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What It Looks Like When Test Prep Eats Ur School
Tweet It looks like this, as a matter of fact. This is an actual report card from a fifth grade student in Massachusetts whom we will call Ginny, in place of the inevitable Johnny. A note on the...
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Why the Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Matters
TweetThe origins of a surprisingly simple decision that could have major implications… By Martha Carey Something unusual happened in Washington state late last week. Charter schools came out on the...
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*Will Donald Trump Deport Me?* And Other Questions from My Nine-Year-Old...
TweetA student teacher reflects on what her fourth grade students are learning from Donald Trump… By Mary Sypek *Ms. Sypek, what do you think of Donald Trump?* Karim asks. I quickly scramble around in...
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The Plutocrat’s Lament
TweetWriter Joanne Barkan argues that for plutocrats like Bill Gates, democracy is a nuisance… Jennifer Berkshire: You’re the author of a recent case study on what you call Bill Gates’ *charitable...
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You’re Fired!
TweetThe idea that schools can be fixed by firing teachers has become a fixation. In this episode of Have You Heard, Jack Schneider and I discuss the origins of the idea, which he has helpfully...
View ArticleHow Closing Schools Undermines Democracy
TweetIn 2013, a PhD student named Sally Nuamah attended a community meeting in the Chicago neighborhood where she’d grown up and where a public school was slated for closure. Residents talked about...
View ArticleDon’t Mess with Texas’ Schools
TweetHave You Heard heads to fast-growing north Texas for a first-hand look at how support for public education is upending the state’s politics. Spoiler: GOP candidates are scrambling to paint...
View ArticleThere’s No Democracy without Public Education
TweetHave You Heard talks with legal scholar Derek Black about his new book Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy. Despite the title (not to mention the charred...
View ArticleInefficient, Ineffective, and Absolutely Necessary: The Case for Elected...
TweetInefficient. Ineffective. Outdated. Outmoded. Unrepresentative. Sure, local school boards are deserving of all of these criticisms (and more), but they are also seedbeds of local democracy at a...
View ArticleDemocracy and Public Education: A Future in Peril
TweetIn state after state, GOP lawmakers are privatizing education and curbing democracy by changing the rules about how votes are cast and counted. Which raises an urgent question. Why are the same...
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