Los Chistes: When Sandy Kress Met Rick Perry
To add a little humor to the education and public policy debate, Cloaking Inequity is starting a new series entitled Los Chistes (Also check out The Teat, which examines [...]
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If it ain’t broke, break it: TX politicians now want NCLB for higher education
Texas politicians continue to be interested in finding elegant ways to reduce funding for public schools. Now they are aiming at the gems of our educational system— our [...]
Harlem Shake: Rhee, Alter, Jeb, and Rick Perry
Breaking News: One of the Harlem Shake YouTube sensation videos featured Michelle Rhee, Jonathan Alter, Jeb Bush and Rick Perry. Who knew!? Also for your viewing [...]
Stanford and Dropouts: “Perry Makes Galveston Disappear”
Jason Stanford wrote a BRILLIANT piece about Texas supposedly #4 in the nation graduation rates. This is journalist gold. In early January I conducted an analysis of the [...]
Soiled Legacy: The Birth of No Child Left Behind in Texas
There have been several articles describing the “Don’t Mess with Texas Revolt” against its own approach to high-stakes testing and accountability that was [...]
Vouchers and School Finance: Saving the Statehouse $?
Happy New Year 2013! I have often posted on school vouchers over the past few months. Why? There are factions in Texas, Louisiana and elsewhere that still argue they are [...]
Conclusion: Are Vouchers a Panacea or Problematic? Pt. VI
Written in collaboration with Dr. Jaime Portales Voucher supporters in the United States and elsewhere claim (including Sen. Dan Patrick) that vouchers will improve the [...]
Church and State: Are Vouchers a Panacea or Problematic? Pt. V
Written in collaboration with the students in my UT-Austin course School Law and Policy 11/7/2012 Guiding question for today’s post on the universal implementation of [...]
Supporting Public Schools: Are Vouchers a Panacea or Problematic? Pt. IV
Written in collaboration with Dr. Jaime Portales Guiding question for today’s post on the universal implementation of vouchers: Do they buttress or deconstruct the [...]
Student Achievement: Are Vouchers a Panacea or Problematic? Pt. III
Written in collaboration with Dr. Jaime Portales Guiding question for today’s post on the universal implementation of vouchers: Do they improve achievement? In the [...]
Impact on Access and Segregation: Are Vouchers a Panacea or Problematic? Pt. II
Written in collaboration with Dr. Jaime Portales Guiding questions for today’s post on the universal implementation of vouchers: Do they intensify segregation? Do they [...]
Introduction: Are Vouchers a Panacea or Problematic? Pt. I
The rumors are that Texas Governor Rick Perry plans to declare vouchers “emergency legislation.” Dan Patrick, recently appointed head of the Texas Senate [...]
