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December 2019

1. 31 DecAudrey Watters: The Most Important Post of the Decade: The 100 Worst EdTech Disasters of the Decade
2. 31 DecGarrison Keillor on the Traditions of New Year’s Eve
3. 31 DecRobert Shepherd’s Not Really 2020 Resolutions
4. 31 DecThomas Ultican: The Best Book of 2019
5. 31 DecJohn Merrow: The Governor’s Inaugural Address That You Have Been Longing to Hear
6. 31 DecFulfilling FDR’s Dream: His Second Bill of Rights
7. 30 DecA Film You Should See: “Where Is My Roy Cohn?”
8. 30 DecMike Rose: Why Teaching “Grit” Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing
9. 30 DecEducation Law Center Opposes Charter School Pre-School Programs in New Jersey’s Poorest Districts
10. 30 DecThe Teacher Strikes: Teachers Speak Out about Their Activism
11. 30 DecChalkbeat: How GreatSchools Inc. Contributes to Segregation
12. 29 DecKentucky: First Charter School
13. 29 DecReader: I Taught SAT Prep. It’s a Sham.
14. 29 DecA Powerful Statement by Russian College Student on Trial for His Words
15. 29 DecRobin Lithgow: Christmas Time for Boy Actors in the Tudor Age
16. 29 DecRobin Lithgow on the History of Boys’ Acting Companies: The “Little Eyasas”
17. 28 DecMercedes Schneider Discusses Richard Phelps’ Critical History of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
18. 28 DecSue Altman: A Leader of the Resistance in New Jersey Fights the Democratic Machine
19. 28 DecJohn Merrow: Congratulations, You Are a Winner!
20. 28 DecGene Glass: Why Markets in Education Don’t Work
21. 28 DecRobin Lithgow: Boys’ Acting Companies Launch “the Golden Age”
22. 27 DecMargaret Raymond of CREDO: Markets Don’t Work in Education
23. 27 DecDid You Know This About the Famous Sojourner Truth Speech?
24. 27 DecJoanne Yatvin: Phooey on Phonics!
25. 27 DecEducation Law Center: The Failure of Vouchers in Texas and of Voucher Expansion in Arizona
26. 27 DecBob Shepherd: Why You Should Move to Florida
27. 27 DecRobin Lithgow on Boy Actors in the Court of Henry VIII
28. 26 DecGarrison Keillor Remembers the Devastating Tsunami of 2004
29. 26 DecWilliam Webster: The Danger to the Rule of Law
30. 26 DecJere Hochman: The St. Louis Story
31. 26 DecNEPC Review on Academic Progress of Children of Color
32. 26 DecThe Saudi Trial for Khashoggi Murder Was a Cover-Up
33. 26 DecRobin Lithgow: Boys Theater Companies During the Tudor Age, Part 1
34. 25 DecGarrison Keillor: Harper Lee’s Best Christmas Present Ever
35. 25 DecMerry Christmas!
36. 24 DecHow to Talk to Your Family About Charter Schools During the Holidays
37. 24 DecStuart Egan: A Christmas Lesson for Our Time
38. 24 DecA Plea to Arkansas Officials to Keep Hands Off Little Rock Public Schools
39. 24 DecEllen and Michelle Obama Give a D.C. Elementary School $100,000, But Valerie Strauss Asks Why the City Does Not Fund D.C. Schools’ Needs
40. 23 DecRobert Kuttner: NY Times Brands Sanders and Warren “Far Left”
41. 23 DecMormon Women Support Impeachment
42. 23 DecThe Billionaire Boys and Girls Club
43. 23 DecMercedes Schneider: Betsy’s Backpack Full of Cash
44. 23 DecEducation Law Center: A Graphic Display of the Battle to Preserve Public Funds for Public Schools in 2019
45. 23 DecPeter Greene: The True Purpose of Reading
46. 22 DecAngie Sullivan: The Charter Industry in Nevada is Asleep at the Wheel, Gone Off the Road, Crashed into a Ditch
47. 22 DecStill Asleep At The Wheel: An Indictment of the Federal Charter Schools Program
48. 22 DecProPublica: A User’s Guide to Democracy, #2
49. 22 DecVicki Cobb: Great Stuff for Kids for FREE
50. 21 DecTexas: State Takeover of Houston Schools is an Outrage
51. 21 DecPeter Greene: Ohio Plunges Districts into the Voucher Disaster
52. 21 DecBuffalo, New York: Parents and Teachers Sue School District for Failing to Offer Equitable Music and Arts in Schools
53. 21 DecLeonie Haimson: Why Did the de Blasio Administration Drag Its Feet on Investigation of Yeshivas?
54. 21 DecFour Views: Why Mayoral Control of the NYC Schools Should Be Ended or Modified or…..?
55. 21 DecJesse Sharkey: How to Avoid Teachers’ Strikes in 2020
56. 21 DecNancy Bailey: Students Should Sue Betsy DeVos and the Other “Reformers” Who Ruined or Closed Their Schools
57. 20 DecTrump Enraged by Rebuke of Evangelicals
58. 20 DecCommonweal Endorses Impeachment
59. 20 DecThe Most Important Article Written about Common Core
60. 20 DecJan Resseger: Are the Common Core Standards Dead or Alive?
61. 20 DecProminent Evangelical Magazine Says It’s Time for Trump to Go
62. 20 DecProPublica: Donald Trump Jr. Visits Mongolia, Gets Special Treatment, Kills an Endangered Sheep
63. 20 DecHouston: Founder of Houston Charter Chain Indicted and Arrested
64. 20 DecDana Milbank: Trump’s Deepening Demagoguery
65. 19 DecPolitico: Who Is Raising Money for Mayor Pete?
66. 19 DecTrump’s Most Eloquent Critic Warns that Trump Will Shame the Republicans Who Defend Him
67. 19 DecTeresa Hanafin: The Impeachment Aftermath and Trump Derangement Syndrome
68. 19 DecMiami: A School Choice Dream or Nightmare?
69. 19 DecJohn Merrow: Winners and Losers in Pittsburgh
70. 19 DecNashville: Amy Frogge Tells the Chamber of Commerce Why Public Schools Are Great!
71. 19 DecAndrea Gabor: How Schools Can Help In Getting an Accurate Census Count in 2020
72. 19 DecIDEA Charter Chain Drops Plan to Lease a Private Jet for $2 Million a Year
73. 19 Dec“Democracy Now” on the Public Education Forum
74. 19 DecDo You live in One of the Targeted Districts Where Your Representatives Put Principle Over Politics?
75. 19 DecTrump Impeached, Trumpism Prevails in GOP
76. 18 DecPeter Greene: Congress to DeVos: “Sorry, Nope, No Way”
77. 18 DecAudrey Amrein Beardsley: How Much Do Teachers Affect the Increase in Their Students’ Height?
78. 18 DecEd Johnson: Will the Citizens of Atlanta Allow Their Public Schools to be Transformed into a Business?
79. 18 DecOwen Davis: How Pearson and Other Test Makers Made a Killing on the U.S. Testing Mania
80. 18 DecThomas Ultican: The Manufactured Disaster that Crushed the Oakland Public Schools
81. 17 DecTeresa Hanafin on the Return of Guiliani
82. 17 DecSackler Family Transferred $10 Billion Out of Purdue as Opioid Crisis Worsened
83. 17 DecJan Resseger: Ohio’s Expansion of Vouchers for Religious Schools Will Burden School Districts Across the State
84. 17 DecSHOCKER: Indiana Refuses to Give Three Indianapolis Schools to For-Profit Charter Chain
85. 17 DecA Brit Warns U.S.: If You Want to Beat Trump, Choose a Centrist Candidate
86. 17 DecNancy Bailey: What the Public Education Forum Failed to Discuss
87. 16 DecJan Resseger Reflects on the Public Education Forum
88. 16 DecHow CZI’s Summit Schools Excluded Its Own Students from an Open Meeting
89. 16 DecJust in Time for Your Holiday Shopping: Slaying Goliath!
