2012 POST Articles

December 17, 2012 (Comparing internationally, Protecting choice, Education schools, Education policy, Defeating educators, Real reform, Inside ALEC, International test panic

December 10, 2012 (National security, public education, and democracy, Dismantling comprehensive education, High school football, Stop this madness, Comparing states, ALEC, Common Core, and Race to the Top

December 3, 2012 (Value added, Negative critique, Defense of constructivism, Education equity, VAM as junk science, Digital promise, and ALEC

November 26, 2012 (Turnover of superintendents, Grading is degrading, Education reformers, NCLB fails, Charters fleece taxpayers, Standardized testing in Finland, Inner-city kids

November 19, 2012  (Teacher quality, Duncan’s 2nd term, John Dewey, Childhood adversity, Technology distractions

November 13, 2012 (Charters and accountability, Boot camp for Education’s CEOs, Charters and the Right, Supreme Court and speech, U.S. education not failing, Mobile devices in school

November 5, 2012 (Measuring civic involvement, Inequity, and poverty, Letter to the President, Investing in charters, Teachers and reforms and Recipe to change schools

October 22, 2012 (Church and state, Federal policy undermines, Left out of NCLB, Faith and football, Billionaires fund charter proposal

October 15, 2012 (Educator’s silence, Letter to the President, Stereotyping effect, Cuts have consequences, Teacher evaluations, Freedom and creativity, Billionaires fund proposal, Opening the schoolhouse doors

October 8, 2012 (Exhausted teacher, International assessment, Corporatizing public education, Unions and charters, Parent’s letter to President, Vouchers and the future, Education profiteering, Value-added measures

October 1, 2012 (Won’t back down, Bad lessons of Won’t Back Down, Empowering principals, Student’s free speech, Believe in teachers, Widening achievement gap, Mooresville Schools, Discussion about ALEC, the Blueberry Story

Tour of the Mooresville Graded Schools (NC)

September 24, 2012 (High stakes accountability, Fixing schools, Schooling beyond measure, School turnarounds, Spending more on prisons, Five myths about education, Standing up for kids, Won’t Back Down, the movie, Student suffer in some charters, Local control, and Chicago schools

September 17, 2012 (Teacher evaluations, Support of private schools, Chicago teachers’ strike, Superintendents talk reform, Public schools are awesome, Football and concussion research, Starving the future, Global comparisons of education, Vouchers and college enrollment

September 11, 2012 (Obama and the election, Why Gates failed, Selling the soul, Empathy, education and musical chairs

September 4, 2012 (Glorified temp agency (TFA), NCLB, Teacher evaluations, School choice, Finland’s schools, Public school teacher: past, present, and future

August 27, 2012 (Billionaires rule schools, Gates Foundation, ALEC policies for education, Cheating scandals, NCLB worsens schools

August 20, 2012 (Disaster capitalism and education, Gates paradox, Open market and education, Charters vs. traditional,

August 13, 2012 (21st Century skills, Racial preference, Schools without playgrounds, What states do well in educating?  Retaining teachers, Charter school accountability

August 6, 2012 (Charters and the evidence, Teacher degrees and student achievement, Common core will change classrooms, Backpack searches, Futurists describe next 30 years

May 21, 2012 (Reconstructionist documentary, Impact of testing, ALEC exposed, Lies about American education, Privatizing public education, Foundations boost education advocacy

Blog of May 12, 2012  (Cost of Standardized Testing, K-12 Advocacy Groups, Documentary on Christian Education, etc.

April 10, 2012 (The Descents: National Security, The Assault on Public Education, Going Public: From Vouchers