Month: March 2016

  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: I received the following article from a current high-level administrative employee at Teach for America. The organization is undergoing a major shake-up. He wanted us to know what was happening behind the scenes. He must remain anonymous, for obvious reasons. ? ? *** March 17, 2016 Turmoil at Teach…

    Insider: Big Trouble Inside TFA
  • Did TFA teachers feel like teaching in the corps was their Civil Rights moment? When did they change their mind? Were Teach For America special education teachers ready to teach on the first day of school? What did they do when a mysterious $7,000 bill appeared in their mailbox from a TFA partner? This and…

    Not So Special Education: Alums Describe Chaos Inside Teach For America
  • Congrats to my alma mater Stanford Graduate School of Education for #1 U.S. News and World Report ranking of Education Graduate Schools in 2017! https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/424393268864905216

    Stanford is #1!
  • School choice is so seductive. Like a chocolate cake with the double chocolate frosting. There are many forms of school choice, and the media has been telling us for a few decades now that they are all fantastic alternatives to democratically-controlled local schools. One of the most prominent of forms of choice is school vouchers.…

    The Seductive Allures of School Choice
  • On March 10th, the California State Board of Education will vote on an appeal petition to allow or deny the expansion of a Rocketship campus in the Monument Corridor of the Mt. Diablo School District in Contra Costa County, California.  Both District and County School boards have issued unanimous denials of the petition. And despite strong community opposition, Rocketship still pressed…

    Charters Push for Expansion Despite Denials and Resistance

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