Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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The New York Times recently reported, Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly in math, science and special education — a result of the layoffs of the recession years combined with an improving economy in which fewer people are training to be teachers. This morning, the Diane Rehm show Teacher Shortages Across…
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and communities across the Gulf Coast. The destruction and displacement that followed the storm created what some considered a window of opportunity for sweeping changes in New Orleans’ public education system. The state-run Recovery School District assumed control of the vast majority of public schools in…
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Originally posted on Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Murphy’s Law can be summarized as “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” Murphy’s Amendment was a proposed amendment to the recently reauthorized version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The last reauthorization of ESEA in 2002 was known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and is generally considered…
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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: In recent weeks, as Congress debated different issues in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a dozen or more of the national civil rights organizations issued statements supporting annual testing and opposing opting out of the tests. But some city and state locals disagree with their…
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Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: Teach for America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1991 by Princeton graduate and noneducator, Wendy Kopp. TFA was granted nonprofit status in June 1993. According to its 2013 990, TFA’s end-of-year total assets were $494 million, with $73.5 million of its 2013 revenue designated as “government grants” and…
Cloaking Inequity 
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