Daily Archives: April 5, 2018

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
? ? This was posted by Politico Morning Education. I don’t know which outrages me more: 1) the administration’s efforts to link the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to the Obama…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
John Thompson, teacher and historian in Oklahoma, just sent this update on the wildcat walkout: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin told CBS News that the state’s teachers who walked out in protest against a…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
? The group called Defending the Early Years has released a report on very troubling trends in Massachusetts. The report shows that academic pressure has invaded kindergartens and that children have lost the…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
? State Senator Lindsey Tippins resigned as chair of Georgia’s Senate Education Committee to protest a bill giving more money to charter schools than to public schools.   “House Bill 787 passed the…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
? Bob Wise is a former Governor of West Virginia and currently president of the Gates-funded Alliance for Excellent Education. He co-authored a report in 2010 with Jeb Bush called Digital Learning NOW,…

Originally posted on janresseger:
When Congress passed a major tax reform bill in December, it created the possibility of using 529 college savings plans for private K-12 education—a new way to save for private school tuition at public expense—especially when…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
? This editorial in a Kentucky newspaper thanks teachers for breaking a legislative deadlock. There will be new taxes. There will be money for pensions. But watching the Republican Legislature jump through hoops…