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This little factoid came across my feed this afternoon from the billionaire funded ChartSchools Work, which tweets under the transparently misleading name @Fam4ExcSchools. Their biases are painfully obvious, so it’s no wonder the responses they get to their tweets are … Continue reading →

I’ll admit that I’m no fan of the Common Core State Standards, which is besides the fact that Bill”ionaire” Gates basically funded the whole endeavor , they are just badly written AND to make things worse, the “new and improved” textbooks … Continue reading →

Why does every slob with a billion dollars to his name think he knows more about education than a teacher? Just because the teacher spent all those years studying the art and practice of teaching, just because that teacher was willing to … Continue reading →

It won’t be easy But you’ll get it through When I try to explain how I much That I need your legislation After all that I’ve done You’ll gladly believe me All you see Is the politician you once knew … Continue reading →

According to this fine post on Diane Ravitch’s blog, what we suspected about the charter school movement has been true all along: you can’t compare country clubs with the  county park, even when the country club claims that it does not … Continue reading →

Loyal readers will know that I have little to no respect for the Go Math! program, including it’s instructions to tell students that the fraction 3/1 is pronounced “three ones.” A correspondent writes that her principal criticized a lesson she … Continue reading →

Walking around my hood I bump into a fellow do-gooder. She tells me she saw my piece on Diane Ravitch’s blog. I tell her how the whole issue gets my blood boiling, and describe the shameless use of 194 children … Continue reading →

in which we imagine a day in the life of an “educational coordinator” at one of the Success Academy Charter Schools. Dramatis Personae: Educational Coordinator: a 21 year old marketing major from a state college in the midwest. Teacher: A 24 … Continue reading →

You know an organization has reached rock bottom when it uses children as human shields to advocate its alleged mission. Such is the “save the 194” campaign being waged by Eva Moscowitz and groups with deep pockets and hyperbolic names … Continue reading →

A couple of third grade teachers and I were discussing how difficult it is to teach fractions well to children, especially those who are former ELL. We discussed how difficult it is to help children understand that the number “3,” … Continue reading →