Building Better SchoolsBuild and Support Issues
How to get your kid to read more. https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46501/how-to-help-students-develop-a-love-of-reading
Atlantic: The importance of content for reading comprehension and the problem with heavy emphasis on skill instruction after children learn foundation skills. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/the-radical-case-for-teaching-kids-stuff/592765/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20190709&silverid-ref=MzIxODYxNzA4MTE0S0 and https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/12/bob-shepherd-assessing-e-d-hirsch-jr-and-cultural-literacy/
One third of the available jobs require an AA degree but not a four year college degree. https://www.ppic.org/blog/video-career-pathways-and-economic-mobility-at-californias-community-colleges/?utm_source=ppic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blog_subscriber
How 32 school districts are reimaging CTE education. http://research.crpe.org/reports/rethinking-cte/leading-programs/
10 California districts struggle and find some success in shift to common core math. https://edsource.org/2019/10-california-districts-struggle-and-find-some-success-as-they-shift-to-common-core-math/615109
Teachers work longer In the US according an International teacher survey https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/06/19/teachers-around-the-world-say-theyre-satisfied.html?cmp=eml-enl-tu-news2&M=58863824&U=56558&UUID=963b3ee1b30e99b18f611b1fbc9d893e
Jan Resseger: Despite Cruel Conditions at the Border and Threatened ICE Raids, Educators Across U.S. Strive to Serve Immigrant Children https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/20392/
Cutting Public Education
Charter School, Privatization, and Voucher Issues
Jeff Bryant: Why won’t the charter school industry reform itself? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/07/10/why-wont-charter-school-industry-acknowledge-its-documented-failures
How non-profit charters actually make a profit or benefit for-profit companies. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/11/mercedes-schneider-how-non-profit-charters-make-a-profit/; and https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/22/ohio-for-profit-charters-get-rich-running-non-profit-charters-taxpayers-and-students-get-stiffed/ and https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/07/carol-burris-dont-let-democratic-candidates-get-away-with-im-against-for-profit-charters/
Carol Burris: Federal charter school program is a slush fund. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/25/carol-burris-federal-charter-school-program-is-a-slush-fund/
Jan Resseger: Politicians Are Discovering They Can No Longer Ignore Charter School Outrages. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/20299/
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/06/09/the-harsh-discipline-of-no-excuses-charter-schools.html?r=1625209195 Is a strict no-excuse policy necessary or counter-productive?
https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/08/mitchell-robinson-tax-credits-are-a-zombie-idea/
https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/12/los-angeles-the-absurdity-of-co-location/
California. $50 million scam: https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/18/how-online-charter-operators-scammed-more-than-50-million-from-taxpayers-and-schools-in-california/; https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/21/mercedes-schneider-on-the-biggest-charter-heist-in-history-more-than-50-million-and-still-counting/; and https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/10/tom-ultican-how-charter-operators-scammed-50-million-or-more-from-california/ Why California charters have so little oversight. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/24/edsource-why-california-charter-schools-have-little-or-no-oversight/; and Andrea Gabor on the backlash in California against charter schools. https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/charter-schools-unleashed-educational-hunger-games-in-california-now-its-fighting-back;
https://capitalandmain.com/when-charter-schools-fail-parents-are-left-scrambling-0709;
Florida. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/in-floridas-tangled-mess-of-school-privatization-students-rights-are-trampled-tax-dollars-wasted/ and https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/21/national-education-policy-center-florida-claims-about-charter-schools-are-meaningless/
New York City. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/06/new-york-times-charters-in-nyc-trying-to-reform-themselves-as-backlash-grows/
Indiana. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/21/karen-francisco-indianas-school-choice-frauds/
Washington state. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/03/washington-state-bold-experiment-with-charters-is-flunking/
Ohio. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/21/bill-phillis-stop-online-theft-of-public-funds/; https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/22/ohio-more-charter-scandals-running-on-steam/
New Orleans. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2019/06/22/new-orleans-charter-school-fradulently-tried-to-graduate-49-of-its-class-of-2019/ ; https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/consequence-of-nola-high-school-grade-fix-all-new-orleans-hs-student-records-to-be-audited/
Pennsylvania. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/03/pennsylvanias-expensive-ineffective-cyber-charters/
Nevada. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/09/angie-sullivan-the-great-charter-scam-in-nevada/
Oklahoma. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/07/02/oklahoma-teachers-accuse-for-profit-charter-chain-of-fraud/
https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/30/great-britain-school-privatization-run-amok/
https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/29/peter-greene-devos-puts-profits-over-students-are-you-surprised/
https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/28/shawgi-tell-david-osborne-neoliberal-privatizer/; neo-liberalism undermines the common good by promoting vouchers and charter schools. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/20315/
“Reform” Foibles
Skepticism grows about test-based school accountability and privatization. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/20239/
Jan Resseger: Florida’s failed education reforms. https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/29/jan-resseger-floridas-education-disaster/
Five reasons school takeovers fail. http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2019/06/five-reasons-school-takeovers-fail.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FORjvzd+%28CURMUDGUCATION%29 and see https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/28/bill-phillis-state-takeovers-cause-chaos-not-improvement/
Why standardized tests aren’t working for teachers. https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2019/06/19/why-standardized-tests-arent-working-for-teachers.html?r=1701257789
https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/18/teacher-stop-ranking-schools-it-is-a-fraud/; https://dianeravitch.net/2019/06/28/missouri-u-s-news-overlooked-one-of-the-nations-best-high-schools/
Technology