Ed Johnson to the Atlanta School Board: “America United” and “A Union with Purpose”
Ed Johnson is a persistent, tireless advocate for systemic improvement of the Atlanta Public Schools. As a systems analyst, he opposes school choice, which helps...
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Tom Ultican on the Biden Education Team, So Far
Tom Ultican has written extensively about the insidious goals of “reformers,” who move forward despite multiple failures because of their billionaire funding. In this post,...
TFA Snags Top Job in Biden Administration
Well, that didn’t take long! The Biden administration has selected a TFA person for one of the plum jobs in the White House. At least...
Mercedes Schneider: The Meteoric Rise, Fall, and Rise of a Reformer
In a post from 2019, Mercedes Schneider reviewed the spectacular career of a TFA “reformer” who became a star in Nevada, briefly disappeared, then resurfaced...
A Reader’s Recipe for Education “Reform”
A new reader to the blog posted her own recipe to describe “reform,” which has an unfortunate habit of failing again and again but being...
Dr. Leslie Fenwick Explains Why the “Schemes” of Reformers Keep Failing
In this brief video, Dr. Leslie Fenwick, former dean of the College of Education at Howard University, explains why the “schemes” of corporate reformers always...
Mercedes Schneider: No, Mr. Biden, Being “In the Classroom” Is Not Enough
Mercedes Schneider heard an interview with Jill Biden in which she pledged that a future President Bidennwoyld choose a Secretary of Education who has spent...
Peter Greene: Rhode Island is a Henhouse Controlled by Foxes
Peter Greene turns his attention to Rhode Island and finds that it has been subject to a corporate education reform takeover. Not only is the...
Barbara Veltri: TFA Is Still Feeding at the Trough
Barbara Veltri is a teacher educator at Northern Arizona University. She has mentored TFA corps members, and she wrote a book about TFA. In this...
Julian Vasquez Heilig on Community-Based Schooling
I recently had a conversation with Julian Vasquez Heilig, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Heilig discusses his...