On Thursday I went to the California Board of Education to offer public testimony about the California SBOE approval of Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana.
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New Truth For America podcast episode: Should TFA be banned in Low-Income schools?
Episode 19 of the Truth For America podcast was LIVE at a California state capitol research forum entitled: Should TFA be banned? The conversation features
New Truth For America podcast episode: How TFA network to make $$
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
Using Critical Race Theory (CRT) to Evaluate Teach For America Recruiting
A primarily White organization for decades, Teach For America has recently sought recruit people of color into their 2-year “leadership program.” Notice, I didn’t say new
NPR Morning Edition: Importance of Teacher Training
NPR’s Morning Edition aired story today about California’s AB 221 bill that would ban Teach For America in low-income schools. For more visit the post You
High Stakes Testing and Accountability
Advocates Continue Push to Lessen Importance of Standardized Tests in Texas
A new piece posted yesterday on the NPR website entitled Advocates Continue Push to Lessen Importance of Standardized Tests in Texas. Morgan Kilgo reports, The
How and why to avoid Florida’s flaws
It’s not too late to improve state ESSA plans. Approved state ESSA plans can be amended at any time. That’s both good news and bad news.
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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
