Parent Trigger | Cloaking Inequity

Category Archives: Parent Trigger

The Total Neoliberal Misrepresentation of the Recent History of Indianapolis K12 Education

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Dr. Jim Scheurich 2 comments

Is a total neoliberal misrepresentation coming to K12 Education in a public district near you? A recent article in the pro-charter, pro-neoliberal “magazine,” called Education Next, is a thorough misrepresentation of the recent history of Indianapolis K12 education (see the article at https://www.educationnext.org/hoosier-way-good-choices-for-all-indianapolis/). I know because, as a university professor and a community activist, I have spent the last seven

$$$ and Agendas — Truth For America about Teach For America

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Leave a comment

Where does TFA’s $$$ come from? Truth For America is a podcast about Teach For America (TFA) that provides voice to educators, parents, students, and other key stakeholders. Truth For America is co-hosted by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig and Dr. T. Jameson Brewer. They are joined in episode 13 by Reverend Kyle Boyer, a Philadelphia teacher and former TFA corps member.

Parent Trigger Testimony: A One-way Street to Private Control #SB14

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 5 comments

Parent Trigger is a one-way street to non-democratic, private control of our public schools. During the last round of Parent Trigger law attempts, I wrote about it in the posts Parent trigger laws: Wolves in sheep’s clothing and astroturfing and The Teat: Where does parent trigger movement get their $? I flew to Texas Tuesday to testify at the Texas House of Representatives Public Education Committee against

You be the Judge: Are the @DFER_News Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

You be the judge. This post will discuss the highlights— or perhaps lowlights— of the Democrats For Education Reform (DFERs), a very powerful Wall Street funded organization who some say are seeking to profit from public education. The Seattle Education blog argued, Democrats for Education Reform is a political action committee supported largely by hedge fund managers favoring charter schools, merit-pay tied

Frank Convo with KIPP’s Mike Feinberg: Do you call BS?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 10 comments

I had a coffee conversation with Mike Feinberg yesterday. About two weeks ago Mike Feinberg contacted me via email about one of my posts on Cloaking Inequity. He related that he wanted to clarify the conversation about KIPP’s funding. I agreed to meet with him at the Blanton Museum Café at UT-Austin for a coffee conversation. Sidenote: I am not

Top Ten List: Why “choice” demonstrates that money matters

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

Apologize for the CI hiatus. I have six PhD students that want to graduate, which translates to about 1,000 pages dissertation reading these past few days. I recently had a conversation with a conservative Harvard-trained attorney last Saturday in Houston. We were discussing Finland (I blogged about Finland a few weeks ago) and her point was that the United States

The Teat: Where does parent trigger movement get their $?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

Today on the Cloaking Inequity series, The Teat, I examine where parent trigger proponents get their $. I had pondered parent trigger— because from the outside looking in it appeared to be a community-based approach led by parents and civil rights activists to address the inequalities that have plagued our schools for generations. Recently we even watched excerpts from the parent

« Older Entries