December 29, 2013 (Happy New Year
December 23, 2013 (School culture, Supt’s letter, Standardized testing, Golden goose, Teacher’s letter, and 14 predictions for 2014
December 16, 2013 (Childhood poverty, ALEC, School stability, Wall Street, ASCD, and more
December 9, 2013 (Voting NO, PISA, Social Security, State spending, Reform, ALEC, Test results, and Public speaking tips
December 2, 2013 (Poverty trap, Privatization, Recruiting teachers, Fixing schools, Leadership, and Federal funding
November 25, 2013 (Textbook adoptions, ADHD, Preschool, Japan’s testing, Teach for America, 21st Century learning and Testing the Common Core
November 18, 2013 (Poverty, Education Imperatives, Teachers, Class size, NEAP Errors, Common Core and NEAP Gains
November 11, 2013 (New Flipboard, Gates Foundation, NCLB Waivers, Swedish education, American history, Teacher evaluations, Status and Stress, and High School Sports
November 4, 2013 (Sixteen trends, Global education, Testing, Bullying, Corporate culture, Voucher fraud, Race to the top, and Teacher working conditions
October 28, 2013 (Privatization, Unequal education, Teacher training, Math scores, Opting out, Reform, Common Core and Assessment
October 21, 2013 (Teaching, Visualization, Poverty, GED, Inequity, TFA, Charters, Scantron/ALEC, Educating kids, Burnout, Common Core, Online teaching and Student data
October 14, 2013 (Respect for Teachers, Supreme Court, Hostages, Finland, Data banks, Corporate Reform and Cyber Schools
October 7, 2014 (Ravitch v. Rhee, Armchair Pundits, Reform, Houston ISD, Greece v. Gallaway, Poverty, and Education, Gates, Education Spring, Charters, VAM, CCSSO, Cyber Schools and Common Core
September 30, 2013 (Kozol’s review, RttP, Religious Right, Wall Street, Failing Schools, NPR & Ravitch, Report Card, Prayer, Barry Lynn, Musicians, Banned Books, Technology, School Boards and Taylor v. Dewey
September 23, 2013 (Reign of Error, Philadelphia, Finland, MOOCs, Reform, Football, Testing, Religious Right and Teaching
September 16, 2013 (Reign of Error, Busing, Court, Race, Chatrerland, Textbooks, Motivation, FTA, Leadership, Instruction, Learning, Machiavellian, Morrow, and STEM
September 9, 2013 (Myths, NCLB, Charters, PLCs, Testing, Consolidation, College Debt, Superintendents, Teachers, Finance, Influence, MOOCs, Facts, and the Tour
September 3, 2013 (Cultural Pedagogy, Privatization, Myths about public schools, Value added, Influence, MOOCs, Gates, Parental involvement, NCLB, Rip off, Back to School video, and more
August 26, 2013 (School law, PDK/Gallup poll, Corporal punishment, Schools open, “Reign of Error,” Stack rankings, PISA, Religious banner, and Thinking
August 19, 2013 (ALEC, Teaching, Testing, Closing Schools, Reform, NCLB, Selling Out, and Anger
August 12, 2013 (Charters, Common Core, Human Capital, Testing, Starving education, Presentation skills, Teach for America, and Leadership
August 5, 2013 (Four questions, Inequality, Five Messages, House of Cards, the Charitable Industry, Seven ways, Poverty and education, Testing, School climate, Common core, Finland, True professionals, and Corporate ‘De’Form
July 29, 2013 (Anti-intellectualism, Corporate deform, TFA, Plotocrat reformers, The NFL, Retention research, Hoax of Privatization, Emotions outweigh logic, Reverse psychology
July 22, 2013 (Teacher evaluation, Teacher at a dinner party, NCLB and ten years, Public vs. Charters, California’s resistance and Reform/Improvement
July 15, 2013 (Reauthorization, Reformers, North Carolina, Superintendents, Attacking Schools, Trust, Money, Billionaires, and Zero Defects, etc.
July 8, 2013 (Good news about schools, Corporations are not the answer, Courts and funding, Schools and rankings, The puzzle of motivation, and more
July 1, 2013 (Teachers, Charters, Marketization, Kids Count data, International Comparisons, Common Core, ALEC, and TFA
June 24, 2013 (Errors in Teacher Quality Report, Education deficit, Charters, Money and power, Letters to Gates, School prayer, and Profiteering
June 17, 2013 (School Improvement, Teacher Training, Privatization, Declaration of Support, Social Engineering, Wisdom, School Boards, and School Climate
July 10, 2013 (Reform, Poverty, Finance, Technology, Physical Activity, and Corporate Collusion
July 3, 2013 (Common Core, ALEC, Testing, Vouchers, Greed, Revolt, Honorary and Charters
May 27, 2013 (School reform, ALEC, Leadership, Privatization, Charters and Closings
May 20, 2013 (School reform, Value added, Poverty, Interviewing, Growing revolt, Killer phrases
May 13, 2013 (Cheating and Testing, Motivation, Law and Policy, Omissions, Charters, and Control
May 6, 2013 (The Billionaire’s Club, Education spending, the Bible and the Constitution, Obama’s 2nd term, Unequal protection, etc.
April 29, 2013 (National Teacher, Berliner on NCLB, Education Reform, Testing Scandal, Charters, Common Core, and more
April 22, 2013 (Testing, Teacher Evaluation Systems, Church and State, Public Education, Teacher Effectiveness Research
April 15, 2013 (School Choice, High Stakes Testing, ALEC, Ed. Reform, Association Leadership, and Blended Online Learning
April 8, 2013 (Testing, ALEC, Public schools, PDK poll results, Choice, Communications, Ability grouping, and more
April 1, 2013 (testing scandal, policy and money, vouchers in Sweden, leadership, teacher education, ability grouping, from 180 days to 1080 hours, etc
March 25, 2013 (Reform legislation, supporting teachers, rating schools, ALEC’s motives, school successes, etc.
March 18, 2013 (Reformers, teacher education, standards, opting-out, virtual schooling, and distribution of wealth
March 11, 2013 (Teacher effectiveness, cyberbullying, leadership, politics, poverty, iPads
March 4, 2013 (Perils of policy, Testing scandals, Grier honored, Charter fallout and Court supports charters
February 25, 2013 (Churning schools, Mooresville miracle, Fourth R, Testing in Finland, Paradigm shift and Occupy schools
February 22, 2013 (President of the HML, Mark Edwards, named “Superintendent of the Year” at AASA’s National Conference.
February 18, 2013 (HML Annual Meeting, research, opinions, legal issues, etc.
February 11, 2013 (HML Annual Meeting, research, opinions, legal issues, etc.
February 4, 2013 (Fleecing public education, Tomorrow’s innovators, Charters, Fixing bad schools, Empty promises, and Hazelwood at 25
January 28, 2013 (What lies ahead, Doubly disadvantaged, Testing tipping point, Parental choice, School board, and Brazen charters, etc.
January 21, 2013 (High stakes testing, sp. ed. funding, longer school year, church-state issue, drop-out research
January 14, 2013 (Virtual schools, selling out, opting out of testing, teacher evaluation, inequality, skimming
January 7, 2013 (Choice, gun legislation, Steve Jobs, public schools, tech bubble, teaching, privatization
January 2, 2013 (Career satisfaction, the meaning of education, evaluating principals, international comparisons, and more