90. 16 DecJohn Thompson: The Danger of Ignoring the Most Important Problems Facing Our Kids and Our Society
91. 16 DecAkron: Former Leader of “Digital Academy” Accused of Diverting $167,000 to a Shell Company
92. 16 DecMitchell Robinson Grades the Democratic Candidates with Danielson Rubric
93. 15 DecPeter Greene Grades the Public Education Forum and the Candidates
94. 15 DecCarol Burris Rates the Candidates at the Public Education Forum in Pittsburgh
95. 15 DecUtah: Charter Enrollment Declines for First Time in a Decade
96. 15 DecArthur Camins: Teachers are on the Front Line of the War for Truth, Facts, Evidence
97. 15 DecNancy Bailey: It’s Wrong to Force Four- and Five-Year Olds to Read!
98. 15 DecPeter Greene Confesses: My Toddlers Can’t Read!
99. 15 DecLeonie Haimson: Achieve Misleads the New York Regents about Exit Exams
100. 15 DecSteven Singer: The First Report from the Public Education Forum in Pittsburgh
101. 14 DecThe MSNBC Public Education Forum Was Terrific!
102. 14 DecPeter Greene: Betsy DeVos Tells You Who She Is and What She Believes
103. 14 DecMichigan’s Ghost Charters: Where Did the Money Go?
104. 14 DecLittle Rock: An Urgent Appeal for Donations to a Legal Defense Fund for the Public Schools
105. 14 DecBloomberg Buys a National Campaign
106. 14 DecMichael Kohlhass: How “Nonprofit” Charter Schools Make a Profit
107. 14 DecNorth Carolina: Stuart Egan Warns His Fellow Teachers Not to Be Fooled by Lt. Governor Dan Forest
108. 14 DecArthur Goldstein in Pittsburgh Watching Charter Protest
109. 14 DecCarol Burris Invites Comments and Corrections on “Asleep at the Wheel”
110. 13 DecEducation Leaders Respond to Planned Charter Protest at Tomorrow’s Public Education Forum
111. 13 DecJan Resseger: The New NPE Report Comes Just in Time for the Public Education Forum Tomorrow
112. 13 DecTeresa Hanafin: Should the Jury Collaborate with the Defendant?
113. 13 DecBreaking News: New Hampshire Tables Offer of $46 Million from DeVos to Double Charter Schools
114. 13 DecHarold Meyerson: Trump Calls FBI Agents “Scum”
115. 13 DecAlabama: TFA Alum Plans to Open a Federally-Funded Charter in an Impoverished Rural County with Only Two Public Schools
116. 13 DecSteven Singer: Charter Schools Exploit Children of Color
117. 13 DecSue Legg: Is the Florida Legislature Planning to Undermine Teachers’ Pensions?
118. 13 DecWendy Lecker: Stop Blaming Schools for Chronic Absenteeism
119. 13 DecKentucky: New State Board Ousts State Commissioner
120. 12 DecCharter Industry Announces Its Plans to Disrupt Pittsburgh Forum on Public Education on Saturday
121. 12 DecAndy Borowitz: Trump Named Person of the Year by….
122. 12 DecEric Holder Blasts Bill Barr for Acting as Trump’s Lapdog
123. 12 DecSteven Singer: These Are My Questions for the Democratic Candidates
124. 12 DecWatch Livestream of the Public Education Forum on Saturday December 14 at 9 AM
125. 12 DecProPublica: A User’s Guide to Democracy
126. 12 DecMichael Kohlhaas: Charter Leader in Los Angeles Harasses Teacher Protesting Co-Location and Unqualified Staff at Charter
127. 12 DecCurtis Cardine on the Fiscal Crisis in Arizona’s Charter School Industry
128. 12 DecThomas Ultican: EdTech Is All About Profits, Not Education or Learning
129. 11 DecKentucky: New Governor Throws Out Old School Board, Appoints Pro-Public Education Board
130. 11 DecSteven Singer: Speak Out Now to Reform Pennsylvania’s Charter Law
131. 11 DecNorth Carolina: Leandro Report Sets a New Direction for the State’s Schools; Will the Politicians Listen?
132. 11 DecOhio: Expert Educators Call On Governor to Repeal State Takeover Bill
133. 11 DecChicago: No New Charter Schools Apply to Open This Year: Backlash
134. 11 DecPennsylvania: Republican Legislators Target State’s Neediest Districts for Failed Takeover Strategy
135. 11 DecVice: Pete Buttigieg’s Financial Relationships with Charter Advocates
136. 10 DecFinland: A Capitalist Paradise
137. 10 DecJohn Merrow: NAEP=The National Assessment of Educational Paralysis
138. 10 DecFAIR: How the Media Turn Support for Public Schools into Opposition to Children of Color
139. 10 DecValerie Strauss on New NPE Report
140. 10 DecNetwork for Public Education Releases Explosive New Report on Federal Charter Schools Program
141. 9 DecWashington Post Publishes “The Afghanistan Papers,” Showing that Government Lied about “Progress” in the War
142. 9 DecWill Bunch: McKinsey, the “Slimeball” Consultants
143. 9 DecMcKinsey’s Biggest Mistake
144. 9 DecMcKinsey Designed Trump’s Immigration Policy
145. 9 DecJan Resseger: Kudos to Massachusett for Its Bold Funding Plan for Public Schools
146. 9 DecOhio Expands Its Failed Voucher Program, and Most School Districts Will Lose Funding
147. 9 DecThomas Armstrong: What If Einstein Ran Our Schools?
148. 9 DecBill Radin: The Broad Academy Goes Ivy League
149. 8 Dec1660: A Woman Played a Woman Onstage!
150. 8 DecTom Loveless: Be Skeptical of China’s Showing on PISA
151. 8 DecRhode Island: State Commissioner Approves Renewal of Failing Charter School
152. 8 DecPittsburgh: A Forum for Democratic Candidates on Public Education on December 14!
153. 8 DecPeter Greene: Who Ripped Off the Public Schools in the Chester-Upland District in Pennsylvania?
154. 7 DecA Former Law Student of Jonathan Turley Wonders What Happened to Him
155. 7 DecValerie Strauss Reviews Pete Buttigieg’s Education Plan
156. 7 DecTufts University Will Remove Sackler Name from Buildings Endowed by Opioid Manufacturers
157. 7 DecAndre Perry: To Embrace Charter Schools is to Embrace Trump and DeVos
158. 7 DecMarc Tucker: The Relationship Between Child Poverty and Education Outcomes
159. 7 DecHow Did Pro-Public School Candidates “Flip” the Denver School Board?
160. 6 DecAlan Singer: What Did We Learn from PISA?
161. 6 DecMercedes Schneider: Emma Bloomberg’s New Ed-Reform Gig, Called “Murmuration”
162. 6 DecPennsylvania: Why Did This Charter School CEO Pay Himself $11 Million Without Board Approval?
