This is a great article explaining why so many Americans believe that “public education is in crisis” despite all the evidence to the contrary. If you want a more thorough examination of this subject I would recommend Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error.
US public schools are better than they’ve ever been – Vox.
Students in Colorado protested against the conservative school board’s attempt to impose an ideologically driven U.S. history on students. One of the conservative school board members, Julie Williams, complained that the current Advanced Placement curriculum emphasized “race, gender, class, ethnicity, grievance and American-bashing.” In a History New Network article, Peter Dreier, the chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department, at Occidental College, is calling on “The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) should honor these students for standing up to their school board’s effort to distort U.S. history around a blatantly political agenda.”
History News Network | Historians Should Honor Protesting Colorado Students.
see also this Associated Press article on the Colorado student protest.
The battle over Texas textbooks heats up once again!
This is a great article in The New York Times explaining why the business model of education does not work. He bases his critique on the importance of the “personal element” of teaching. I wish he had touched on some of the other problems with the business analogy, but he makes a good case against the business model nevertheless.
This is a great video exposing the corporate agenda behind the school “choice” movement. This has been a long time goal of the Right. They have been very successful in the states through American Legislative Exchange Council (www.alec.org). (see http://www.alecexposed.org). But in recent years they have been even more successful through organizations like Bill Gates Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation (www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org), etc. Too many people are unaware of what is happening or why it’s happening.
Thanks for posting this video!
Today, on the first anniversary of the premiere, GEM and Real Reform Studios are making the film available online at https://vimeo.com/41994760. We invite everyone to hold screenings, download and burn copies of the movie. Please consider donating to our film so that we can continue promoting and sharing the film around the country.
The Grassroots Education Movement Response to “Waiting for Superman” now available online
Date: May 19, 2012
Contact:
Lisa Donlan, Parent and President CEC1: 917-848-5873
Julie Cavanagh, Teacher PS 15, GEM/CAPE: 917-836-6465
Brian Jones, Teacher PS 30, GEM: 646-554-8592
Now online: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For “Superman”
One year ago, The Grassroots Education Movement premiered a new documentary, written and directed by New York City public school teachers and parents, created in response to Davis Guggenheim’s highly misleading film. Waiting for “Superman” would have audiences believe that free-market competition, standardized tests, destroying teacher unions, and the…
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