Rhee’s Credibility Questioned as High-Stakes Testing is Exposed Again

By Lisa Schiff
Last week, high-stakes testing queen Michelle Rhee, was exposed. Thanks to the impressive investigative work of reporter John Merrow, the final dots have been connected making it clear that when Rhee was superintendent of Washington D.C….

Cracking the School-to-Prison Pipeline

By Anthony Asadullah Samad
There has been another raging discussion taking place over the past couple months, that of the school-to-prison pipeline. How many different ways can we say that the absence of investment in America’s intellectual capital cau…

Cracking the School-to-Prison Pipeline

By Anthony Asadullah Samad
There has been another raging discussion taking place over the past couple months, that of the school-to-prison pipeline. How many different ways can we say that the absence of investment in America’s intellectual capital cau…

Why School Test Resistance May Be About to Sweep the Nation

By Mark Naison
When people decide to resist unjust policies that have overwhelming support and for which there are few antecedents in their lifetime, mass movements do not erupt overnight. They are often inspired by the accumulation of individual acts …

Why School Test Resistance May Be About to Sweep the Nation

By Mark Naison
When people decide to resist unjust policies that have overwhelming support and for which there are few antecedents in their lifetime, mass movements do not erupt overnight. They are often inspired by the accumulation of individual acts …

Reshaping Education: New Opportunities for Teachers Unions

By Lisa Schiff
In the midst of a protracted assault on public education, teachers unions have in front of them a tremendous opportunity. The need for strong leadership asserting child-centric approaches to education has never been greater – teachers an…

The Crumbling of Corporate School “Reform”

By Randy Shaw
In the past month, 1. Los Angeles voters overwhelmingly rejected a billionaire-backed school board candidate seeking to shift control of the district to anti-union forces; 2. Thirty-five Atlanta educators, including a close ally of promin…