Will you answer the call for democracy and education?
My entire life I have been inspired by the 1963 March on Washington. If I close my eyes, I can see and hear Martin Luther King Jr. delivering the I Have a Dream speech. Our [...]
Vouchers
All Hail King?: We Act Radio @EdTownHall
Today on the B.U.S. Thursday program LIVE on We Act Radio Education Town Hall we discussed the bare inequality facing US children, NPE’s recent national report [...]
Latino students, parents should be wary of school choice ‘panacea’ #SCW
The wealthy have poured millions of dollars into “school choice” causes over the last decade. Under the mantra of civil rights, billionaires such as Eli Broad, Bill [...]
Teach Thought: Reform, Charter Schools, Poverty and Politics
What’s the reason why Democrats and Republicans are afraid to discuss education in their stump speeches or debates? Will the new Every Student Succeeds Act [...]
School Reform, Passion and Mic Drops
The definition of “Drop the Mic” from the classic Eminem Hip Hop film 8 mile is… Calling someone out so hard that you just walk away indisputably [...]
Education Policy Q&A with teachers in Las Vegas (and @BernieSanders)
I was recently honored to discuss Teach For America, Vouchers, Charters at a Leading Educators Activating a Difference (LEAD) caucus convening in Nevada. I enjoyed joining [...]
New Research: Vouchers— schools do the choosing
The racist history of vouchers is very clear and apparent. What was the origin of the school voucher movement? The Daily Kos described the history of vouchers in the [...]
Education Health ALERT!: United Nations warns GERMs spreading worldwide #NN15
The world is experiencing the spread of privatizing GERMs (Global Education Reform Movements). School “reformers” are pressing a variety of “school choice” and [...]
Will Market-Based Education Produce More or Less Student Uprising?
In the post, Exclusive: Students Tear Gassed By Police While Protesting School Inequality I asked Are you ready for more protests? School “reformers” have [...]
EdWeek Series Beyond Rhetoric: Voucher supporters roll the eyes
My mom likes to tell a story about a parent-teacher conference that she had with my 5th grade teacher Mr. Studley. During this conference the teacher mentioned that I had [...]
Exclusive: Students Tear Gassed By Police While Protesting School Inequality
Are you ready for more protests? If school “choice” supporters get their wish, it just might happen. Why? After 30 years of school “choice,” that is [...]
A Message to Democrats (and Republicans too) about Education Reform
Because I am California bound, I had to cancel an engagement to speak with the Sun City Democrats about education reform. To make up for it, I taped a message to them and [...]
Update on School Voucher Study: Help! So Close to Go So Far, FIVE Funded TWO to go!
FIVE students funded TWO to go! We recently wrote: WE NEED YOUR HELP! Do you believe in public education? Do you want US policymakers to understand why decision makers in [...]
“Regrettable” that Blacks/Latinos are Naughty: Race/Racism Expunged in US
An infinity of good and bad things get unevenly distributed across populations for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with the kinds of discrimination that are banned [...]
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 [...]
TX House Source: Vouchers go down (again)
Diane Ravitch just posted this. A source on one of the House staffs just sent me his assessment anonymously. He also weighs in on the relationship between vouchers and [...]
In Ravitch’s Defense: Milwaukee Voucher Study Found Wanting
Reblogged from In Ravitch’s Defense: Milwaukee Voucher Study Found Wanting: Yesterday, Dr. Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas’ Department of Educational [...]
Vicious Wolf attacks Diane Ravitch
