Little Rock I’m skeptical of many of these so-called public school “reform” efforts because too many seem to really be privatization schemes in disguise or elite stalking horses for charter school operators. Despite numerous studies finding that teachers are the key that unlocks almost all of the educational doors for children, most of these efforts …
Category: Education
An Insider Hits the Nakedness of the Charter School Empire
New Orleans Everywhere around the country, charter schools and their operators are poking through the concrete of school yards like weeds. Billionaires and beleaguered Mayors and school superintendents often herald their potential as a way out of their own gnarled path of over grown capacity and underfunded programs. Huge fights in Philadelphia and now Chicago are …
Student Testing and Teacher Evaluations Both Failing our Schools
Houston The very idea of watching 34 school employees along with a former schools superintendent indicted in Atlanta for a student testing scandal should bring chills up the backs of parents, school systems, and particularly politicians all over the country. Not that this is unusual. In fact it is another all too common cheating scandal …