Peter Greene has been a classroom secondary English teacher for over thirty-five years. He lives and works in a small town in Northwest Pennsylvania, blogs at Curmudgucation, and is Midwest Regional Progressive Education Fellow.
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The Education Debate Over Minority Voters
Are minority parents seeking better schools for their kids supporters of charter schools, or leading figures in the resistance to a choice-based education reform movement? Read more
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What Back-to-School News Stories Hide About Charter Schools
Behind the feel-good puffery are issues about the loss of local control, under-funded schools, and public money used for private gain. Read more
Charles Edward Miller
Four Truths About For-Profit Charter Schools
2020 Democratic candidates taking a stand against for-profit charters is like bravely standing up in opposition to yeti attacks. Read more
davidmulder61
A Teacher’s Scorecard for Democratic 2020 Hopefuls
This time around, teachers unions have announced their intention to cast a wider net for member opinions. I’m happy to step up. Read more
Brad Wilson
Charter Schools Have a Big Problem, and Rebranding Won’t Help
Charters promised all sorts of miraculous educational achievements at low, low prices. But those achievements haven’t appeared. More people are understanding that what we’re really talking about is the privatization of our public school system. Read more
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Dear House Democrats: Go Easy on Betsy DeVos
I’m not looking for gotcha moments or public chastising of the Secretary, I’m after something larger. Read more
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Six Ways Betsy DeVos Gets Teachers’ Unions Wrong
DeVos’s antagonism toward unions shows not only her disrespect for teachers but also how her animosity toward organized teachers warps her understanding of issues. Read more
Kumar Appaiah
Most Political Candidates Agree “Education Is Good.” But Only a Few Have a Lesson Plan
A case study from Pennsylvania’s midterms. Read more
What the ‘Sensible Middle’ Doesn’t Get About Education
There is no middle between facts and the story that the earth is flat. Read more
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The Janus Decision Is Wrong, But Teachers Know How to Organize Around It
Union supporters say Janus is a big blow, but for many educators like me, it will be nothing new. The question is, what are the practical effects? Read more
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Pro-Public Education Democrats Are Winning Big in Pennsylvania
In a recently de-gerrymandered state, Democrats standing up for public education hit on a winning strategy. Read more
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Why Teachers Strike (It’s Not All About Money)
As a past union president, I know there’s nothing teachers would rather do less than strike. Getting a majority of them to do so is really, really hard. Read more
Gage Skidmore
DeVos Unfiltered: Education Reform Began in 380 BC and Public School Students are ‘Trapped’
The Education Secretary let it all hang out at the tenth annual National Summit on Education Reform. Her remarks to the exceptionally friendly crowd are worth a close look. Read more
Gage Skidmore
Picking Apart Betsy DeVos’ Priority List
The Department of Education’s new proposed priorities for deciding who to gets grant money says a lot about how DeVos will wield her power. Read more
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There Is No Such Thing as an Average School—and That Matters
We talk about education generally, but your children go to school very specifically. Read more
woodleywonderworks
Your Guide to “Personalized Learning”
The Next Big Thing in education offers great promise, but there are many, many devils hiding in the details. Read more
How Online Charter Schools Hurt Small Town America
Cyber schools drain rural districts of much needed funds, do a lousy job of educating, and use taxpayer dollars to advertise. Read more
Why the U.S. News Best High School Rankings Are Like Basketball
If we believe that a successful school curates students to be good test takers who will do lots of AP tests, then maybe these ratings mean something. Read more
Nic McPhee
Why the Status Quo for Teachers May Not Change, Despite DeVos and Trump
We could be years away from knowing what the new education law will bring. That’s because education policy is like the worst game of telephone ever. Here’s how. Read more
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At CPAC, Betsy DeVos Takes the Wrong Lesson from Obama's Education Reforms
DeVos's cynical assertion that spending money on public schools doesn't help students comes out of punitive policies advocated by Democrats. Thanks, Obama. Read more
Gage Skidmore
Picking Apart Betsy DeVos’ Priority List
The Department of Education’s new proposed priorities for deciding who to gets grant money says a lot about how DeVos will wield her power. Read more
