Monthly Archives: September 2018

Originally posted on The Merrow Report:
Can we agree that the charter school ‘movement’ is in big trouble?  Scandals emerge daily, or so it seems.   “Are Charter Schools the New Enron?”, one reputable study asks, for example.  Here’s one awful…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
While most of us were transfixed by the drama surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court, the Trump Administration was busy eliminating the role of science in the federal Environmental Protection Administration. In the Trump…

As I watch this soap opera they call a Senate Confirmation Hearing for Judge Kavanaugh is the similarities to the to the Betsy DeVos hearing from two years ago. There is lots of outcry and reason to be concerned but … Continue reading →

Originally posted on janresseger:
In the October 1, 2018, New Yorker, Rachel Aviv presents the tragic story of a family whose child is trapped and isolated in a racially segregated and horrifically dysfunctional special education system operated since 1970 by…

Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog:
On September 25, 2018, I posted about Florida teacher, Diane Tirado, losing her job because she refused to follow a “no zeroes” policy and award 50 percent credit on assignments that students…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
In 2016, the Waltons decided that Massachusetts needed more charter schools. It must have annoyed them that the Bay State is considered the best state in the nation even though it has less…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
There will be many important elections this fall, with the future of our democracy in the balance. One of the most notable elections will take place in Arizona, where parents and teachers–organized as…

Originally posted on janresseger:
Frederick M. Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, has always been a corporate education reform kind of guy. That is why Hess’s honest analysis this week of the ultimate fraud…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
This story appeared in the Washington Post, by Haben Girma, a disability rights lawyer, author and public speaker. I am Deaf-blind, and I almost missed my first lesson about Helen Keller. In second-grade…