Saturday, September 22, 2012

Dear Mr. Mayor: There is Hope for Chicago's Children, In Spite of You

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Dear Mayor Rahm Emanuel, A few months ago I wrote an open letter to you about why I will not teach in your schools .  You, and your corpo...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Chicago Teachers Strike: A Turning Point

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It has been an amazing couple of weeks here in Chicago.   For once, the topic of education was part of the national-no international -conver...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Arne's Bus Tour: A Call To Action

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Dear friends, colleagues, activists, and supporters of public education: Arne Duncan is coming soon, to a city near you (by near you, I me...
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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Reformers Just Don't Know....

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In the endless back and forth in education debates, a favorite line echoed by Teach for America, the Gates Foundation, KIPP, and all the pow...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

So You Say You Like Parent Empowerment? Careful What You Wish For...

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All the hype around the coming release of a heart-wrenching, pro-privatization film "Won't Back Down" has got me thinking.  I ...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Choosing Solidarity not "Choice"

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I've been reading UIC professor Pauline Lipman's book The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism,Race, and the Righ...

Do Parents Know What They Are Choosing With "School Choice"?

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The other day, I was speaking with the administrative assistant for my floor at the psychiatric hospital where I work.  She happens to be a ...
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