163. 6 DecJohn Thompson: The New Wave of “MisNAEPery” Heading Towards Oklahoma and Other States
164. 6 DecEli Broad Pays Yale University $100 Million to Take Charge of His Controversial Broad Leadership Academy
165. 5 DecCORRECTION: An Apology to Pete Buttigieg and the Racially Integrated Public Schools of South Bend, Indiana
166. 5 DecPolitico: Betsy DeVos Thanks ALEC for Its Ideas to Defund Public Schools
167. 5 DecPolitico: Betsy DeVos and ED Collected Student Debt in Error on Thousands More Defrauded Students
168. 5 DecJustin Parmenter: NC Software Giant Pays to Send State Legislators to ALEC Meetings
169. 5 DecThomas Ultican: Wealthy White Elites Are Attacking the Little Rock School District
170. 5 DecTwo Conservative Billionaire Foundations Collaborate to Fund Disruptive Innovations
171. 5 DecKentucky: Districts Required to Take Charter School Training, with No Charter Schools in Sight
172. 5 DecKentucky: State Board of Education Meets, Omits Request to Fund Charter Schools
173. 4 DecSomeDam Poet on PISA: “That’s a Moron”
174. 4 DecPeter Greene on PISA Scores: Who Cares?
175. 4 DecThe Lucrative Loophole That Charter Operators Exploit
176. 4 DecLibrary Journal: GREAT Review of SLAYING GOLIATH!
177. 4 DecFred Klonsky: Pete Buttigieg Discovers Segregated Schools in His Hometown
178. 4 DecYong Zhao: How PISA Created the Illusion of Education Quality and Marketed It to the World
179. 3 DecMore on PISA Results from Politico
180. 3 DecTeresa Hanafin on Apple’s World Remapping
181. 3 DecChris Whittle Tries a Splashy Comeback
182. 3 DecNew Hampshire: Legislature Puts $46 Million Federal Charter School Grant on Hold
183. 3 DecAn Ongoing Debate about Charter Support Among Black and Latino Families
184. 3 DecIndiana: Karen Francisco on Shady Charter Real Estate Deals
185. 3 DecPISA: Another Bad Showing for “Reformers”
186. 2 DecTime Magazine: How the Elites Lost Their Grip
187. 2 DecThe Amazing Activism of the Grassroots Network of NPE
188. 2 DecJennifer Hall Lee: Why I Volunteer at My Local Public School
189. 2 DecProPublica: Trump Administration Systematically Rolls Back Rights of LGBT Individuals
190. 2 DecBoston: Falling Enrollment Forces Charter Chain to Retrench
191. 1 DecTrump Administration Defends Christian School That Discriminates Against LGBT Students and Teachers
192. 1 DecSuperintendents to Public: Get Your Facts Right!
193. 1 DecHelen Ladd on the Negative Effects of Charter Schools
194. 1 DecAudrey Watters on Fables of School Reform

November 2019

1. 30 NovHow an ER Nurse Got Stuck with a Bill for $899,000 Until ProPublica Called Her Employer
2. 30 NovJack Hassard: Facts Are Facts
3. 30 NovPeter Greene’s Rules for Life
4. 30 NovIf Hedge Funds Gobble Up the Free Press, Will Freedom of the Press Survive?
5. 29 NovTom Ultican: I-Ready Sells 50-Year-Old Educational Failure
6. 29 NovEvgeny Morozov on the “Moral Bankruptcy of Techno-Elites”
7. 29 NovJohn Thompson on Natalie Wexler’s Book
8. 29 NovRobert Kuttner (and I) Challenge the New York Times Slant on Charter Schools
9. 28 NovHappy Thanksgiving: A Meditation on Religious Liberty
10. 28 NovPeter Greene: Finn and Hess Make the Case for Tenure
11. 27 NovJan Resseger is Thankful for #Red4Ed—So Am I
12. 27 NovNew Orleans: Parents and Students at Two Low-Performing Charter Schools Fight to Keep Them Open
13. 27 NovScandal: College Board Sells Student Data for $$$
14. 27 NovMercedes Schneider: Big Money Buys Key Elections in Louisiana
15. 27 NovResearch: Teacher Effects on Student Height: A Cautionary Tale
16. 26 NovChester-Upland Fights Charter Takeover
17. 26 NovReader Defines “Grit”
18. 26 NovPaul Waldman Remembers When Republicans Thought Trump Was a Charlatan and a Kook
19. 26 NovAudrey Watters: No Plan in Place to Protect Our Democracy
20. 26 NovJan Resseger: The Tragedy of “Portfolio Districts”
21. 26 NovNews: Big REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) Exits the Charter Real Estate Sector
22. 25 NovTennessee: “Achievement School District” Continues to Show Very Low Test Scores
23. 25 NovSteven Singer: White Billionaires Should Not Buy the Charter Debate
24. 25 NovThe Curious Case of The Century Foundation and Its Charter Advocacy
25. 25 NovDana Milbank on the Irony of the Impeachment Hearings
26. 25 NovCalifornia Democratic Party: Charters Should Have Elected Boards
27. 25 Nov“Grit” and “Resilience” Are Buzzwords that Blame the Victim for Not Pulling Him/Herself by Bootstraps
28. 24 NovConservative Lawyers Opposing Attorney General Barr’s Opinions about the President’s Unlimited Powers
29. 24 NovMercedes Schneider: After Multiple Failures, Why Doesn’t the Gates Foundation Leave K-12 Schools Alone?
30. 24 NovNew Orleans: Nearly Half of the District’s Charter Schools Receive a D or F from State
31. 24 NovKentucky: Bevin Lost, But His State Commissioner Vows to Stay On
32. 24 NovWill Pinkston: Time for School Districts To Set Standards for Charter Applications, not the Charter Industry’s Lobbyists
33. 23 NovProPublica Report on Seclusion of Children Gets Results!
34. 23 NovSasha Baron Cohen on Hatred, Bigotry, Racism, and Resistance
35. 23 NovBob Shepherd: On Reading Poetry
36. 23 NovJan Resseger: Why I Will Not Vote for Michael Bloomberg for President
37. 23 NovJeff Bryant: Why Teachers Are Striking for More Than Wages, as per Oakland
38. 23 NovThe Shame of Illinois: “Seclusion Rooms” Where Children Are Locked Up
39. 23 NovJohn Merrow: My Breakfast with Ambassador Sondland
40. 22 NovMaurice Cunningham: Waltons Target Warren Because of Her Proposed Wealth Tax
41. 22 NovWalton Billionaires Fund Disruption of Warren Rally
42. 22 NovWill Bunch: Why Bloomberg Cannot Win
43. 22 NovGreat Hearts Charter Schools Target Middle-Class and Affluent Students
44. 22 NovCarol Burris and Kevin Welner: In Defense of Warren’s K-12 Plan
45. 22 NovParents: Beware of the Mind Trust!
46. 21 NovBreaking News! Pennsylvania Voucher Bill Blocked, for Now!
47. 21 NovLegal Organizations Join to Support Education Equity and Rights
48. 21 NovWatch Fiona Hill Testify: She Is Riveting!
49. 21 NovOakland: Stop the School Closings! Students Need Stability!
50. 21 NovMassachusetts: Legislature Unanimously Passes $1.4 Billion for Education
51. 21 NovAngie Sullivan: Nevada Must Increase Education Funding by $1 Billion!
52. 21 NovBill Phillis: It is Wrong for Ohio to Require Public Schools to Pay for Transportation Costs of Charters and Vouchers
53. 20 NovHouston: HFT Files Lawsuit to Block State Takeover
54. 20 NovJan Resseger: Cory Booker Wants to Privilege the Few, to the Detriment of the Many
55. 20 NovNorth Carolina: Teachers Must Become Politically Active to Improve Education
56. 20 NovProPublica: How a Tax Break Meant to Help the Poor Benefited a Billionaire Trump Donor
57. 20 NovNancy Bailey: A Summit of Education Vandals
58. 20 NovCory Booker Slams Warren and Sanders for Criticizing Charters and Privatization
59. 20 NovIndiana: Thousands of Teachers and Their Supporters Rally in Indianapolis!!
60. 19 NovDisruption Conference Meets This Week in San Diego!
