It Breaks My Heart
I keep pounding away at this issue because I agree with you: It's not enough to criticize without offering alternatives. Read Full Post >
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November 28, 2012
Digging Into Our 'Disagreements' on Schools
What we need to start with is a consensus that schools have to raise kids alongside their families; they have to join together on behalf of building a generation of strong citizens. Read Full Post >
November 25, 2012
Moving Beyond the Polarized Debate
A big part of what is wrong with the current debate about reform is that it is dominated by what I think of as naïve optimists and radical pessimists. The naïve optimists are the ones promoting simplistic solutions like: "fire bad teachers," "lengthen the school day," ... Read Full Post >
November 15, 2012
We're Ready for the Battle
There simply is no way to know when and how the democratic forces will rise up, as they did here in Chi-town, and say, "Enough of that! We've got a different plan." Read Full Post >
June 03, 2012
The Pearsonizing of the American Mind
Of course, Pearson is not just a publisher of standardized tests. It is a mega-corporation. It is a behemoth of for-profit goods and services to the education marketplace. Read Full Post >
May 30, 2012
The People Shall ... Reinventing Schools as the Commons
I remember, Diane, in 1967 telling kindergarteners in Harlem about the struggle for integration in southern schools. I stopped and looked at the faces of my 5-year-olds. Every single one was black. What did they make of what I was saying? What do they think today? Read Full Post >
May 15, 2012
Wall Street's Investment in School Reform
Wall Street understands success and failure. When companies fail, investors bail out. As studies continue to show that charters on average don't get better test scores than public schools, will Wall Street continue to be bullish about charters? Will they support only the ones that skim and exclude? When will they cut their losses? Read Full Post >
May 12, 2012
Privatizing Public Education in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia has had state control of its public schools for a full decade. Now the leaders of the city think that public education is the problem. Read Full Post >
May 07, 2012
So This Is Reform?
Is there any evidence that any of these changes will improve education? No, none whatsoever. Does the Jindal law follow the lead of any of the high-performing nations? No. Read Full Post >
May 02, 2012
How To Counter the Counter-Revolution?
You and I should be devoting more energy to considering what our "utopian" solutions might be, as well as the next steps for getting there. What's the direction, the criteria, the underlying precepts that should drive our vision of the future of schooling for educating the next generation? Read Full Post >
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