Daily Archives: October 15, 2018

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
You must always remember that Betsy DeVos is working every day to promote vouchers and charters, no matter what story is in the headlines. While the nation was obsessed with the crucial battle…

Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog:
In examining the two most recent charter school stories on Delaware Public Media (“Delaware’s Source for NPR News”), I was taken with the irony of charter school reality. The most recent story…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
I did not get this essay from Bob Shepherd in time to post it on Columbus Day. Some years ago, I read the book by the priest Bartolomeo de las Casas to which…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
In recent years, Oklahoma has been a reliably Republican State, but this year may be different because of the state’s teacher uprising. John Thompson writes here about the way that teachers and parents…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Andrea Gabor is the author of the new book, “After the Education Wars,” a penetrating account of the mistakes of the reform movement. She writes here about the wrong turns taken by charter…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Fads come and go in education as any teacher or administrator over the age of 30 knows. Service learning, however, was not (and is not) a fad. Defined broadly…