Do the Charter School Hustle
Apr 25, 2013 Since I’m a public school teacher, everybody always asks me what I think about charter schools. You got an hour?
Big Money Is Behind Charter Schools in Washington State
Oct 26, 2012 Voters in Washington state will have a chance to direct public funds toward private bank accounts if they adopt an initiative to create charter schools this November. Who are the bajillionaires behind the campaign?
When Parents Stand Up for Kids and Corporations (Video)
Sep 27, 2012 Concerned parents in the new film “Won’t Back Down” use an educational “trigger” law to exercise their democratic right to forfeit any influence they might have over their children’s education.Charter Schools Are Not the Silver Bullet
Mar 23, 2012 In recent years, major studies suggest that, on the whole, charter schools are producing worse educational achievement results than traditional public schools.
Education Reformers Send Their Kids to Private School
Jan 13, 2012 There really are "Two Americas," as the saying goes -- and that's no accident. Nowhere is this more obvious than in education -- a realm in which this elite physically separates itself from us mere serfs.
Michigan Mauls Public Education
Dec 7, 2011 In the ongoing, hitherto successful, conservative-led effort to divert education money to corporations, Republican lawmakers in Michigan are exploiting the economic downturn to push a set of initiatives that would outsource teaching jobs, curtail collective bargaining rights and defang teachers’ unions. (more)
A Peek at Henry A. Giroux’s ‘Education and the Crisis of Public Values’
Oct 1, 2011 "We are more than a nation in decline; we are a nation moving toward the bittersweet simplisms, policies and values of a new form of authoritarianism," writes Henry Giroux, in an article adapted from his new book on America's shift away from democratic values toward a rigid, market-driven uniformity.
The Education of Ana Ponce: A Success Story
Jul 6, 2011 Succeeding against all odds certainly describes Ana Ponce, chief executive officer of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, which runs five charter schools, the majority in the most crowded, impoverished and gang-ridden section of Los Angeles. During this dreary age of war and economic hard times, I sometimes consider looking for stories that make me feel good.
Blinded by Reform
Oct 22, 2009 The Obama administration has committed serious money to education reform, but many of the Department of Education's big ideas are flawed.
