Choosing Democracy

Kids are not born with an intrinsic motivation to seek success in school. They have to be taught this preference. With older students, in...

Let us be clear. One activist teacher in a school is excellent, but is not school reform. Two activists are not school reform. One prog...

We have experienced over twenty years of corporate driven “school reform”. Usually the administrators in charge have adopted an accountabi...

Across California, however, achievement gaps have not narrowed, and in some cases they have widened since 2001, according to a study of Cali...

Note; Posting this portion of the speech does not mean that I agree with the ideas. President's Speech Speech to the Center for the Stud...

Sacramento Progressive Alliance Media Advisory Nov. 18,2006 For immediate release: Nov. 18, 2006 For more information Duane Camp...

Don’t’ face school reform alone; organize An organizing model for school change. We know from experience in several cities that school refo...

NY. Times. April 9, 2006 The New York City schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, is once again rethinking the nation's largest school syst...

OpinionJournal Wall Street Journal Online November 15, 2006 ELECTION 2006 Class Struggle American workers have a chance to be heard. BY JIM ...

Just Whose Idea was all this testing? By Jay Mathews
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 14, 2006; A06 The Washington Post: In an...

Bill Moyers This I do know: We should be honest about what we mean by “urban education.” We are talking about the poorest and most vulnerabl...

From: LA Weekly. Voters Snookered. Nov.8, 2006. As it turns out, those who want honest and accountable government have taken matters into t...

Radical Possibilities; Public Policy, urban education, and a new social movement. Jean Anyon. 2005 Radical Possibilities is a well written ...

Radical Possibilities; Public Policy, urban education, and a new social movement. Jean Anyon. 2005 Radical Possibilities is a well written ...

This is what Sen. Joe said today on the Meet the Press. Sunday, Nov.12, 2006 SEN. LIEBERMAN:" I’m going to be an optimist, and take som...

Fuzzy Math American Prospect. For one proposed education reform, 65 percent doesn't add up. By Alexander Wohl
 
Lost amidst all the pund...

I am not buying it. The last decade has been a time of extremely partisan battles in Congress and in the government. The U.S. House was dir...

SANDERS ELECTED TO SENATE Today, history was made when Vermont Congressman Bernie Sanders became the first self-identified socialist electe...

“While it may come as a surprise to those who depend solely on the popular press for information about such issues, the claim that school qu...

The nation has experienced over twenty years of administration driven “school reform”. Usually the administrators in charge have adopted a...