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Liberal Apostasy: Is It Time To Downgrade the Federal Department of Education?
Washington has seen recent jockeying for positions on the debate to repeal or revise the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) as Republican Senator and former Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander takes over...
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Paving The Road to Hell — And Other Gates Foundation Initiatives
Towards the end of last year, the Seattle Times provided coverage of the Gates Foundation’s report on the tenth anniversary of its global health initiative. After a decade of effort and a billion...
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Being an Education Reformer Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
If you’ve been the least bit of attention to the growing movement against standardized testing, you’ve probably sought out, seen, or read a summary of John Oliver’s Epic Take Down of both testing...
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Dear Hillary – 2015 Version
Dear Secretary Clinton: You have been a declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States since April of this year. While your campaign for the nomination is quite...
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Look Out, NY Opt Out: Here Comes the Pro-Testing Charm Offensive
The University of the State of New York (USNY) has a new Commissioner of Education. By a unanimous vote, the Board of Regents selected MaryEllen Elia, the recently fired superintendent of Hillsborough...
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Dr. John King Jr.’s Experience and the Failures of Today’s Reform
When current U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that he would step down at the end of this calendar year, President Obama immediately stated that current deputy secretary and former...
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Who Was The Last “Education President”?
On September 25th, 1988, Vice President George H.W. Bush, then the Republican nominee for President, was in a debate with his Democratic Party rival, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, and...
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Preparing for the Post-NCLB World
Barring substantial shifts in the political landscape, both houses of Congress are expected to vote on the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act which has just come out of the...
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“Education Next” Discovers That Water is Wet
Education Next is a reliable source of pro-education reform content. Published by Stanford University’s libertarian leaning Hoover Institution which “seeks to secure and safeguard peace, improve the...
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What The Election Taught Me About Ed Reformers
It is March, and one of our nation’s historically great political parties is still on track to nominate a lying, bloviating vulgarian with authoritarian policy proposals, a penchant for re-tweeting...
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How Far Have We Sunk? Pretty Far.
At the end of April, Washington Post education reporter Valerie Strauss wrote in her Answer Sheet blog that the Harley Avenue Primary School in the town of Elwood, N.Y. recently canceled its annual...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo’s School Skepticism
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has gotten a large boost in public approval both locally and nationally during the pandemic. That should not be a real surprise to observers. Contrasting his calm and...
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