Privileged Cluelessness: On Education Reform and Poverty
Education and education reform are vibrant examples of the wide spectrum of good people with good intentions and then all the way to the other extreme, spurious people with dubious intentions.
Education Reform
Love Pedagogy: The Future of Education Reform
I have seen the future of education reform, and its name is the Minneapolis Teachers Institute. At least, I hope it is the future of education reform.
Dear NYT: Better Teachers? How About Better Journalism?
Politicians, self-serving organizations (such as TFA), and think tanks promoting bunkum benefit from the inordinate misinformation included, but not genuine education reform aimed at the single greatest problem facing our society and our schools: inequity.
The Worst Sort of Violence Against Children
As any experienced public school teacher knows, you have to satisfy a person’s basic needs before you have any chance at teaching them something new. Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is always at the back of mind.
Sucking Up to the Rich, Reformy Style!
Much as I'd like to move on from the Star-Ledger's - and its Op-Ed Editor, Tom Moran's - immoral and stupid endorsement of Chris Christie for governor, I really can't let the following incident pass without comment.
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Medicating ADHD in the brave new world of high-stakes accountability
Science fiction, at its best, is not predictive, but cautionary; as Neil Gaiman has reminded us, “The world doesn’t have to be like this. Things can be different.”
Star-Ledger: Christie Stinks, But We Hate Teachers Unions More
When it comes to generating illogical, incoherent, self-contradictory claptrap, Editorial Page Editor Tom Moran and his merry crew at the Star-Ledger never fail to disappoint.
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An unwanted guest crashes Jeb Fest 2013: Reality
Jeb Bush convened his annual National Education Summit in Boston last week and welcomed some 800 elected officials, think tankers, business leaders and vendors—along with a highly unwelcome guest who seemed to be everywhere. And no reader, it wasn’t yours truly.
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Authors of Books for Children are Alarmed at CCSS & RTTT and Testing
More than 120 leading authors and illustrators of books for children, including several national award winners, are calling on President Obama to “change the way we assess learning so that schools nurture creativity, exploration, and a love of literature.”
The reformy campaign finance machine goes to Georgia
Last spring, I happened - by sheer luck - to come across an unannounced, coordinated campaign finance machine, put together to support reformy candidates in school board and state-level races across the country.
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