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John Oliver on the Negative Effects of Too Much Standardized Testing on Our Children and Our Public Schools (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro School reformers have claimed for years that our public schools and our public school teachers are failing our children. In Washington, policies put in place to help reform our schools have brought us the disastrous No Child … Continue reading
Posted in Dept. of Education, Education, Government, Humor, Short Video, United States
Tagged Educational Publishers, High-Stakes Testing, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, No Child Left Behind, Pearson, Public Education, Public Schools, Race to the Top, School Reform, School Reformers, Standardized Tests
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What’s Going on in Public Education: “A Brief History of the ‘Testocracy,’ Standardized Testing and Test-Defying”
By Elaine Magliaro I just came across an excellent article today titled A Brief History of the “Testocracy,” Standardized Testing and Test-Defying that I think is a MUST READ for anyone concerned about the mania for the high-stakes testing of … Continue reading
Profitship! Cashing In On Public Schools…with a Mark Fiore Video
Posted by Elaine Magliaro As a former public school educator, I have been extremely concerned about the efforts to privatize public schools in this country, the mania for standardized testing, the demands for more and more charter schools, and the claim … Continue reading
Former New York Times Columnist Bob Herbert on How Millionaire and Billionaire School Reformers Are Ruining Public Education in the United States
By Elaine Magliaro Last week, I wrote a post about Bob Herbert and his new book titled Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America. Herbert, who was a columnist for the New York Times for eighteen years, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Bill Gates, Charter Schools, Education Reform, Hedge Fund Managers, Public Schools, School Reform
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A Look at Some of the Driving Forces behind the School Reform Movement and the Effort to Privatize Public Education
By Elaine Magliaro NOTE: I originally posted this article at Res Ipsa Loquitor on March 3, 2013. Having worked as a public school teacher for well over three decades, I became concerned about the “school reform” movement—which brought us the … Continue reading
Public Schools for Sale?: Diane Ravitch Talks with Bill Moyers about the Privatization of Public Education
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro NOTE: I originally posted this article at Res Ipsa Loquitor on June 8, 2014. I think it bears re-posting at Flowers for Socrates. Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University, a historian … Continue reading
Is Campbell Brown the New Michelle Rhee of School Reform?
By Elaine Magliaro News broke yesterday that Michelle Rhee, founder of the anti-teacher group StudentsFirst and former chancellor of schools in Washington, D.C., is planning to step down as CEO of StudentsFirst. Joy Resmovits (Huffinton Post) said that as local … Continue reading
Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process? Part II: David Boies, Star Lawyer and School Reformer
By Elaine Magliaro In Part I, I focused on Campbell Brown. Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process?, PART I In Part … Continue reading
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