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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...

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Diane 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...

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Diane 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,...

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Race 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...

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Where 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...

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Can’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...

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No, 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...

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A 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...

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War 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...

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Testing 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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