Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

Author Archives: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

The Onion: Teach for America Celebrates Three Decades of Helping Bright College Graduates Pad Their Law School Resumes

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Leave a comment

Reblogged from Diane Ravitch. The Onion, a humor website, takes on TFA in Humor strikes close to home. They write, Recognizing the aid the organization has provided to young people struggling to escape the pressure cooker of the nation’s most prestigious universities, officials from the educational nonprofit Teach For America are celebrating three decades of helping recent graduates pad out their

Teach For America

US ED Secretary Betsy DeVos Lampooned on Late Night TV

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Leave a comment

I’ve gathered the late night humor about Betsy DeVos. Enjoy. Betsy DeVos Has a Lot of Learning to Do https://t.co/RpxrfgNCoq via @comedycentral — JulianVasquezHeilig (@ProfessorJVH) March 17, 2018 Conan, Betsy DeVos and Stormy Daniels Are Equally Qualified To Be Education Secretary https://t.co/Mj6PssUPdG via @thr — JulianVasquezHeilig (@ProfessorJVH) March 17, 2018

Los Chistes

Should Charter Schools Be Locally Controlled?

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Leave a comment

Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig presents at California State Senate Education Roundtable: Charters Schools and Local Control hosted by California Senator Jim Beall

Video

A Chance for Charter School Critics and Supporters to Agree!

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 2 comments

Here is your chance charter school proponents! So you don’t like the fact that charter schools are more segregated than traditional public schools? You think that some charters are wasting taxpayer money? You are open to solutions that provide special education students access to charters? (See New Study: Are Charters beacons of opportunity for Special Needs Students?) Here is an opportunity for you

Charter Schools

KIPP Lacks Accountability and Transparency #MeToo #NotUs

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

KIPP is having a crisis of accountability and transparency. Most recently, KIPP founder Michael Feinberg (See the post Frank Convo with KIPP’s Mike Feinberg: Do you call BS?) has found himself in serious #MeToo trouble. The NY Times recently reported in the piece Michael Feinberg, a Founder of KIPP Schools, Is Fired After Misconduct Claims

Charter Schools

Go Teach in Brazil with Us!

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Leave a comment

Update: 4/15/18 Looks like the Brazil trip will be cancelled. Let’s go teach in Brazil for a week! Dr. Pia Wong, Associate Dean in the College of Education at California State University Sacramento, recently asked me if I would like to volunteer and teach in Brazil for a week in August. I of course said yes.

Announcements

Open Letter in Support of School Walkouts to Protest Gun Violence

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig One comment

This is just a short reminder to take a moment to read and then sign this open letter in support of administrators, teachers, and students in California who wish to participate in the national school walkouts to protest gun violence.

Announcements

« Older Entries Recent Entries »

Cloaking Inequity

A blog focused on education and social justice