Month: April 2016
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Diane Ravitch, a parent, and Teach For Alums discuss LIVE on Truth For America whether a cyber war is being waged against TFA critiques, how communities can influence conversations about TFA, the role of TFA in the privatization of education movement, and the (in)adequacy of TFA’s summer training and pedagogical approaches. Truth For America is a…
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As a former high school English teacher in two large, urban school districts, I completely understand how educators, parents and policymakers who are wrestling each day with the most pressing issues facing public education — standardized testing, the effects of poverty on learning, opportunity gaps — might be a bit impatient with educational theory and…
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On the Rick Smith Show we discussed school finance lawsuits, the false promise of charters, privatization of the $1 Trillion education spending in the US, market based reform, North Carolina bathrooms (oh, and their education “reforms”) and more. On Air Now @ProfessorJVH talking #Education in #NorthCarolina #TBATs @BadassTeachersA #BATsradio — Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) April 25, 2016…
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Do students of today deserve Cadillac or Chevrolet public universities? Whether you agree or disagree with the various ranking systems for K-12 and higher education— educators, policymakers and other stakeholders are paying attention to them. The U.S. News and World report rankings have had a variety of critiques levied against them over the years, but…
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Recently Peter Cunningham made comments disparaging the opt out of testing movement. https://twitter.com/PCunningham57/status/724227872248844288 https://twitter.com/PCunningham57/status/724232058889867265 https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/724275398876364800 Who is Peter Cunningham? Who pays Peter Cunningham? The answer might and might not surprise you… But first… Peter, no matter how much money you and your billionaire friends spend on the blogosphere, we will still collectively have more voice…
Cloaking Inequity 
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