John Merrow and Mary Levy: The D.C. “School Reform” Fiasco: A Complete History
I intended to make this the only post of the day, but late last night I learned of the lawsuit in Florida challenging the disastrous...
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Who is the Walton Family Foundation Funding?
It is very instructive to scan the long list of organizations that are funded by the Walton Family Foundation. Some will surprise you. Some will...
New York City: Why Robert Jackson Should Be Elected to the State Senate
Robert Jackson is a great champion for public schools. He is running for State Senate in District 13 in New York City. In this post,...
E-Mails Released: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Bankrupted the Black Mayors Association to Benefit Charter Movement
Dave McKenna of Deadspin writes here about the release under court order of emails written by outgoing Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson about his efforts to...
Larry Lee: StudentsFirst and BAEO Pack Up and Leave Alabama
Larry Lee reports here about the departure of StudentsFirst and the Black Alliance for Educational Options from Alabama. They set up camp in Alabama to...
News! Michelle Rhee is Merging StudentsFirst with 50CAN
The world of rightwing corporate reform is ever-changing. It seems like only yesterday that Michelle Rhee announced her intention to challenge teachers’ unions, destroy tenure,...
Alabama: Why Is StudentsFirst Spending Freely in Our State?
Michelle Rhee was a failure in D.C.: despite nearly nine years of Rhee-Henderson policy, it remains one of the nation’s lowest-scoring districts. Rhee created StudentsFirst,...
New York Times: How Privatizers In NY Reversed the Results of Last Election
The New York Times has a fascinating article today about how a handful of very wealthy people invested in Andrew Cuomo and the Republican majority...
Is It Really “All About the Kids?”
This teacher blogger says that the worst line invented by the reformers‘ PR team is “It’s all about the kids,” which seems to imply that...
StudentsFirst Launches Astroturf Group to Write Blogs and Be Trolls on Social Media
AlterNet reports that StudentsFirst has found a new project. It is seeking people willing to flood social media with anti-union, anti-public school, “reform” views. ...