61. 19 NovMIchael Tomasky: Why Billionaires Are Bad for Democracy
62. 19 NovPennsylvania: Low-Performing Charter School Demands Charter Takeover of Elementary Schools in Entire School District
63. 19 NovMichigan: State Takeover of Detroit Schools was a “Costly Mistake”
64. 19 NovStudy: Charter Schools Do Not Create a Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats
65. 18 NovElite Preschool Boasts that 95% of Its Graduates Enter Kindergarten
66. 18 NovAlan Singer: Massive Data Breach at Pearson
67. 18 NovPBS: “In the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
68. 18 NovYes, Something Stinks about the State Takeover of the Houston Independent School District
69. 18 NovNew York City: More Testing Is Not the Answer
70. 18 NovAustralian Study: Is Digital Literacy Undercutting Literacy?
71. 17 NovPolitico Playbook: Trump’s Grueling Work Schedule This Week
72. 17 NovIn DeVos-Trump Era of Alternative Facts, Belief in Flat Earth Grows
73. 17 NovPeter Greene: Betsy DeVos Blames Public Schools for Everything Bad
74. 17 NovMaine: Legal Groups Join Lawsuit to Block Public Funding of Religious Schools
75. 17 Nov“LilSis” Maps the Walton Billionaires Who Are Crushing the Teachers, Parents, and Public Schools of Little Rock
76. 17 NovEric Blanc: Why Little Rock Teachers Went on Strike
77. 17 NovGlenn Sacks in the Wall Street Journal: Teachers’ Unions Have the Cure for What Ails America’s Schools
78. 17 NovMercedes Schneider: Democratic Governor Re-Elected in Louisiana!
79. 16 NovYavanovich Reminded Us: This Is Not Normal
80. 16 NovPeter Greene: DeVos Picks Soul Mates for the Governing Board of NAEP
81. 16 NovMarie Yovanovitch: A Hero for Our Times: #GoMasha
82. 16 NovIndiana: Thousands of Teachers Will Rally on November 19
83. 16 NovPennsylvania: Protect Your Public Schools and Their Funding! Say NO to Vouchers!
84. 16 NovSteven Singer: Pennsylvania Legislature Should Reject the Vulture Voucher Bill!
85. 16 NovKentucky: New Governor Invites Teachers to Lead Inaugural Parade!
86. 16 NovChicago: Teachers Union Members Endorse New Contract!
87. 15 NovPeter Greene: Can the State of Ohio Outlaw Facts?
88. 15 NovFlorida: Teachers Reject Governor DeSantis’ Bonus Plan
89. 15 NovPennsylvania: GOP Speaker Pushes DeVos Plan for Vouchers
90. 15 NovNorth Carolina: A Mother Sends Her Children to a Charter School But Is Shocked When She Finds Out About the Real Estate Deal
91. 15 NovOhio: House Passes Bill Allowing Students to Get Credit for Wrong Answers in Science If Answers Are Based on Their Religion
92. 15 NovWisconsin: It’s Time to Hold Legislators Accountable for School Success!
93. 15 NovWisconsin: Join the Resistance! Here! Now!
94. 15 NovLos Angeles: UTLA Endorses Bernie Sanders
95. 14 NovKentucky: Matt Bevin Concedes Defeat
96. 14 NovJack Hassard: Read the Transcript! No Quid Pro Quo! Bribery!
97. 14 NovTexas: A Power Grab to Squeeze the Public Out of Public Education
98. 14 NovWalton Foundation and UNCF Collaborate to Lure Young African Americans into Disruption Movement
99. 14 NovShawgi Tell: Charters Open and Close Like Day Lilies
100. 14 NovJustin Parmenter: Why N.C. Governor Cooper Vetoed a Pay Raise for Teachers: It Was a Sham!
101. 13 NovCNN: Deval Patrick Will Enter the Democratic Primary Contest
102. 13 NovNancy Bailey: Who Is to Blame for Poor NAEP Reading Scores? Here Are Their Names
103. 13 NovSee This Documentary: “American Factory”
104. 13 NovLaura Chapman: The Disrupters Refuse to Slink Away Despite Massive Failure
105. 13 NovLeonie Haimson: Why NAEP Scores Went Flat or Declined
106. 13 NovCampbell Brown’s “The 74” Does Not Like Elizabeth Warren
107. 13 NovGary Rubinstein: Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy Grows But Continues to Have High Attrition Rates
108. 13 NovThe Secret to Trump’s Alliance with Turkey
109. 13 NovSupport Little Rock Educators with a Donation
110. 12 NovTonight! A Bipartisan Requiem (or Celebration) for the Failure of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top
111. 12 NovLittle Rock: Teachers Will Strike This Thursday!
112. 12 NovJohn Richard Schrock: Trump’s War Against Science
113. 12 NovWhy Mike Klonsky Will Not Vote for Bloomberg
114. 12 NovBreaking News: The Supreme Court Will Allow Sandy Hook Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer to Go Forward
115. 12 NovJane Nylund: Oakland Is in the Sights of the “Destroy Public Education” Crowd, Who Control the Board
116. 12 NovNew York Times: How Warren Plan Would Reduce Billionaires’ Fortunes
117. 11 NovCharles Blow: Why You Must Never Vote for Bloomberg
118. 11 NovTeresa Hanafin on Nikki Haley and Her Loyalty to the Orange One
119. 11 NovD.C.: Charter Enrollment Declines for First Time Since 1996
120. 11 NovValerie Jablow: D.C. Ripped Off By Charter Real Estate Deals
121. 11 Nov33 Writers: Please Stop Using Term “Quid Pro Quo”
122. 11 NovDana Milbank Explains Quid Pro Quo
123. 11 NovNew York Times: Elizabeth Warren Is Making Billionaires Nervous
124. 10 NovPeter Greene Explains Why Market Forces Do Not Provide Charter School Accountability
125. 10 NovBill Phillis: An Experiment in Ohio That Will Probably Never Be Repeated
126. 10 NovJan Resseger Reviews Andrea Gabor’s Dissection of the New Orleans “Miracle”
127. 10 NovJohn Thompson: How Billionaire “Reformers” Messed Up the Public Schools of Tulsa
128. 9 NovDavid Dayen: Thumbs Down on Bloomberg Candidacy
129. 9 NovA Gift for You: A Fabulous Production of “42nd Street”
130. 9 NovPhiladelphia: Kendra Brooks Made History in the Election!
131. 9 NovWilliam Mathis: What to Do with a Dead Horse? Beat It Even Harder.
132. 9 NovNancy Bailey: If Only Students Could Sue Betsy DeVos and the Corporate Reformers for the Damage They Have Done
133. 8 NovGood News! New Hampshire Legislators Table Federal Grant for New Charters
134. 8 NovDeVos Faces Possible Subpoena for Refusal to Testify
135. 8 NovA Blatant Trump Lie
136. 8 NovCincinnati: New School Board Member Has Conflict of Interest
137. 8 NovJeannie Kaplan: Denver Voters Give “Reform” an F
138. 8 NovTom Ultican: The “Denver Miracle!” Voters Eliminate Billionaire-Backed Corporate Reformers
139. 8 NovG.F.Brandenburg Invites You to Spot the “Miracles” in Florida, Michigan, D.C., and Mississippi
140. 8 NovNew Hampshire: Betsy DeVos Wants to Double the Number of Charter Schools! Stop Her Now!
141. 8 NovKentucky: Angry Teachers Elected Andy Beshear
142. 8 NovHouston: The Double Standard That Favors Charters
143. 7 NovHouston: Shame on the Texas Education Agency for Attacking Local Democratic Control of Public Schools!
