when they realized that their daughter would graduate from high school even though she...
Ann Cronin on Connecticut’s Cliche Goals for Education
The Connecticut State Board of Education hired a new state commissioner who pledged to raise the graduation rate, close the achievement gap, and “Ensure...
The D.C. “Miracle” Disappears
I am reposting this post because the main link was dead and I fixed it. Also, it was originally titled “The D.C. ‘Miracle’ turns to...
New Orleans: One of City’s Oldest Charter Organizations Closes Down Amid Multiple Scandals
The University of New Orleans was one of the first to jump into chartering after Hurricane Katrina, and it just announced that it is...
Mercedes Schneider: All Student Records in NOLA Will Be Audited After Scandal
Mercedes Schneider reports a welcome development in New Orleans: in the wake of a grade-fixing scandal, all student records will be audited. As she...