Reformers, Investors, Disruptors Just Don’t Get Education
There are many ways to be smart in your field and ignorant regarding education, as economists, tech leaders, and investors keep showing us. ...
Education Reform
Time Magazine and Teachers, Cover to Cover
Dear Time magazine editors: thank you for calling attention to the plight of underpaid teachers. You do recognize your contributions to the problem, right?...
Wrapping Up at Edweek, Part 2
My final EdWeek Teacher blog post involved looking ahead to better teaching, better policies, better systems - and more writing. ...
Wrapping Up at EdWeek, Part 1
Capturing the Spark is winding down. Here's the first post in a two-part farewell, looking back at my EdWeek Teacher blogging experience....
The Meanings of Appreciation
What would it look like to show teachers more appreciation - according to all the meanings of that word?...
School Accountability, the California Way
California just made school accountability more complicated. And that's good....
Many California Charters Break the Rules
Over 20% of California charter schools engage in some kind of discriminatory practice, according the ACLU of Souther California and Public Advocates, Inc....
Vergara Case Wrong on Every Count
Students Matter failed to prove any part of its case, and the trial judge erred in his ruling, according to a unanimous appeals court ruling....
Making the Case Against Vergara
The ruling in the Vergara lawsuit was thin on reasoning but deep in flaws. The appellate court could help California's teachers and students by reversing the lower court's verdict....
“Disheartened” Huerta: Students Matter “Misrepresented” Facts
Dolores Huerta: "I do NOT support the Vergara v. State of California lawsuit." She goes on to say that Students Matter "blatantly misrepresents the facts" to push an anti-worker agenda....