Maurice Cunningham: The “National Parents Union” Is Not What You Think
Retired professor of political science Maurice Cunningham recently read an article about Randi Weingarten that quoted Kelli Rodrigues as leader of the National Parents Union,...
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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...
Manufacturing Consent for Market-Driven Schooling
Christopher A. Lizotte of the University of Washington and Dan Cohen published an interesting research paper about how market-driven policies have been promoted and sold....
Gates, Walton, and Chan-Zuckerberg Join to Find “Breakthroughs” in Education
Why do so many billionaires think that it is their responsibility to redesign education? I, personally, would prefer to see them spend their time figuring...
Three Billionaires Combine to Seek a “Breakthrough” in Education, Despite a Long Record of Failures
Matt Barnum of Chalkbeat reported that the Gates Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are joining forces to fund a “breakthrough”...
Maurice Cunningham: Phony Parent Groups Lead Attacks on Critical Race Theory
Maurice Cunningham is a political scientist with a deep interest in how Dark Money influences education policy. His motto is: “Dark Money never sleeps.” He...
Tom Ultican: How Johns Hopkins Lost Its Reputation for Scholarship in Education and Became a Beacon of “Reform” Advocacy
Tom Ultican tells the sad story of the Johns Hopkins University Education Policy Institute, which was once known for unbiased scholarship. As he recounts the...
Maurice Cunningham: Who Got Suckered? Secretary Cardona or Readers of The74?
Maurice Cunningham is a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. His specialty is following the gobs of money poured into “education reform.”...
Andrea Gabor: How Big Philanthropy Captured Media Coverage of Their Education Investments
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...
Mercedes Schneider: Ed Deformers Create Another “Grassroots” Group of Moms
The latest ploy of the billionaires pushing their version of “reform schools” is to fund faux grassroots parent organizations, like the “National Parents Union.” The...