Howard Dean's Reformy Scream for TFA
There was a time I really admired Howard Dean. Alas...
Teach for America
Pork for America
When Teach for America scored a last-minute language change in the recent debt deal—and a huge windfall—not everyone was surprised.
Do you think TFA is a special interest?: “Get up, Stand Up”
A century ago, President Teddy Roosevelt railed against special interests controlling our government. Today's president? Not so much.
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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Teach for America: Not recommended
Catherine Michna’s passionate declaration that she’ll no longer write letters of recommendation for students applying to Teach for America set off a firestorm. But the Tulane University research fellow is not the ivory tower bomb thrower that her critics make her out to be.
Why Teach For America Kicked Me Out
My time with Teach for America just came crashing to a halt. I had a conference call this week with the executive director for my region. She literally has two degrees in marketing and zero in education. She actually is only the interim ED, temporarily stepping in from her role as literally VP of national corporate relations. One of her aides began, “Big picture, we have been asking ourselves the question, is this the right fit, given all of the data points.
New Mathematica TFA Study is Irrational Exuberance
Teach For America (TFA) has sought to direct attention to a new study recently released by Mathematica. A blogger at the Washington Post even argued that my prior critiques of TFA were “not true anymore.” (See all of my prior posts on TFA here.) Is that the case?
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Young, Energetic, Enthusiastic, Inexperienced, Short Term: The Model School Teacher?
On August 26, Motoko Rich, in the New York Times, reported At Charter Schools Short Careers by Choice. I shared my own concerns about the subject of her piece here, Yesterday, Mike Rose, professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA and a respected writer on education and teaching, published a second reflection
