Monthly Archives: July 2017

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Peter Greene here reviews an attempt by a Destroy Public Schools group to define “a real reformer.” He writes: “Real reformsters don’t admit poverty as any sort of excuse. RR believe that the…

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Jose Luis Vilson, teacher and blogger in New York City, writes his view of the Secretary of Education here. He writes: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke to the American Legislative Exchange Council…

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Graham Vyse, an editor at The New Republic, shows how Betsy DeVos has created a fissure within the Democratic party over school choice. By her passionate advocacy for charters, vouchers, and every other…

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Gail Collins writes a column about politics in the New York Times. She used to be the chief editorial writer, so she knows more than most pundits. But what sets her apart is…

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Michael Stratford of Politico reported that Betsy DeVos has enlarged her stake in a controversial company called Neurocore, which claims that its biofeedback methods cure a range of ills, including ADD and autism.…

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Stephen Dyer writes here about the curious fact that Trump and DeVos have failed to appoint any assistant secretaries in the Department of Education. His post includes a list of the agencies that…

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ALEC is the fringe-right American Legislative Exchange Council, which advocates for school privatization and elimination of unions, due process, and the teaching profession. Its hero is Betsy DeVos, who is working daily to…

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the legislature to try once again to ram through vouchers, a proposal that has been repeatedly rejected by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Ann Cronin taught English for many years in Connecticut, which has one of the most successful state school systems in the nation. However, Connecticut has several districts where people live in dire poverty.…