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Mercedes Schneider: Why Does This State Board Member and TFA Official Consistently Fail to File Financial Disclosure Forms?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 5, 2021June 6, 2021

June 5, 2021June 6, 2021014

Louisiana hIgh school teacher Mercedes Schneider is required by law to file a financial disclosure form every year, and she never misses the deadline. State...

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How Does Forbes Select Its “30 Under 30,” Who Are Considered Leaders in Education?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 19, 2021April 20, 2021

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021042

This is a fascinating paper published in the peer-reviewed Education Policy Analysis and Archives in 2018. It explores the question of how Forbes magazine selects...

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Andrea Gabor: How Big Philanthropy Captured Media Coverage of Their Education Investments

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 14, 2021April 15, 2021

April 14, 2021April 15, 2021031

Andrea Gabor is the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York. Gabor has written...

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Gary Rubinstein: Why I Left the “Reform” Movement

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 9, 2021April 10, 2021

April 9, 2021April 10, 2021044

Gary Rubinstein is well known to readers of this blog, as I have posted almost all of his blogs. He is a career high school...

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Gary Rubinstein: How to Pretend to Reform Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 26, 2021March 27, 2021

March 26, 2021March 27, 2021049

Gary Rubinstein revisits the past decade of failed reforms and notes how frequently the “reformers” made promises and then failed to keep them. Michelle Rhee...

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New Orleans: The Other Side of the Story

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 7, 2021March 8, 2021

March 7, 2021March 8, 2021043

I recently interviewed Raynard Sanders, a veteran educator in New Orleans, about his new book The Coup D’etat of the New Orleans Public Schools: Money,...

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2016: Hillary’s Dreadful Education Plan

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 1, 2021February 2, 2021

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021049

I recently received a copy of Hillary Clinton’s policy book, assembled for her by her most trusted advisors in 2014. This policy book was released...

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Ed Johnson to the Atlanta School Board: “America United” and “A Union with Purpose”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 22, 2021January 23, 2021

January 22, 2021January 23, 2021039

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

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 21, 2021January 22, 2021

January 21, 2021January 22, 2021044

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,...

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TFA Snags Top Job in Biden Administration

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 12, 2021January 13, 2021

January 12, 2021January 13, 2021056

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...

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