Check out the truth behind a blindingly dishonest attack on Elizabeth Warren...
Centrist pundit Jonathan Chait has had a lot of notoriously terrible moments, but this hit job on not just Sen. Elizabeth Warren but the voters of Massachusetts and the very concept of public education...
View ArticleRead Slaying Goliath by Diane Ravitch. It is a Chronicle of the Hope We Need.
Most of us still care about the wellbeing of all– now and in the future. Diane Ravitch’s Slaying Goliath is a book for us. If you count yourself as a member of that group read this book. Be prepared...
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Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
First published on Schools Matter on January 21, 2020“In the long run, charter schools are being strategically used to pave the way for vouchers. The voucher advocates, who are very powerful and funded...
View ArticleLawsuit against The Accelerated Schools corporate charter chain
This action against The Accelerated Schools (TAS) corporation, on behalf of Michael Kohlhaas dot org, is my second lawsuit against a charter school. My first was against the Partnerships to Uplift...
View ArticleChild attacked after leaders at nation's largest charter system (KIPP) ignore...
First, an explanation of the title. Last spring a friend from my previous job told me about a teacher there who had shoved a kid, lied about it, got caught on camera and yet nothing was done. My...
View ArticleOpen Letter to LAUSD Board regarding Citizens of the World Charter School...
A copy of this letter was sent to each individual member via emailMarch 11, 2020Dear Members of the Board of Education:I am an educational rights attorney and law professor here in Los Angeles. I am...
View ArticleThe Gates Foundation's own research confirms Bill Gates' $575 million...
One of the myriad problems with billionaires like Bill Gates pouring tons of money into reshaping our education system is that people like Bill Gates are not educators. They rarely have even a small...
View ArticleSuccess Academy CEO Eva “Got-to-Go,” Charter’s “Racist and Abusive Practices”...
On June 23, Elizabeth Baker, a press associate for the Success Academy Charter School Network, resigned. In a letter to Michael Smith, the network’s director of Human Resources, she stated that she...
View ArticleByron Donalds and the conservative war against public education in Southwest...
Byron Donalds and the war against America’s schoolsThe Paradise ProgressiveAnalysis September 16, 202022 MinutesSept. 16, 2020 by David SilverbergIf you’ve enjoyed Betsy DeVos, you’re going to love...
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Democrats: Time for an Education Policy Divorce
It is time for Democrats to file for a divorce from a four-decade bipartisan education policy marriage. The case is clearer now than ever. There are irreconcilable differences. A marriage with one...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup – does capitalism makes us more stupider?
In today’s ACM we are looking at examples of how capitalism lowers standards of education and average education level of the population, and why capitalists will work feverishly to keep the masses...
View ArticleBlack history should be taught in all schools—especially those with a small...
Maria Montessori Academy, a charter school in North Ogden, Utah, made headlines this month after allowing several families to opt their children out of Black History Month curriculum. The principal of...
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association
Adapted from my Twitter thread.On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a major victory over their California Charter Schools...
View Article'School choice' and charter proponents target public education in key states
But teachers and their allies are fighting back in Arizona, Kentucky and elsewhere.By Rachel Cohen, for Capital and MainThree years ago in West Virginia, roughly 20,000 educators went on strike and...
View ArticleBogus school would have never conned way onto ESPN if Ohio had any kind of...
In case you missed it, the latest entry in the debate over charter schools involves Bishop Sycamore, a supposed charter school in Columbus, Ohio, that wrangled a nationally televised game on ESPN by...
View ArticleRevelations about bogus academy prove charter schools need better oversight
A lot of people in the Donald Trump administration had qualifications so questionable that they had us wondering, “What are they doing there?” That question was especially loud when it came to...
View ArticleThe GOP War on Education - Headlines from March 9-12
This diary is meant to collate the firehose of information that has been written about Education twice a week, on Wednesday and Sunday morning. This very long diary can be perused at your leisure, with...
View ArticlePPP loans show that the only thing public about charter schools is the money...
The word “public” is an important part of charter school messaging. They’re not privatizing public education, they tell us, they’re “public charter schools.” And yet a USA Today investigation finds...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Education: What HELL Hath COVID Wrought...
Welcome to the second inaugural War on Education. In this issue, I forgo talking about corporate and right wing attacks on our public education system for the most part to do a mental wellness check on...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Education: The Coordinated Crazies Continue Their...
Welcome to the third inaugural War on Education. In this issue, I discuss the assaults on public education by the right wing crazy contingent in this nation. If you are asking about corporate charters...
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