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Tom Ultican: How Johns Hopkins Lost Its Reputation for Scholarship in Education and Became a Beacon of “Reform” Advocacy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 12, 2021June 13, 2021

June 12, 2021June 13, 2021025

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...

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Maurice Cunningham: Who Got Suckered? Secretary Cardona or Readers of The74?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 9, 2021May 10, 2021

May 9, 2021May 10, 2021015

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.”...

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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, 2021022

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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Mercedes Schneider: Ed Deformers Create Another “Grassroots” Group of Moms

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 4, 2021April 5, 2021

April 4, 2021April 5, 2021051

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...

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Arkansas: Voucher Forces Trying Again, Backed by Walton Money

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 18, 2021March 19, 2021

March 18, 2021March 19, 2021023

Max Brantley writes in the Arkansas Times that the voucher lobby is determined to reverse their 44-52 loss in the Arkansas House. Backed by Walton...

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Maurice Cunningham: The “National Parents Union” and Dark Money

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 13, 2021March 14, 2021

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021030

Maurice Cunningham is the Master of the Mysteries of Dark Money. In this post, he traces the shifting membership of the board of directors of...

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Laura Chapman: Education Trust and Its Well-Funded Demands That the Biden Administration Deny Waivers from the Tests

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 8, 2021March 9, 2021

March 8, 2021March 9, 2021027

As readers are well aware, the federal law called the Every Student Succeeds Act continued the mandated annual testing of students in grades 3-8 in...

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Who Signed the Pro-Testing Appeals?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 5, 2021March 6, 2021

March 5, 2021March 6, 2021029

Education Trust, led by former Secretary of Education John King, sent two letters to the Biden administration, urging the administration not to allow states to...

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Maurice Cunningham: How Billionaires’ Dark Money Shapes Education Policy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 27, 2021February 28, 2021

February 27, 2021February 28, 2021026

Maurice Cunningham is a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts who specializes in unmasking the influence of billionaires’ dark money. “Dark money”...

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When Walton Family Says “Innovative,” They Mean Privately Controlled

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 8, 2020November 26, 2020

October 8, 2020November 26, 2020026

What do you think the Walton Family Foundation has in mind when they seek out “innovative” approaches to schooling? We know that they speak their...

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