Providence: State Takeover Stumbles As “Toe-Popping” Official and Superintendent Are Fired
When Gina Raimondo was Governor of Rhode Island (she is now Biden’s Secretary of Commerce), she determined that the only way to fix the Providence...
Category : Turnaround
Peter Greene: Center for American Progress Calls for Doubling Down on Failed Reforms
During the Obama years, the Center for American Progress reliably cheered on the administration’s education policies. As one after another failed, CAP never backed...
School Takeovers, Concentrated in Black Districts, Take Away Democracy
Thanks to Mike Klonsky for calling attention to this article about state takeovers of districts and schools. A takeover nullifies parent and community voice. A...
Jack Hassard: Georgians, Open Your Eyes, You Are About to Be Swindled
Jack Hassard, emeritus professor of science education at Georgia State University, warns his fellow Georgians about a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that will...
Nevada: The “Turnaround Process” Is a Huge Lie: It is Not About Children or Education, Just Data
Angie Sullivan, kindergarten teacher in Clark County (Las Vegas), Nevada, works in a school that is eligible for “turnaround.” All the teachers were called for...
Peg Robertson: How Reformers Gaslight Teachers in “Turnaround” Schools
Peg Robertson is a teacher in Colorado and a national leader of the Opt Out movement (she co-founded United Opt Out). In this post, she...