“Research” on Teachers: Cover for Demand to Dump Unions, Cheapen Education
The reforms proposed in the name of making education better and the nation’s children more competitive internationally are in reality proposals to cheapen education for the poor and privatize it for...
View ArticleBroad Foundation: Facts on the Wrecking of Public Education
The Perimeter Primate has posted two pieces on what it deems “the Broad Effect” — what is more aptly described as the wrecking of public education. The first installment begins: The Broad Effect” is...
View ArticleTeachers Have a Right to Unionize
The recipe is as follows: use “research” and phony evaluation systems to create a wedge between teachers and the public. Then, legally dismantle the basic right of teachers (and working people in...
View ArticleAn Irrational $170 Million Database We Most Certainly Don’t Need
While some folks have been warning the public about this for over a year, a recent Reuters article has renewed popular outrage over a privately controlled centralized database that will house an...
View ArticleDataGate Update: Press Conference on Student Privacy
There will be a press conference regarding growing concerns about student privacy this Thursday. Background to the issue can be found here, in addition to my recent post opposing the initiative. It...
View ArticleLeonie Haimson: Video and News from Our Explosive Town Hall Meeting on...
There is one thing that I believe should be forcefully said: the inBloom database should be destroyed. Even if the “cloud” were safe, and even if parents are allowed to “opt out”, the database should...
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