Daily Archives: August 18, 2022

This Blog Will Explore Five Enduring Public Educational Injustices in the 2022-2023 School Year — janresseger

As the 2022-2023 school year begins, it is a good time to consider how best to work to protect public education—our nation’s system of schools that are publicly funded, universally available, and accountable to the public. Public schools are the … Continue reading

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Frankenstein Lives! — Diane Ravitch’s blog

A recent study by scientists at Yale concluded that it was possible to bring a dead pig back to life by injecting them with a solution soon to be patented. Their goal is to create a source of organs for … Continue reading

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Stephen Dyer: Fordham Wants School Choice Explosion Across Ohio, Despite Choice Failure — Diane Ravitch’s blog

Stephen Dyer is a former state legislator in Ohio who writes frequently about the perils of school choice. In this post, he warns that the Thomas B. Fordham Institute (nominally based in Dayton but actually in D.C.) wants to expand … Continue reading

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DeSantis Opens Teaching to All First Responders — Diane Ravitch’s blog

Ron DeSantis demonstrates his utter contempt for the teaching profession. Anyone can teach, he believes. First he opened teaching careers to military veterans. Now he wants cops and all other first responders to teach. Really? After giving military veterans easier … Continue reading

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