Cloaking Inequity

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 system. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc
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Blogging a few quick thoughts from @MichaelEDyson

I am in Phoenix Arizona today for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) presidents’ conference which is themed this year “Stewards of Place Reimagined.” ]I was honored
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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 Relay Graduate School into the
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Spending an Hour Interviewing Trevor Noah

Enjoyed spending an hour interviewing Trevor Noah yesterday at the University of Kentucky’s historic Memorial Coliseum. The conversation focused on race and equality. Here are the questions that I asked: Many
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NEW study released: Are charter schools more intensely segregated?

We are honored today to release a new study entitled Choice without inclusion?: Comparing the intensity of racial segregation in charters and public schools at the local, state and national
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Ideology at work: The politics of school choice research

Ever wonder why a lion’s share of positive (non-peer reviewed) findings about school choice come from certain places? We take on that question in our new piece published in the
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New Study: Faculty Diversity Gains in U.S. Colleges and Universities Largely Minimal

We are honored to announce a NEW article entitled Considering the Ethnoracial and Gender Diversity of Faculty in US College and University Intellectual Communities about faculty diversity in the The Hispanic Journal
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Special Issue Alert: Should Academics be “Digitally” Engaged?

A new special issue of the online journal Critical Questions in Education (CQIE) entitled The Digitally Connected Academic: Public Scholarship and Activism in the Era of the Internet is dedicated to
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Julian Vasquez Heilig named dean at University of Kentucky College of Education

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 4, 2019) — Julian Vasquez Heilig has been named dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. Vasquez Heilig, an award-winning leader, teacher and researcher, comes to
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Cloaking Inequity garners fourth award!

Another Top 100 Education blogs list was recently released. Cloaking Inequity garnered #6 in their top education blogs to read. I am super excited to have Cloaking Inequity feature in
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Teach For America

Diane Ravitch in conversation with Julian Vasquez Heilig

June 18, 2020 Leave a comment

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

October 23, 2019 2 comments

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

May 9, 2019 3 comments

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?

May 1, 2019 3 comments

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

Cloaking Inequity

A blog focused on education and social justice

Diane Ravitch in conversation with Julian Vasquez Heilig

Blogging a few quick thoughts from @MichaelEDyson

TFA and Relay Occupy Early Childhood Education

Spending an Hour Interviewing Trevor Noah

NEW study released: Are charter schools more intensely segregated?

Ideology at work: The politics of school choice research

New Study: Faculty Diversity Gains in U.S. Colleges and Universities Largely Minimal

Special Issue Alert: Should Academics be “Digitally” Engaged?

Julian Vasquez Heilig named dean at University of Kentucky College of Education