144. 7 NovDenver Area: Teacher-Backed Candidates Sweep All But One School Board Races
145. 7 NovDemocrat from CAP Joins DeVos Team
146. 7 NovSteven Singer: Why NAEP Scores Do Not Matter
147. 7 NovAngie Sullivan: Nevada’s Well-Funded Failing Charter Schools
148. 7 NovBill Phillis: Beware the Privatizers Running for Local School Board Seats
149. 7 NovBring Back Handwriting: It’s Good for Your Brain (But Not Mine!)
150. 7 NovOUTRAGE: State Plans to Take Control of Houston District Due to 1 “Failing” School
151. 6 NovPublic Education Won Big Last Night!
152. 6 NovJim Hood: Don’t Give Up on Mississippi
153. 6 NovDenver: Corporate Reform Candidates Lose in All Three Races for School Board CORRECTION!!!!
154. 6 NovWhy the Brits Don’t Like Trump
155. 6 NovChicago: The Teachers’ Strike Brings a Sea-Change in Education Policy
156. 6 NovJohn Thompson: Why School Integration Matters
157. 6 NovACT Scores Drop to a Record Low
158. 6 NovVirginia: Democrats Sweep Control of Both Houses of the Legislature!
159. 6 NovFantastic News! Beshear Beats Bevin for Governor of Kentucky!!
160. 5 NovIt Is #GivingTuesday. Give to NPE!
161. 5 NovFlorida County Refuses to Pay for A Subscription to the New York Times for Its Public Library: “Fake News”
162. 5 NovJohn Merrow: What Would Dewey, Montessori, and Aristotle Say About NAEP?
163. 5 NovWisconsin: Did Foxconn Fool Scott Walker?
164. 5 NovWendy Lecker: Philanthopy Is No Substitute for Equitable Public Financing of Public Schools
165. 5 NovAlabama: Fired Principal of Charter School Sues Board for Excluding Students with Disabilities, Plus Nepotism, and Cronyism
166. 4 NovBill Barr Went Looking for Dirt in London
167. 4 NovTrump Asks Republicans to Lie for Him: Are You Surprised?
168. 4 NovThe Crisis at Hampshire College and the Threat to The Future of Liberal Arts College
169. 4 NovAudrey Watters: They Are Watching Your Children. Are You Helping Them Watch?
170. 4 NovMercedes Schneider: The Failure of “Reform” In Louisiana
171. 4 NovGary Rubinstein: The Reformers’ Desperate Effort to Find Hope in the NAEP Scores
172. 4 NovKentucky Parent: Why Voters Tomorrow Should Oust Privatizer Matt Bevin and Save Our Public Schools
173. 3 NovThis is Why I Support the Southern Poverty Law Center
174. 3 NovPeter Greene: DeVos Honored for Her Service to God
175. 3 NovDo You Want Your Child to Attend a Mark Zuckerberg School?
176. 3 NovArthur Camins: Take Back Our Government. Start with Public Schools.
177. 2 NovG.F. Brandenburg Rebukes Betsy DeVos on NAEP
178. 2 NovThe Current Testing Regime Makes Some Children Hate School
179. 2 NovRon Chernow: Alexander Hamilton Would Support Impeachment
180. 2 NovThe New Unionism: Bargaining for the Common Good
181. 2 NovJan Resseger: The History and Context of the Chicago Teachers Strike 2019
182. 1 NovNPE’s Grassroots Network Is Growing!
183. 1 NovMike Deshotels on John White’s Record as Louisiana’s State Superintendent and Education Reformer
184. 1 NovMorgan Ames: Why Techies Are Not Experts About Everything
185. 1 NovCarol Burris: Wealthy Charter Organizations Lash Out at Elizabeth Warren for Proposing to Cut Off Their Federal Funding

October 2019

1. 31 OctChicago Teachers Strike Ends! Weingarten Explains What Happened
2. 31 OctChicago: Principals’ Association Says Teachers Are Not Demanding Enough
3. 31 OctNancy Bailey: The Haunted Third Grade Classroom That Traps Children
4. 31 OctPennsylvania: Speaker of the House Who Hates Public Schools and Teachers Will Have Electoral Challenge
5. 31 OctChicago: CTU Explains Terms of Tentative Agreement
6. 31 OctAfrica: World Bank Ombudsman Expresses Concern about For-Profit Bridge International Academies
7. 31 OctAlexandria Millet: The Charter School-to-Prison Pipeline
8. 31 OctChicago Teachers Union Reaches Tentative Agreement, But Strike Not Over Yet!
9. 30 OctPeter Greene on DeVosian Nonsense
10. 30 OctThe NAEP Results: A Powerful Statement by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
11. 30 OctMatt Barnum at Chalkbeat: Betsy DeVos Uses Disappointing NAEP Scores to Call for More Charters and Vouchers
12. 30 OctWeingarten on NAEP Results
13. 30 OctNation’s Largest Coal Company Declares Bankruptcy, Will Shed Workers’ Pensions
14. 30 OctTeresa Hanafin on Today’s Depositions
15. 30 OctTruth for America: A Podcast about Teach for America
16. 30 OctFounder of Brooklyn Charter Schools Fired for Essay on Anti-Intellectualism, Denounced for “White Supremacy”
17. 30 OctNAEP 2019 Released: No Progress in Math, Reading
18. 30 OctCarol Burris: Center for American Progress Scrambles to Save Charter Schools
19. 30 OctChicago: A Message from Karen Lewis
20. 29 OctGrassroots Arkansas: ACTION ALERT, 10:30 AM Tomorrow!
21. 29 OctTeresa Hanafin: Trump Shills Attack New Whistleblower
22. 29 OctRobin Lithgow: The Power of Arts Education in Settlement Houses
23. 29 OctKIPP, IDEA Corporate Charter Chains Criticize Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Cut Their Federal Funding
24. 29 OctThe Walton Family: Ungrateful Graduates of Public Schools
25. 29 OctRhode Island: A Frightening Tour of an Achievement First Charter School
26. 28 OctLaw Professor: Impeachment Does Not Require a Crime
27. 28 OctMeet Jitu Brown, a Hero of the Resistances
28. 28 OctBeware! Charter-Friendly Group Launch Campaign to Sabotage School Board Elections
29. 28 OctArkansas: Cathy Frye Offers a Who’s Who of the Walton Privatization Movement
30. 28 OctChicago: Update on Teachers’ Strike
31. 27 OctDedham Teachers Settle After 3-Day Strike
32. 27 OctDarrell M. West Explains the History of the Electoral College and Why It Should Be Abolished
33. 27 OctWhat If States Competed Like Schools?
34. 27 OctValerie Strauss Interviews Historian Jack Schneider: Are Schools Unchanged for a Century?
35. 27 OctAudrey Watters: Surveillance Is Not Good for Children and Other Living Things
36. 26 OctProvidence: State Takeover Moves at Turtle’s Pace
37. 26 OctSomeDAM Poet: First They Came for the Billionaires….
38. 26 OctChicago: Teachers at Charter School Win Their Strike Demands
39. 26 OctAnthony Cody: How to Improve Struggling Urban Schools
40. 26 OctMercedes Schneider Loves Elizabeth Warren’s K-12 Education Plan
41. 26 OctArizona Charter Founder Paid His Companies $46.8 Million in Taxpayer Money in One Year
42. 26 OctMississippi: Pastor Speaks Out for Public Schools!
43. 26 OctDedham, Mass.: Teachers Strike!
44. 25 OctTeresa Hanafin Updates the Ukrainian Investigation
45. 25 OctDavid Dayen: How Betsy DeVos Radicalized Her Own Staff
46. 25 OctDallas: Chamber of Commerce Leads Campaign to Destroy Public Schools
47. 25 OctSteven Singer: Eight Things I Like About Elizabeth Warren’s Plan, and One I Don’t Like
48. 25 OctJennifer Berkshire: Could Betsy DeVos Cost Trump the Election?
