The Undemocratic Character of Improving Struggling Schools: Hint--Look to the Opportunity School District Research reported by William J. Mathis and Trina M. Trujillo in their new book, Learning From the Federal Market-Based Reforms (Library Copy) does not bode well...
Response to the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and the Cato Institute After the publication of an op-ed by Alfredo Gaete and Stephanie Jones on the AJC Get Schooled blog, the president and CEO of the Friedman Foundation for Educational...
An Art of Science Teaching Inquiry In this post I argue that politicians, lobbyists and corporate executives have worked together to peddle their influence in the name of educational reform. This triad of influence is dismantling public education one charter school,...
Joyce Murdock Feilke has created and published this poster, that came about from her experiences in Austin, Texas as a Texas School Counselor. In several earlier posts, her experiences were featured on this blog, and you can read about them here. The powerful message...
It might seem extreme to you for me to write about the psychological abuse of children in schools. However, at the end of the post, I hope you will understand why I did. Although the content of this post might seem to some to be controversial, I believe that...
Latest Story The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) has hired Dr. Meria Carstarphen to be its superintendent for the next three years. She was hired after a one year search led by 13-member search committee. She is now superintendent of the Austin Independent School...
