For years, billionaires have donated millions to promote pro-privatization, school choice candidates in political races ranging from local school board, to state houses, to Washington, D.C. An
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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
Examining the myth of accountability, high-stakes testing and the achievement gap
We are proud to announce a new peer-reviewed paper entitled Examining the myth of accountability, high-stakes testing and the achievement gap In this article, we outline how
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