49. 25 OctJan Resseger: On the Failure of Eli Broad and His “Academy”
50. 25 OctFederal Judge Holds DeVos in Contempt of Court, Fines Ed Department $100,000
51. 24 OctAOC Grills Mark Zuckerberg
52. 24 OctOakland Education Association Condemns Violence Against Peaceful Protestors
53. 24 OctTeresa Hanafin on Today’s News
54. 24 OctMark Zuckerberg Is Advising a Democratic Candidate
55. 24 OctDavid Kristofferson: Six Secrets of Dutch Parents for Raising “the Happiest Children in the World”
56. 24 OctDavid Kristofferson: Something is Very Wrong with the Way We Are Raising Our Children
57. 24 OctPhiladelphia: Charter School Excludes Student Because She Is ADHD
58. 24 OctMassachusetts: Waltons Spend Millions to Block New Funding for Public Schools
59. 23 OctDeVos Sent Millions to Unaccredited Colleges
60. 23 OctTeresa Hanafin Explains the State of the Impeachment Investigation
61. 23 OctJan Resseger Praises Warren’s K-12 Education Plan
62. 23 OctDenver: Scott Baldermann for School Board
63. 23 OctWashington State: Another Charter School Closes Due to Dwindling Enrollment
64. 23 OctCathy Frye Tells All About the Shadowy World of School Choice in Arkansas, Part 7
65. 23 OctValerie Jablow: Teacher Attrition in D.C. Reaches Crisis Level
66. 22 OctCharter Advocates Outraged by Warren K-12 Plan
67. 22 OctElizabeth Warren Explains Her K-12 Education Plan
68. 22 OctNew Hampshire: Democrats Block GOP Effort to Gut Local Control
69. 22 OctNorth Carolina: Leaders of Charter Chain Disappear into Thin Air
70. 22 OctKentucky: Don’t Be Fooled! Charters and Vouchers Harm Children.
71. 21 OctTeresa Hanafin on Our First Female Military Veteran
72. 21 OctNew York City Will Require MAP Tests for 76 Struggling Schools
73. 21 OctClass Size Matters: The Cost to New York City of Paying Rent for Charter School Facilities
74. 21 OctWarren Releases K-12 Education Plan, Wallops Charters
75. 21 OctDenis Smith: The Questions You Should Ask When You Visit a Charter School
76. 21 OctPhiladelphia: School Choice Has Harmed, Not Helped, the City’s Public Schools
77. 21 OctChicago: Update on Progress of Strike
78. 20 OctWilliam Milliken: Once Upon a Time, There Were Moderate Republicans
79. 20 OctRandy Rainbow: Suckers for the Orange One
80. 20 OctArizona: Privatization of Records Storage Will Cost Millions
81. 20 OctAttorney General Barr Wants to Erase Separation of Church and State
82. 20 OctValerie Strauss: The Koch Strategy to Eliminate Public Schools
83. 20 OctEconomists Say: More English Majors Needed!
84. 20 OctTeacher Activism: The One, the Only, the Great Karen Lewis
85. 19 OctBob Shepherd: Why High-Stakes Testing is an Act of Violence Against Students
86. 19 OctMax Brantley: The Waltons Vicious Assault on Arkansas’ Public Schools and Its Teachers’ Union
87. 19 OctMaurice Cunningham: Waltons Are Trying to Block Funding Increase for Massachusetts Schools
88. 19 OctJeff Bryant: How Billionaires Corrupted the School Leadership Pipeline
89. 18 OctNew York City: Educators Puzzled About XQ-Robin Hood “Innovation” Competition
90. 18 OctAndrea Gabor: Big Philanthropy Wants to Privatize Public Education
91. 18 OctBetsy DeVos Floods North Carolina with Charter Cash
92. 18 OctTennessee: Don’t Copy Alabama’s Mistakes!
93. 18 OctMercedes Schneider and I Review Mike Petrilli’s Claims About “Dramatic Progress”
94. 18 OctChicago Teachers Union: The Status of the Strike
95. 18 OctMike Klonsky: On the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
96. 17 OctTeresa Hanafin: Why Gordon Sondland is a Person of Interest
97. 17 OctPeter Greene: Beware, Kentucky! Here Come the Charter Hucksters!
98. 17 OctCathy Frye: Inside the Shadowy World of the Arkansas School Choice “Movement,” Part 6
99. 17 OctRandi Weingarten: How AFT Helped Teachers in Puerto Rico
100. 17 OctRachel M. Cohen: When Bernie Sanders Stood Up to Teach for America
101. 17 OctSCANDAL! Tennessee: Fake “Reform” Group Endorses Annual Testing
102. 17 OctIf You Live Near Boston, Come Hear Eve Ewing Tonight!
103. 17 OctElijah Cummings: This Is What Greatness Looks Like
104. 17 OctChicago Teachers Union Will Strike Starting Thursday
105. 16 OctTrump Says the Kurds Are on Their Own Now: Happy Birthday, Vlad!
106. 16 OctDid Lindsay Graham Just Endorse Impeachment?
107. 16 OctDeVos to Judge: “Don’t Lock Me Up”
108. 16 OctBill Phillis: Never Thought This Would Happen in America
109. 16 OctJan Resseger: State Takeover Fails in Youngstown, Ohio, So State Kills Elected Local Board
110. 16 OctProPublica Reviews Trump’s Tax Documents and Finds Troubling Practices
111. 15 OctTrump Acts on “Gut Instinct”
112. 15 OctTeresa Hanafin: British Couple Arrested, Sent to Detention Center
113. 15 OctArkansas: Inside the Shadowy World of the School Choice Movement, Part 5
114. 15 OctCalifornia Foolishly Trusts Charters to Hire Their Own Auditors
115. 15 OctUtah: Two New Charter Schools May Close by End of Year
116. 15 OctJan Resseger: Why Democrats Should Fight for Public Schools and Oppose Charter Schools
117. 14 OctCharles Foster Johnson: Public Schools Preserve Religious Liberty
118. 14 OctPeter Greene: Are Corporate Reformers Taking New York City for a Ride?
119. 14 OctTom Ultican: Will Inspire Charters Be the Next Big Scandal?
120. 14 OctMercedes Schneider: A New Movie Celebrates a Failed Voucher Program
121. 14 OctTeacher Ken Muses About Trump
122. 13 OctPolitico: Another Not Busy Week at the White House
123. 13 OctIs the President Above the Law? Read the Constitution.
124. 13 OctThe House of Representatives Has the Sole Power to Impeach the President. Read the Constitution.
