Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

  • On February 5th, 6th, and 7th in Washington DC, TFA will have their 25 year anniversary alumni summit. Time to fact check and share the real truth about TFA. The Network for Public Education Action and the Badass Teachers have planned a social media Thunderclap. Please sign up here. Teach For America is facing headwind.…

    Please Join Truth For America Thunderclap
  • The Network for Public Education is pleased to publish today a new national report card that analyses how each state values public education. The following is from Carol Burris, Executive Director of Network for Public Education: We want to give you a first look at a very important NPE project that Diane is unveiling at the…

    NPE publishes Valuing Public Education: A 50 State Report Card
  • The wealthy have poured millions of dollars into “school choice” causes over the last decade. Under the mantra of civil rights, billionaires such as Eli Broad, Bill Gates, the Koch Brothers and the powerful corporate-funded lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are using venture philanthropy and the political process to press for top-down…

    Latino students, parents should be wary of school choice ‘panacea’ #SCW
  • Today Cloaking Inequity concludes an exclusive story written by Jennifer Ventimiglia, a veteran charter school teacher. This post is the continuation of the story that began in the post Horror Inside: A No Excuses Charter School #SCW After school on Friday, the day before winter break, I was called into the Site Director’s office… He said, “I just…

    Horror Inside Pt. 2: Charter Teacher Turns Whistleblower #SCW
  • It’s school choice week! Today Cloaking Inequity has an exclusive story written by Jennifer Ventimiglia, a veteran charter school teacher. She describes the “no excuses” practices and teacher quality issues plaguing the first charter school established in Oakland. The story has two parts. Tomorrow I will run the conclusion.   When I agreed to work at…

    Horror Inside: A No Excuses Charter School #SCW

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