Choosing Democracy

Adrianna Huffington. Last week, over a pre-Christmas dinner, the two of us, along with political strategist Alexis McGill, filmmaker/autho...

C rony Capitalism:  Robert Johnson

Standardized testing hurting U.S. education  EAST LANSING, Mich. — America’s increasing reliance on standardized testing as a yardstick fo...

Inside the Military-Industrial-Media Complex: Impacts on Movement for Social Justice Sunday 27 December 2009 by: Peter Phillips and Mic...

On Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the Obama administration's plan to address the crisis in t...

When teachers argue that school funding should not be cut, we are told by the   Republicans in the legislature that there is not choice, ...

By Joseph Shansky Upside Down World December 23, 2009    "As a revolutionary I will be today, tomorrow    and forever on the fro...

Arne Duncan’s Two-by-Four: Is It Big Enough? By Peter Schrag 
California Progress Report Columnist There was a lot of scolding these la...

When teachers argue that school funding should not be cut, we are told by the   Republicans in the legislature that there is not choice, ...

The health care bill being considered by the U.S. Senate is inadequate and too tilted toward the insurance industry, AFL-CIO President Ric...

Race to the Top Resisters are Right Sent to USA Today  by Stephen Krashen Those opposing California's participation in Race to the To...

Over the Top Six Tips for Winning 'Race to the Top' Money By Yong Zhao I have been reading through the voluminous document publis...

Why school reform has failed. After over a decade of test driven accountability, schools serving poor and minority students are not improve...

by Jim Crawford. ELL Advocates Arne Duncan gave an extended interview to EdWeek staff a couple of weeks ago. I was disappointed that th...

What is wrong with SBX5 1 ? Both teachers unions, representing people who actually work with children, find the Brownley approach bette...

Note: The Romero bill is to implement Race to the Top. SB X5-1.  See post below. California Council on Teacher Education CCTE’s disappoi...

Stop Schwarzenegger’s Attack on Educators Tell the California Senate “Vote NO on Romero’s SB X5 1” Join CFT, CTA, CSEA and the California...

by Stephen Krashen, Education Secretary Duncan thinks that Schools of Education do a "mediocre job" and need strict accountabil...