This past summer I had opportunity to visit the Hawkins community schools in Los Angeles. What I haven’t talked about publicly is that I was
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The Onion: Teach for America Celebrates Three Decades of Helping Bright College Graduates Pad Their Law School Resumes
Reblogged from Diane Ravitch. The Onion, a humor website, takes on TFA in Humor strikes close to home. They write, Recognizing the aid the organization has
What Instead?: Reframing the Debate about Charter Schools, Teach For America, and High-Stakes Testing
Check out our new chapter in the book Assault on Kids and Teachers: Countering privatization, deficit ideologies and standardization of U.S. schools.
Lawsuit: TFA not interested in equity and access — Truth For America
Truth For America is a podcast about Teach For America (TFA) that provides voice to educators, parents, students, and other key stakeholders. Truth For America
10 things you should know about TFA corps member realities
In this post, I will address the debt and the course commitments of new TFA corps members. I will reference several Teach For America corps
High Stakes Testing and Accountability
Breaking news?: @NAACP now opposing high-stakes testing!
I think this is breaking news? I am currently attending the NAACP national convention in San Antonio Texas. I am sitting in the federal legislative
A New Approach to Remedy Education Inequity?: Opportunity to Learn (OTL) “State Minimums” for School Finance #AERA18
In my recent School Law and Policy course at California State University Sacramento, I challenged my EDD students to work with me to detail a
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Parent Horror Stories from BASIS: Corporate Charter Hurting Children?
Today I am blogging about two parent horror stories from BASIS. Let me just warn you, after hearing parents talk
Children Psychologically Imprisoned?: Whistleblower Reveals High-Stakes Testing Preparation
I’ll admit it. When A Terrifying Report about Child Abuse in Texas Schools–and in Your State Too first ran about a month
Breaking News: @NAACP calls for national moratorium on charters
I don’t believe that this has been reported anywhere else. Last week at the NAACP National Convention in Cincinnati, the delegates voted
Weekend Fun: Happy Birthday Diane Ravitch!
I spent the last few days at an advisory board meeting for the Network for Public Education in New York
Tell-All From A TFA and KIPP Teacher: Unprepared, Isolation, Shame, and Burnout
A few years ago a UT-Austin undergraduate student sat in my office and told me that she was joining Teach
