This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the NY Board of Regents approved the state's sharing of student and teacher information with a new national database, to be funded by the Gates Foundation, and designed by News Corp's Wireless Generation. Other states that have already agreed to share this...

Obama's speech last week to Congress has been described as a "wake up call" -- with its aggressive and ambitious proposals to boost spending on education -- including $30 billion to avoid further teacher layoffs, and $30 billion more to renovate school facilities. These funds that are desperately...

On Aug. 3, Vicki Phillips of the the Gates Foundation announced the creation of an "amazing" new software program that will be like a "huge app store -- just for teachers -- with the Netflix and Facebook capabilities we love the most."

"There are few times in life when...

Rahm Emanuel, the new Mayor of Chicago, walks out of an NBC interview when asked when asked what school he intends to enroll his children in. He intones: "My children are not an instrument of me being mayor." But everyone else's children are. Check out the video here and...

A widening scandal envelopes Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, revealing how his employees in the UK hacked into the cell phones of murder victims, paid off policemen, and may have even stolen the medical records of the former Prime Minister's newborn son. What is indisputable is that his papers used

It's not enough that school districts across the country are laying off teachers right and left and increasing class size to intolerable levels. It seems that the D.C. think tanks are absolutely dedicated towards further encouraging this trend and destroying any efforts to retain equitable class sizes in our public...

It's teacher appreciation week; and in a letter in EdWeek published Monday, Arne Duncan attempts to convince teachers that his policies actually reflect respect towards their profession. Sabrina Shupe Stevens provides the perfect rejoinder:

Actions speak louder than words. Though you often have nice words to say about...

Last week, the Center for American Progress released a report by Matthew Chingos, who previously wrote a highly-flawed critique of Florida's class size reduction program. (See my recent debate with Chingos on CNN.)

CAP has put out a series of crude reports posing as educational research,...

South Korean students get high marks on the international competitions like the PISAs. In his State of the Union speech, President Obama said we should emulate its educational system.

Arne Duncan has repeatedly extolled South Korea as well, arguing that parents in the United States should demand the...

On Monday night, the Lawrence school board is going to vote on consolidating elementary schools, which is expected to lead to increases in class size. Many school boards and states throughout the country are wrestling with the same decision, because of budget pressures. At the request of a parent in...

This morning featured an extended story in the New Jersey Star Ledger examining Chris Cerf, and his record as deputy chancellor of NYC schools. Cerf has been appointed acting New Jersey commissioner of education by Gov. Christie, and is intent on implementing many of the same divisive policies that...