Stephen J. Klees: What Explains the Movement to Privatize Education?
Stephen J. Klees is Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor of International Education Policy at the University of Maryland. Klees recently gave a talk at the Comparative and International...
View ArticleProPublica: Who Is Jeff Yass?
Jeff Yass is the richest man in Pennsylvania. Jeff Yass is a billionaire. The Bloomberg Billionaire Index says he has $33 billion. Jeff Yass created a Wall Street firm with partners called the...
View ArticleTom Ultican: Warning! Education Profiteering in Texas
Tom Ultican left a STEM career to teach high school physics and advanced mathematics in California. Since his retirement, he has become a crack investigator of scams in education. His latest deep-dive...
View ArticleNew York: Governor Hochul Caves to Billionaire Charter Lobby
The charter lobby in New York is well funded by billionaires like Michael Bloomberg and Paul Tudor Jones as a long list of Wall Street hedge funders. These elites want the state and New York City to...
View ArticleIndiana: More Laws to Stifle Freedom of Thought and Democracy
A reader who signs in as CarolMalaysia described the latest education-related laws passed in Indiana: She writes: These are some of the new Indiana laws that will take effect on Saturday. [Indiana is...
View ArticlePerry Bacon Jr: Is “Education Reform” Dead?
In 2020, when I published my last book, Slaying Goliath, I opined that education “reform” as defined by No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top (standardized testing, school closings, school grades,...
View ArticlePeter Greene: Parents Are Happy with Their Public Schools, But the Public...
Peter Greene wrote in Forbes about the results of the latest Gallup poll about schools. Bottom line: The extremist plot to dismantle public education has bamboozled the public, but not parents. The...
View ArticleThe Deceptive Language of “Reform”
While looking over my site, I came across this post written in 2014. It is as timely now as it was then. Reformers worked with communications specialists to develop language that conceals its true...
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Peter Greene: The Microschools Fad
Peter Green learned that New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu awarded $6 million to a for-profit organization called Prenda, to establish microschools in the Granite State. It’s not as if Prenda has a...
View ArticleA Useful Guide to the Privatization Movement: Please Add Your Nominees!
Maurice Cunningham, a retired professor of political science and an expert on dark money in education elections, prepared A CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION. It is posted on the website of the...
View ArticleThom Hartman: How the Monopolists Stole the U.S. Government
Thom Hartmann has written a new book titled The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream. He has decided to offer it for free, a chapter at a time, on his blog. He...
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Network for Public Education Ranked One of Nation’s Most Influential...
A group of scholars at Indiana University led by Christopher Lubienski developed a methodology for ranking organizations and individuals in the field of education. It was disheartening to see that...
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