Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

  • On Monday Cloaking Inequity discussed “Oh, crap”: Accountability is Arbitrary and Political. So how about a Breaking News comic to start the weekend? What are Tony Bennet’s current job offers? Considering his smashing success in all that he does. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this discussion with others. Want to know about…

    Breaking News: Tony Bennett’s job offers
  • Welcome to the first installment of Cloaking Inequity’s new comic series Breaking News. Today the comic represents Julian Vasquez Heilig’s new school accountability formula. For all of CI’s post on accountability click here. Also check out Community-Based Accountability a new idea for the revision of NCLB that focuses community empowerment and local control. Please Facebook Like, Tweet,…

    Breaking News: Revision of NCLB— Problem Solved
  • Are data and statistics bulletproof for informing educational policy— objective and not subjective? This is an eternal debate between the positivist and the constructivist. For context, I am a constructivist —a reformed positivist who took 8 statistics courses during my doctoral program. To enter the constructivist v. positivist fray, I introduce a new peer-reviewed paper that…

    Are Data and Statistics Bulletproof in Educational Policy Development?
  • In the 1990s, I worked for the Houston Independent School District and we had our own accountability system that ran parallel to the Texas accountability system. One year I was responsible for setting the formulas for our rating system (Exemplary, Acceptable etc) I remember one day sending my calculations for the accountability system to Coach…

    “Oh, crap”: Accountability is Arbitrary and Political
  • Today The Teat returns to discuss The Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO). A few days ago I was giving an interview to an LA Times reporter for an upcoming piece they are going to publish on Teach For America. About midway through the discussion the reporter asked, “Who funds your research?” I replied, I am…

    The Teat: @ntlBAEO, Choice, $, and Strings Attached?

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