125. 13 OctTrump’s Quid Pro Quo
126. 13 OctNew York Times Reveals Bill Gates’ Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
127. 13 OctMercedes Schneider: Louisiana State Board of Education, Bought and Paid For
128. 12 OctRudy Guiliani’s Two Indicted Friends
129. 12 OctArkansas: Inside the Shadowy World of the School ”Choice” Movement, Part 3
130. 12 OctSteven Singer: Testing More Means Learning Less
131. 12 OctMississippi: Teacher Activism Is Making Red State Governor Races Competitive
132. 12 OctThe Richest People in America Pay at a Lower Rate than the Bottom 50%
133. 11 OctTim Jackson: Why Little Rock Parents Cannot Trust Arkansas’ Governor or State Board
134. 11 OctRev/Dr. Anika Whitfield on Arkansas Decision to Crush Little Rock Teachers’ Union
135. 11 OctArkansas: Inside the Shadowy World of the School “Choice” Movement, Part 2
136. 11 OctPeter Greene: Beware DFER’s Phony Poll about Democrats and Charter Schools
137. 11 OctMercedes Schneider: Tracing the Origins of an Educational MoneyMaker
138. 11 OctArkansas: State Board Votes to Restore Local Control to Little Rock But Read the Fine Print
139. 10 OctIf You Want to Read Teresa Hanafin Every Day, Sign Up Here
140. 10 Oct“Education Deans for Justice and Equity” Speak Out Against Market-Based Disruption
141. 10 OctArkansas: Inside the Shadowy World of the School “Choice” Movement, Part 1
142. 10 OctPeter Greene: A Teacher’s Final Lesson
143. 10 OctLos Angeles: School Board Committee Rejects Plan to Give Schools a Single Grade
144. 10 OctNorth Carolina: A Sad Bedtime Story about a Failed State Takeover
145. 10 OctWashington Post: Trump’s Claims of Immunity from Impeachment Are Unprecedented
146. 9 OctChicago Charter School Prepares to Join CTU Strike
147. 9 OctTrump Hates the Government He Leads
148. 9 OctTeresa Hanafin on Trump’s Stonewalling of Impeachment Inquiry
149. 9 OctHave You Heard? The Koch Plan to Eliminate Public Education
150. 9 OctWendy Lecker: Why We Should Invest More In Neediest Children
151. 9 OctLeonie Haimson: DeBlasio’s Hypocritical Embrace of Corporate Reform
152. 9 OctRhode Island: Governor Gina Raimondo’s Plan to Demolish Public Education in Providence
153. 8 OctBetsy DeVos Breaks the Law by Continuing to Collect Debt from Students After Judge Told Her Not to
154. 8 OctTeresa Hanafin of the Boston Globe Updates the Dotard’s Activities
155. 8 OctMercedes Schneider: Billionaires Jim and Alice Walton Seek to Purchase Louisiana State Board
156. 8 OctMichael Moore on Education in Finland
157. 8 OctJack Covey on Checker Finn vs. Finland
158. 8 OctNew York: Charter School Executives on Long Island Misused Credit Cards
159. 8 OctJamie Gass: How the Common Core Dumbed Down Standards in Massachusetts
160. 7 OctTrump’s Latest Narcissistic Tweet
161. 7 OctArkansas: Supporters of Public Schools Demand Democracy
162. 7 OctAndrea Gabor: To Succeed in Business, Major in the Liberal Arts
163. 7 OctLos Angeles: Michael Kohlhaas Explains How Charter Lobby Neutralized the LAUSD Inspector General
164. 7 OctDallas: Charter School CEO Convicted of Taking Kickbacks on Contract
165. 7 OctNancy Flanagan: Why Are the Democratic Candidates Silent About Charter Schools?
166. 6 OctPolitico: Trump’s Very Busy Week (Not)
167. 6 OctGary Rubinstein: Nevada Closes Its Failed “Achievement School District”
168. 6 OctNew Orleans: A Charter School Finds Out That Making Bold Promises is Not Enough
169. 6 OctBill Phillis: New Study Shows That Students Learn No Less in Poor Urban Schools
170. 6 OctJan Resseger: The Racist, Disruptive Legacy of Arne and Rahm in Chicago
171. 5 OctPolitico on Mad King Donald
172. 5 OctKentucky: New School Rating System is Likely to Identify Schools with High-Poverty Enrollments
173. 5 OctAlabama: Reconstituted Charter Commission Grills Proposed Gulen Charter School
174. 5 OctTom Ultican: The Failure of Privatization in New Orleans
175. 5 OctTennessee: Gov. Lee Packs State Charter Commission with Charter Zealots
176. 4 OctDo You Live Near Boston? Come to Hear Eve Ewing Speak at Wellesley College on October 17!
177. 4 OctNew York City Joins Forces with Corporate Reformers
178. 4 OctCalifornia: A Charter Chain So Awful That the Charter Lobby Expelled It
179. 4 OctLouisiana: Vote for Pro-Public School Candidates on October 12
180. 4 OctJan Resseger: New Study Shows that Schools Don’t Fix Poverty
181. 4 OctTennessee: Underfunded District May Close Its Schools
182. 3 OctBill Phillis: Beware Privatizers Running for Local School Boards!
183. 3 OctD.C.: KIPP’s Sweet Deal in the District of Columbia to Scoop Up Closed Public Schools
184. 3 OctGeorge Conway: Trump Is Unfit to be President
185. 3 OctPeter Greene: A Good Teacher Is Not Like a Candle
186. 3 OctAlabama: Montgomery’s First Charter School Descends into Chaos After Six Weeks
187. 2 OctPolitico: Cost of Protecting Betsy DeVos Will Rise to Almost $8 Million
188. 2 OctSara Stevenson, Librarian, Defends the Constitution In WSJ
189. 2 OctDavid Currie: Religion Is Not a Rationale for Hatred
190. 2 OctWilliam J. Gumbert: Red Flags and Charter Schools in Texas
191. 2 OctMichigan: For-Profit Charter Operator Pulls a Fast One on Parents
192. 2 OctMax Brantley: The Little Rock School Crisis, and Parents Fight to Stop Walton-Funded Takeover
193. 1 OctFederal Judge Rules That Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-American Students
194. 1 OctTrump’s Roy Cohn Defense: Deny, Attack, Attack Again
195. 1 OctRob Schofield: The War on Public Education in North Carolina
196. 1 OctMichael Kohlhaas: The California Charter School Association’s Secret, Reprehensible Goals
197. 1 OctJan Resseger: Ohio Reduces Oversight of Failing Charter Operators and Gives More Money to Attend Low-Performing Voucher Schools
198. 1 OctTimothy Snyder: On Tyranny: The Road to Unfreedom
199. 1 OctNPE National Conference: Last Day to Get Early Bird Rate!

September 2019

1. 30 SepA New Year’s Greeting from Around the World
2. 30 SepProPublica: Trump Has Been Working the Ukraine Story in Plain Sight
3. 30 SepAndrea Gabor: The Demand for A New Kind of Civics
4. 30 SepRed Queen in L.A.: No, We Do Not Need a Yelp for Schools
5. 30 SepJohn Thompson: Can Online Learning Survive the Profiteers and Frauds?
6. 30 SepPeter Greene: Watch RAND Play “Corporate Reformy Buzzword Bingo”
7. 29 SepThe Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi: Never Forget
8. 29 SepLady Hale: A Profile of Britain’s Top Judge
9. 29 SepBob Shepherd: The Decline of Education Publishing
10. 29 SepWhat Larry Cuban Learned About School Reform Over Many Decades
11. 29 Sep“Bring Your Bible to School Day” is October 3
12. 29 SepTrump Reopens Unhinged Investigation of Hillary Emails
13. 28 SepD.C.: The Charter School That Descended into Chaos
14. 28 SepLittle Rock: Activists Demand a Meeting with Governor Hutchinson
15. 28 SepMercedes Schneider: “Stand for Children” Spends Out-of-State Money to Buy Louisiana Elections
16. 28 SepCarol Burris: Federal Analysis Finds No Difference in Performance Between Charter Schools and Public Schools
17. 27 SepMilwaukee School Board Votes to Restore Music Education in Every Public School!
18. 27 SepPersonnel Is Policy
19. 27 SepBoston: New Superintendent Reduces Testing Overload!
20. 27 SepNashville School Board Rejects Rocketship Charter
21. 27 SepConfessions of a Reluctant Radical
22. 27 SepSteve Miller: Texas Charter Schools Are Transparent Except When They Are Not
23. 27 SepChicago: CTU Votes Overwhelmingly to Strike
24. 26 SepPeter Goodman: Is New York City About to Double Down on High-Stakes Testing?
