The Lesson of Florida
David knocked down Goliath. Democracy lives. The good guys won. Read Full Post >
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March 20, 2012
February 14, 2012
Desperate Times in Cleveland and Ohio
The leaders of one of the most economically depressed and racially segregated cities in the nation have decided that the answer to its problems is to fire teachers, close public schools, expand the number of charters, and possibly to expand the voucher program as well. Read Full Post >
February 08, 2012
The Feeble Strength of One!
It seems clearer than ever to me that we need to re-explore issues of choice, so that they are not used to undermine the political communities that are at the base of our political democracy or to glorify the segregation of schools by race. Read Full Post >
August 26, 2011
The Trouble With the Parent Trigger
The Parent Trigger should be recognized for what it is: A stealth assault on public education. Read Full Post >
June 30, 2011
When We End Up Defending, Not Proposing
Isn't it amazing that at just the moment in history that the private sector has demonstrated a combination of appalling ignorance and incompetence—to the detriment of billions of ordinary people—they've managed to use their monstrous profits to shift the argument to the sins of the public sector? Read Full Post >
April 12, 2011
Vouchers Make a Comeback, But Why?
That last argument is the one that really moves policymakers in these tough fiscal times. Imagine that: voucher schools may not educate kids better, but they can do the job at half the cost. That's powerful, and it reveals what matters most these days: not improving education, not encouraging creativity and innovation, but cutting costs. Read Full Post >
January 20, 2011
Making Alliances With Open Eyes
It always surprises me that small class size is understood to be critical to teachers and students knowing each other well by some who then condemn small schools. Read Full Post >
January 12, 2011
When Good Words Become the Enemy
I had such faith in the abstract when I began teaching. And to my delighted surprise even the children I was told were too deprived to play, or had no language for play, etc., took to it without a single lesson. Read Full Post >
December 07, 2010
We Need Public Schools and Democratic Governance
We must continue to have schools that are the center of their communities, where children are students, not products, and parents are citizens, not customers. Read Full Post >
November 01, 2010
Did We Bridge Our Differences?
Diane Ravitch writes: "Somehow our old disputes about whole language, bilingual education, and the new new math pale in comparison to the coordinated assault by powerful forces on the very foundations of public education." Read Full Post >
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