Monthly Archives: October 2020

Originally posted on janresseger:
Negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, White House negotiator Steve Mnuchin and Senate Republicans for a second coronavirus relief bill have collapsed until at least after the election—maybe until a new Congress convenes in 2021 and,…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Peter Greene says that Secretary DeVos should either “help or hush,” which is certainly more civil than, say, help or shut up. DeVos has threatened to cut off funding to schools that don’t…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
As the pandemic was surging in mid-April, CNN reports that Jared Kushner told Bob Woodward that Trump had “cut out” the doctors and scientists and taken control; the pandemic would soon end, and…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
This article appeared in Chalkbeat, October 22, 2020. Matt Barnum is an education journalist. Two months ago, Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, was…

Originally posted on janresseger:
A week ago, at one of the nation’s most conservative Christian colleges, Betsy DeVos delivered a vehement attack on the idea of public education. With the election coming up next week, we can hope it was…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
John Thompson, historian and retired teacher, writes in the Progressive about the epic failure of a for-profit virtual school in Oklahoma. The Epic virtual charter school was well positioned to benefit from the…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
A decade ago when a surge of interest in placing computers in classrooms was joined to available public and private money, U.S. schools went on a rampage of buying…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
James Hohmann of t reviewed former President Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia in support of Biden. Obama lashed back at Trump’s specious claims and lies. The former president stood on a makeshift stage…

Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog:
COVID-19 has shaken classroom teaching to its core. It’s like carrying a platter of full water glasses while walking down the aisle of a lurching bus, and doing so daily. Expect varying…