The Wheels Come Off In Montclair While a Broadie Superintendent Is Driving
This is really not good.
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A Day in the Life of a Public School Advocate
The life of a university professor is not a particularly difficult one. After 13 years of college and enough student loans to purchase a small suburban home I’ve earned the right to make my own schedule, teach courses in my field of expertise, and work on projects that interest me. EduSanity is one of those projects.
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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.”
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.
Using Burke's Law to Rip Off City Schools
While Rahm Emanuel continues to blame school budget cuts on retirees' pensions, his machine partner Eddie Burke is getting fat ripping off the schools by helping corporate pals avoid paying property taxes. In doing so, Burke has the full cooperation of Rahm and his City Hall legal department which rarely challenges tax appeals from Burke's clients.
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Splitsville: Is the Education Reform Movement Coming Apart?
It’s a bird, it’s a plane—no, it’s the corporate education reform movement, a many-headed hydra racing down our nation’s educational tracks with such velocity that mixed metaphors are required even to describe it. But hark: beneath that bedazzled and bedazzling exterior lurks a messy interior—one that’s getting messier by the day. Let’s take a peek, shall we?
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Arne Duncan – Minister of Education Information
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently held a press briefing in which he went after “armchair pundits” such as myself who are critical of his efforts to standardize education across the United States. Here’s a partial excerpt:
