Last night I had a chance to sit down with Diane Ravitch on Zoom and discuss what should be next for the US public education
Charter Schools
Teach For America
Diane Ravitch in conversation with Julian Vasquez Heilig
Last night I had a chance to sit down with Diane Ravitch on Zoom and discuss what should be next for the US public education
TFA and Relay Occupy Early Childhood Education
The new episode of the Truth For America podcast is now available. We discuss early childhood education and the entrance of Teach For America and
Breaking News: TFA kicked out of Houston
I just learned that the Houston Independent School District board deadlocked and TFA is out in Houston. More info as details become available. Houston ISD
Is Teach For America’s training problematic?
WGBH reports that, TFA training draws in part on Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion method, featured in the recent bookBuilding a Better Teacher. Teach
High Stakes Testing and Accountability
Educator Says Testing This Year “Not Gonna Work”
Here are some points about administering testing this year from Brandy Alexander, a Texas testing coordinator and one of my former graduate students at UT-Austin.
Diane Ravitch in conversation with Julian Vasquez Heilig
Last night I had a chance to sit down with Diane Ravitch on Zoom and discuss what should be next for the US public education
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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
