Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Choice is a popular buzz word these days in educational policy. It seems more and more that the word is used when choices in education are actually being reduced— when in fact someone else is actually doing the choosing besides families. In the case of school choice, it is exactly that, schools choose. How so…
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The Texas Insider recently reported the following about the Stanford CREDO charter school study: The results reveal that the charter school sector is getting better on average, and that charter schools are benefiting low-income, disadvantaged & special-education students,’’ said Director Margaret Raymond of the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) language learners more than their peers in…
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To understand the success and failures of public education in United States and Texas (as measured by achievement tests), I ask the following research questions in this post: How do the nation’s public schools perform on the NAEP over the past several decades? Were kids actually smarter 30 years ago in the U.S? Also, how…
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What do Teach For America corps members say in private conversation? How can you not love Teach For America after having a conversation with one of their gregarious and articulate supporters? Their rhetoric is convincing— typically tugging on the heartstrings. Have you also noticed that they are also masters of citing data that they have…
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With bated breath, last evening I watched the 2014 State of the Union (SOTU) address. I wondered if Barack Obama would propose anything controversial for our nation’s schools… or even go in a new direction… I was asked by The Conversation to cover the 2014 SOTU. The Conversation UK is an independent news and commentary…
Cloaking Inequity 
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