Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

  • Recently the film Backpack Full of Ca$h had it’s world premiere at the Philadelphia Film Festival on October 22 and 29. The film explores the real cost of privatizing America’s public schools. The film is narrated by Academy Award Winning Actor Matt Damon and directed by Sarah Mondale. The film was produced by Vera Aronow. The film…

    New Education Film Featuring Matt Damon
  • Honored to make the BAT’s list for the next US Secretary of Education! But I am enamored with the other esteemed members of the list and most impressed by Linda Darling-Hammond. Here is their press release: PRESS RELEASE The Badass Teachers Association FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MARLA KILFOYLE, Executive Director BATs MELISSA TOMLINSON, Asst. Executive Director…

    Honored to Make This List
  • Julian Vasquez Heilig joins the Rick Smith Show to discuss school choice research and recent development in the civil rights community calling for a moratorium on charter schools. Please check out and follow my YouTube channel here. For more on what’s going wrong with charters click here. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this…

    Talking school choice research and history plus NAACP stance on charters
  • Why do billionaires spend millions on school boards? Julian Vasquez Heilig speaks with Kitty Kelly Epstein on KPFA’s Education Today radio show (10/28/16) about why billionaire corporate education “reformers” are spending millions of dollars on school board races in Oakland and across the United States.   Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this…

    Why do billionaires spend millions on school boards?
  • So Wikileaks happened thanks to the Russians and whoever else. There is lots of talk in the current presidential election about a variety of topics emanating from the purportedly leaked emails on Wikileaks. However, I haven’t seen much conversation about the the content of the leaks that is relevant to education policy. So I did…

    Wikileaks Provide Insight into @HillaryClinton and #Education

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