George Bush goes to school
Well, visits, anyway. Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visiting John J. Pershing Elementary in Dallas, February 25, 2008 This is from the press announcement by the Dallas...
View ArticleDiane Ravitch’s “U-turn”: The teachers were right
Were I to advise Diane Ravitch right now, I’d tell her to change all her computer passwords and redouble the security on her servers. Why? After what happened to the scientists who study global...
View ArticleDiane Ravitch in Dallas: NCLB isn’t working
Dr. Diane Ravitch, one of the principal education theorists behind the No Child Left Behind Act, will speak twice in Dallas over the next two days — telling how NCLB is not working Both public events,...
View ArticleRace to the Top: What’s a good job for a great bubble-guesser?
Education issues suffered here at the Bathtub over the past several months. Confession: I don’t like to write while angry, and thinking about education generally gets me there quickly. When I write...
View ArticleWhere does your state, or nation rank? Advanced level of math proficiency
I had to turn the graphic on its side to fit it in here big enough that you can read it. Where does your state, or nation, rank in percentage of students achieving an advanced level of math...
View ArticleCan’t fire the bums to make a quality school: Principals division
Be sure to see the story in the New York Times today. Obama administration “Race to the Top” money went to states who proposed to replace principals in failing schools. A problem in the strategy...
View ArticleNo, race isn’t the cause of our economic and education woes
Just when you think the conservatives can’t possibly sound any more like fascists of the 1930s . . . I mean, can we just repeal Godwin’s law and call a racist fascist argument, a racist fascist...
View ArticleA Seussian fable, about how tests ruin school reform
Look, you really need to go to TeacherSabrina’s blog, Failing Schools, where she first posted this, and take a look at many of her posts. But I can’t resist putting the video here, because I know a few...
View ArticleWar on Teachers and Education, Part 1: Prof. Ravitch’s emotion-touching call...
This is the first of five parts needed to document and lay the background for what unfortunately promises to be a pitched public relations battle, if not a serious battle to rescue a California school...
View ArticleTesting resistance in Colorado takes to the road
From Susan Ohanian’s NCLB Cartoons: “Every year, the Coalitition for Better Education raises grassroots funds to put up these billboards. You can contribute. You can go forth and do likewise in your...
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