Public Education Reform

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Public Schools Get a Boost Today: AFT Elects President Randi Weingarten

Dan Brown | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, Edward McElroy, American Federation of Teachers, New Teachers, Public Education Reform, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Nclb, Standardized Testing, Aft, Uft, Teachers, Public Education, High Stakes Testing, Living News

Today in Chicago, Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union with a membership of over 1.4 million. Our c...

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An Outrageous Education

Donna Foote | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Public Education Reform, Racism, Race and Education, Teach for America, Education Reform, Race, Watts, Locke High School, Politics News

Walking through the prison-like gates of Locke High School in Watts last week it was hard not to summon up Dante's admonition to those on the threshold of hell: "Abandon hope all ye who enter here."

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New York City Teachers Agree to Performance Pay, And I Have a Problem With It

Dan Brown | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Testing, Education, Public Education Reform, Michael Bloomberg, Merit Pay, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, New York City, Politics News

The rules of this multiple-choice game are not transferable to the greater world. Such a depersonalized system should not rule education, a wholly human institution.

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No Child Left Alone

Bruce Kluger | Posted 12.19.2007 | Living

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education, Public Education Reform, Public Education, Nclb, No Child Left Behind, Living News

As we earnestly try to fix what's broken, we are, in the process, turning an entire generation of children into a giant flock of canaries in the coal mine.

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The Inmates Who Want to Run the Asylum

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education, Pisa, Public Education Reform, Public Education, Politics News

The subprime mortgage mess indicates maybe some of schools are a little short on the ethics side, but no one has claimed that Structured Investment Vehicles are the product of stupidity.

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Diane Does Rush

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pirls, Test Scores, Education, Public Education Reform, Diane Ravitch, Lee Bray, Pisa, Education Disparity, Public Education, Education Debates, Education in America, Naep, Sandia Report, Politics News

Dianne Ravitch says that "If anything, today's students are performing better than previous students." Does that sound like painting a rosy picture to you?

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