A Letter to Jonah Edelman
Dear Jonah, You don’t know me but I have followed your career. As the son of illustrious parents, much was expected of you. Stand for...
Category : Stand for Children
Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers? Readers Respond
Last week, I posted my thoughts on “Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers?” I sought to identify the people and organizations that spread the lie that...
Teacher Activism: The One, the Only, the Great Karen Lewis
Karen Lewis is the inspiration for today’s teacher’s strikes. She is one of a kind. She is a hero, a woman of courage, character, integrity,...
Mercedes Schneider: “Stand for Children” Spends Out-of-State Money to Buy Louisiana Elections
Mercedes Schneider discovered that Oregon-based Stand for Children is pouring money into school board races in Louisiana. Why should an Oregon organization try to...
“Stand for Children” Folds in Massachusetts
Once upon a time, long ago, a man named Jonah Edelman founded a group called Stand for Children. Edelman had instant credibility because he was...
Indiana: The Damage Done to Public Schools by Privatization
Darcie Cimarusti writes in Valerie Strauss’s Answer Sheet about the calculated devastation done to Indiana’s once-great public schools by privatizers, chief among them Mike Pence,...
Report From Denver: Public Education Advocates Win a Seat on School Board: Extraordinary
The Denver School Board is supposed to be bought and paid for by Dark Money, so public education advocates rejoiced when they elected one person...
Dark Money in Education: Stand for Children Edition
Maurice Cunningham, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, is an expert on the infusion of Dark Money into education. He wrote several...
A MUST READ! Think National, Fight Local: The Story of Indianapolis and the DPE (Destroy Public Education) Movement
This very important post was written for this blog by Jim Scheurich on behalf of himself, Gayle Cosby, and Nathanial Williams, who are identified in...
The Corporate Raid on Public Schools in Indianapolis: School Board Election Corrupted by Dark Money
At the recent school board meeting of Indianapolis Public Schools, Professor Jim Scheurich of Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis got up to speak. The story...