$$$ and Agendas — Truth For America about Teach For America
Where does TFA’s $$$ come from? Truth For America is a podcast about Teach For America (TFA) that provides voice to educators, parents, students, and other key [...]
Parent Trigger
Parent Trigger Testimony: A One-way Street to Private Control #SB14
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 [...]
You be the Judge: Are the @DFER_News Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?
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 [...]
Frank Convo with KIPP’s Mike Feinberg: Do you call BS?
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 [...]
Top Ten List: Why “choice” demonstrates that money matters
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 [...]
The Teat: Where does parent trigger movement get their $?
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 [...]
Announcement: Peer-reviewed Urban Education special issue on community-based reforms
Dr. Sonya Horsford, faculty at University of Nevada Las Vegas, and I will lead a peer-reviewed special issue to be published by Urban Education to examine community-based [...]
¡Viva La Causa!: Happy Birthday César Chávez
What do you think César Chávez would have to say about “Right to Work”? Chicago school closings? Parent Trigger? Vouchers? Do you think he would be a member [...]
Parent trigger post blowback from Texas Families First
Jaime Kohlmann, Libertarian and President of Texas Families First Coalition commented on Parent trigger: Wolves in sheep’s clothing and astroturfing. Dr. [...]
Parent trigger laws: Wolves in sheep’s clothing and astroturfing
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves (Matthew 7:15). The true nature of corporate-minded [...]
