“High Expectations” and the Criminalization of America’s Students Nancy Bailey October 29, 2015 By now most of us have seen the video of the resource officer using brute force to yank a female student out of her desk. Appalling, most agree. But this country has been criminalizing students, if not...
6 ways market-based education reform has destroyed public education and how we can fix it. Kathleen Jasper September 6, 2015 “The market will solve our education problems!” was the rallying cry of every education reformer since 2001. If we just allow standards, accountability, consequences, choice and competition to work their...
Prolific Education Researcher Starts ED Think Tank Kathleen Jasper September 6, 2015 Linda Darling-Hammond, arguably the most prolific educational researcher, has announced she will head up a new education think tank - The Learning Policy Institute. In the Huffington Post on...
I’m not angry anymore. Kathleen Jasper August 10, 2015 2 Comments I’ve been angry for two years. Really angry. I radiated it. Not just anger, but also frustration and indignation. When casually asked, “Hey Kathleen! What have you been up to?” Instead of the...
Senator Bernie Sanders and K-12 Education: We’re Listening! Nancy Bailey July 7, 2015 1 Comment Bernie fever is sweeping the Internet. I like Sen. Sanders. He says a lot of things that make me want to jump up and shout YES! You Go Bernie! But I, like many others, am still listening for the specifics when...
Parental Engagement Twitter Chat: Arne Duncan’s #EpicFail Kathleen Jasper July 1, 2015 5 Comments The topic of Arne Duncan’s July Twitter chat was “Parental engagement”. And that's ironic for two reasons: He received a lot of parental engagement on the chat he probably wasn't expecting. He...