Vouchers – Cloaking Inequity

Professor vs. Advocate Debate: “Charters and Vouchers are the Answer”

March 21, 2017 // 6 Comments

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When [...]

Will Trump and DeVos cripple education?

January 7, 2017 // 3 Comments

The president-elect’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education has no experience in public education. From all appearances, she seeks to use her philanthropy to destroy [...]

Will you answer the call for democracy and education?

July 9, 2016 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

All Hail King?: We Act Radio @EdTownHall

February 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

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

January 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

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

December 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

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

December 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

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)

November 9, 2015 // 1 Comment

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

August 18, 2015 // 8 Comments

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

July 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

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?

May 3, 2015 // 4 Comments

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

October 23, 2014 // 3 Comments

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

August 22, 2014 // 4 Comments

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

August 12, 2014 // 4 Comments

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!

June 4, 2014 // 1 Comment

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

April 24, 2013 // 3 Comments

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

April 18, 2013 // 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 [...]

TX House Source: Vouchers go down (again)

April 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

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 [...]