Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

  • To add a little humor to the education and public policy debate, Cloaking Inequity features a series entitled Los Chistes (Also check out The Teat, which examines where various school “reformers” derive their funding). Who needs students when the Texas Legislature can legislate a pile of guns into my classroom? You better finish that statistics final on time…

    Los Chistes: “Say Hello to My Little Friend”
  • Last evening I watched a film on Netflix entitled “The Reel Injun.” Midway through the film, the director profiled when Sacheen Littlefeather presented a speech on behalf of actor Marlon Brando, for his performance in The Godfather, when he boycotted the 45th Academy Awards ceremony on March 27, 1973, in protest of the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry (description via Wikipedia).…

    Absent?: Native Americans and Standards
  • One of the most challenging aspects of charters and choice that our society is struggling with are the potential incompatibilities with democratic and community control of schools. Last year NEPC recently released a report entitled  Democracy Left Behind: How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education.  I previously discussed the brief in context…

    From the Mailbag: Is Charter Legislation Inconsistent with Democratic Control of Schools?
  • Last week I was told that I was a “intellectually unrigorous pseudo-scholar” and “obsessed” with being perceived as important and influential.” My response to the microaggression? At the core of my being, I do what I do everyday because I hope that the counter-narratives that we discuss here on Cloaking Inequity will impact equity and the educational…

    A Trinity of Counter-Narrative: NCLB-Style Standards, High-Stakes Testing, and Accountability
  • Originally posted on Louisiana Voice: We tried repeatedly to warn the Louisiana Department of Education (DOE) and Education Superintendent John White: • Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 7:55 PM To: john.white@la.gov; joan.hunt@la.gov Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST I should not have to remind you that you are answerable to the people of this state whether or…

    “Where there is smoke, there is fire.”: LA DOE Held Accountable

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