Links we liked this week: April 20, 2014
We like sharing interesting news, insightful opinions, activist victories, and actionable curriculum via Facebook, Twitter, and of course through our magazine and books. We thought why not collect some of […]
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What’s good for Bill Gates is bad for public schools… and Microsoft, too
by David Morris Editor’s note: This news has been making the rounds in education activist circles, and we wanted to further amplify this important message. Turns out corporate style reform isn’t […]
Scrap the MAP International Day of Solidarity on May 1
As you are no doubt aware, increasingly powerful corporate interests are attempting to reduce teaching and learning to what’s on a standardized test. We have all seen these tests be used […]
Reclaim AERA: Protest Arne Duncan Speech
By Ann Berlak For the first time since I can remember some members of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)—the largest association of educators and educational researchers in the world—are […]
Lessons from the Atlanta testing scandal
Bob Peterson, a Rethinking Schools founding editor and president of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, reflects on the Atlanta testing scandal and the lessons we might learn from it. This […]
Charter Schools and the Future of Public Education
It’s time to refocus public policy on providing excellent public schools for all. by Stan Karp Previously published in the NJEA Review, March 2013. Somewhere along the way, nearly every […]
Leading Educators Support Teacher Test Boycott
In a public statement released today, more than sixty educators and researchers [UPDATE: now 130+], including some of the most well-respected figures in the field of education, pledged support for […]
Proud to be a Garfield Bulldog
by Wayne Au On the afternoon of Thursday, January 10th, a group of about 15 teachers stood together in the front of room 206 at Garfield High School in Seattle, […]
Crenshaw High and the Battle Over School Reform
A recent Education Week article reported that between 2009 and 2011, 3,700 public schools in the US were closed. Reuters reported that school closings in 2010-11 were up 60% from ten years earlier. The […]
Broad Foundation Wants to Step on the Gas
The Broad Foundation wants to step on the gas….A recent memo from The Broad Center (TBC) proposes a series of strategic shifts in the foundation’s education programs designed to “accelerate” the pace […]
Save Our Schools returns
by Stan Karp Last summer, the Save Our Schools march brought thousands of teachers, parents, and supporters of public education to Washington, D.C. The march and rally were hopeful signs […]
NCLB waivers give bad policy new lease on life
by Stan Karp The Obama Administration’s approval last week of 10 state applications for waivers from NCLB was another missed opportunity to learn from a decade of policy failure. Instead […]
Zombie NCLB still stalking our schools
by Stan Karp Anniversaries are often cause for celebration… but the 10th anniversary of No Child Left Behind is mostly a time for damage assessment. A new report from FairTest […]