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Mayor De Blasio Has It Right On Charter Schools
It was Monday morning, and the folks at Morning Joe were already steamed. Joe Scarborough had his Very Serious scowl face on while Mika Brzezinski's eyes were flashing with poised rage.Their target:...
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Well-Financed New Extremists Dominate The Education Debate
For people who like to think of themselves as being "exceptional," Americans can sometimes abandon the very principles their exceptionality is founded on.Nowhere is this more apparent than in the...
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Test Season Reveals America’s Biggest Failures
It's testing season in America, and regardless of how the students do, it's clear who is already flunking the exams.Last week in New York, new standardized tests began rolling out across the state, and...
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Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their 'Magic' Into Question
When members of the U.S. House of Representatives consider, beginning today, a bill to incentivize the expansion of charter schools, you can expect there to be a lot of heat but not very much light in...
View ArticleThe Powers That Be Don't Give A Damn About Charter School Corruption
When politicians and pundits take to the barricades to defend "wonderful charter schools," is this what they're thinking of?A recent article in a Minnesota newspaper reported about a change in state...
View ArticleCharacter Change In The 'Education Reform' Soap Opera
If you've ever spent much time watching soap operas, you're familiar with this scenario: Two characters with furrowed brows and arms akimbo square off: "That's not true," says one. "Oh yes it is," says...
View ArticleEducation 'Reform' And The War On Philadelphia Schools
[A version of this post appeared originally on Salon.]Imagine sending your child to a school with a leaky roof, busted windows, and a rodent infestation.Or worrying whether the elementary school where...
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The Big Cheat: Why Teachers Go To Prison While Charter School Operators Get...
No one likes a cheater.So you’d think plenty of people would be pleased to hear that educators in Atlanta, on trial for cheating on standardized tests, were found guilty of those charges and sentenced...
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