25. 26 SepPeter Greene: What Betsy DeVos Got Wrong in Milwaukee
26. 26 SepValerie Strauss: Betsy DeVos Expresses Her Contempt for Public Schools
27. 26 SepCory Booker’s Long and Profitable Friendship with Betsy DeVos, and Why It Ended
28. 26 SepJan Resseger: School Grades Accurately Measure Poverty, Not School Quality
29. 25 SepGeorge Conway III and Neal Catyal: Ukraine Seals the Case for Impeachment
30. 25 SepEric Blanc: Why Doesn’t Elizabeth Warren Have a K-12 Plan?
31. 25 SepNew York Plans to Increase Number of Tests So Students Are Ready for State Tests
32. 25 SepNorth Carolina: School Grades Measure Income, Not School Quality
33. 25 SepFAIRTEST: Four Dozen More Colleges Drop SAT-ACT Requirement
34. 25 SepSAT Scores Fall, Achievement Gaps Grow Larger
35. 24 SepBernie: There Should Be No Billionaires!
36. 24 SepOhio: Take Action Now Against Poisonous HB 154
37. 24 SepTerri Michal: The Charter Land Grab in Birmingham
38. 24 SepNick Hanauer Speaks Out Against Income Inequality in a Pair of TED Talks
39. 24 SepWrench in the Gears on the Corporate Takeover of Sesame Street
40. 24 SepNancy Bailey: Betsy DeVos is a Hypocrite
41. 23 SepWhat Greta Thunberg Told the UN Today
42. 23 SepBetsy DeVos: U.S. is on “Verge of Making Education Great Again”
43. 23 SepThe New Republic: The Management Culture at Boeing Caused the Crash of Its Max 737s
44. 23 SepGary Rubinstein: How the Other 1/300th Learn
45. 23 SepTexas: Special Rules, Special Treatment for Charter Honchos
46. 23 SepCommonweal: What the Mega-Rich Owe to the Poor
47. 22 SepPennsylvania: Speaker of the House Berates Public Schools and Their Teachers, Praises Charters
48. 22 SepBill Phillis: Ohio Punishes Districts for Enrolling Too Many Poor Children
49. 22 SepBill & Melinda Gates on the State of Inequality in the World
50. 22 SepJennifer Berkshire: Do You Want to Hear the Music in “Betsy DeVos: The Musical?” Listen Here.
51. 22 SepRev/Dr. Anika Whitfield Writes a Letter to the Governor of Arkansas: Return Our Public Schools to Us!
52. 21 SepSteven Singer: Charter Schools Have Two Dads!
53. 21 SepTexas: The Hoax and Lies Perpetrated by the Charter Industry
54. 21 SepHow a Minnesota Foundation Wasted $45 Million on a Failed Plan to Reform Teacher Education
55. 21 SepSenate Republicans Want to Increase Funding for Charters, House Democrats Want to Cut it
56. 20 SepMeredith Kolodner Responds to George Packer about Brooklyn New School
57. 20 SepInvestigate Nick Melvoin! Sign This Petition if You Agree
58. 20 SepNew York Times: “The Disappearing Schools of Puerto Rico”
59. 20 SepGreta Thunberg, Teen Leader of the Climate Crisis
60. 20 SepAmy Frogge: How Edupreneurs Took Nashville for a Ride
61. 20 SepJeff Bryant: How Sharp Operators Fleece School Districts of Millions
62. 20 SepTom Ultican: Relay “Graduate School of Education” is a “MarketWorld” Fraud
63. 19 SepTeresa Hanafin of the Boston Globe on Trump’s Busy Day
64. 19 SepNote to Governor Gina Raimondo: An Offer You Can’t Refuse
65. 19 SepRhode Island: Governor Raimondo Wants to Recruit More TFA Teachers
66. 19 SepNancy Bailey: 35 Ways They Dumb Down America
67. 19 SepNevada: Vouchers and the Definition of Insanity
68. 19 SepAudrey Watters: The Iron Rule of Silicon Valley: Thou Shalt Not Criticize a Start-Up
69. 18 SepMeet the Democrats Who Support the Betsy DeVos Agenda
70. 18 SepDenver: Insurgents Hope to Oust Billionaire-Backed School Board Majority
71. 18 SepTucson: DeVos’ Aide Visits a High-Performing Public School and Insists It Must Be a Charter
72. 18 SepJan Resseger: Public Schools Are the Essence of the Common Good
73. 17 SepTrump Blocks California’s Tough Fuel Standards
74. 17 SepDeVos and Her Aides Will Promote Vouchers and Charters Across the Country
75. 17 SepReserve NOW for Network for Public Education Conference In Philly, 2020
76. 17 SepPeter Greene: Chan Zuckerberg Partners with Sesame Street and Elmo (Oh, No!)
77. 17 SepMike Klonsky on Gentrifying (Whitening) Black Communities in Chicago
78. 17 SepWisconsin: Parents Outraged That DeVos Is Selling Vouchers to Them
79. 17 Sep“The Perfect Storm [Disaster] of Education Reform”
80. 17 SepStephen Dyer: Charter Schools in Ohio Get Failing Grades from State
81. 16 SepBill Phillis: Charters in Ohio Are Failing, State Wasted $11 Billion
82. 16 SepMercedes Schneider on the New Orleans Effort to End Its Teacher Shortage
83. 16 SepMark Weber: The Condition of Teachers in New Jersey
84. 16 SepHow a Billionaire Bought the Right to Put His Name on the Yale Commons
85. 16 SepJeb Bush’s Chiefs for Change Plead for End to Backlash Against School Choice
86. 15 SepIndiana: West Lafayette Public Schools Sues the State for Taking Their Property and Giving It to Charter Industry for $1
87. 15 SepCarol Burris and Leonie Haimson On the Air!
88. 15 SepThe Whistle-Blower at MIT Knew That Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Was Tainted
89. 15 SepTexas Charter Schools: Don’t Believe the Boasting and Hype
90. 15 SepNote to Rhode Island Officials: Expanding “Achievement First” Charters Will Not Help Providence Public Schools
91. 14 SepThe Photographs of Susan Schwartz
92. 14 SepShawgi Tell: Are Charter Schools Public Schools?
93. 14 SepLeonie Haimson: Is New York About to Gut Its Student Privacy Law?
94. 14 SepMaurice Cunningham: The Waltons Create a “National Parents Union”
95. 14 SepBill Phillis: Will the Supreme Court Wipe Out the Ban on Public Funding of Religious Schools?
96. 14 SepN.Y. Attorney General: Sackler Family Wired $1 Billion Out of U.S.
97. 13 SepLaura Chapman: The New Line on Private Charters as Spelled Out by the D.C. Establishment
98. 13 SepPeter Greene: Does Social and Emotional Learning Belong in the Classroom?
99. 13 SepProPublica Exposes the Man and the Myths Behind the Trump Campaign
100. 13 SepLos Altos, California, Fights Elite Charter School
101. 13 SepNancy Bailey on The War Against Little Children
102. 13 SepTed Dintersmith: Why We Must Invest in a New Vision for Education
103. 12 SepHow the GOP in North Carolina Pulled Off Its Sneak Attack on Medicaid Expansion for 634,000 People
104. 12 SepLos Angeles: Parent Calls on LAUSD Board to Investigate Nick Melvoin
105. 12 SepCurriculum Company Sues Parent for Criticizing Its Program
106. 12 SepJulian Vasquez Heilig on Our Segregated Charter Schools
107. 12 SepJack Hassard: Trump’s Outrageous War on Science
108. 12 SepKentucky PTA Lawyer: The Other Side of the Story
109. 12 SepSteven Singer: Time to Close Every Single Charter School, Every One
110. 12 SepMineola, N.Y.: A Third-Grade Classroom Where Students Spend 75% of The Day on Their iPads
111. 11 SepNorth Carolina: Republican Legislators Trash Democracy
112. 11 SepPurdue Pharma and the Sackler Family Reach a Deal That Leaves the Family Billionaires