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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
The Economist is an influential publication based in London. It writes, as its name suggests, about world economic affairs. In its current issue, the publication makes the case that the schools must quickly…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
The Bald Piano Guy is a very clever New Ayork City public school teacher who posts musical videos on YouTube expressing his views about education and politics, always with a smile. In this…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Angela Merkel’s political star appeared to be on the decline until the pandemic erupted across the world. Suddenly Germany had exactly the leader it needed. An experienced public figure with a scientific background…

Originally posted on deutsch29:
The widespread cancellation of standardized testing across America during this COVID-19 pandemic had me wondering about Pearson Learning (PSO as it is known in the stock market), a mammoth education corporation located in the United Kingdom…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Once again, Peter Greene has done us a great favor by reading a tedious billionaire-funded report that tries to prove what we know to be absurd: that the students and teachers of these…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Jeff Bryant has kept tabs on Betsy DeVos, who is quietly turning the pandemic into an opportunity to advance her personal agenda of privatizing public schools. She is not going to let this…

Originally posted on janresseger:
An economic recession is inevitable and public schools are likely to suffer. Across many states, the public schools have finally recovered from deep cuts to state funding during the 2008 recession; other states have not yet…

Originally posted on Gary Rubinstein's Blog:
A big topic among teacher bashing reformers, nowadays, is now easy teachers have it as they attempt to work remotely.  In my last post I wrote about how some prominent reformers found no…

Originally posted on Bob Shepherd | Praxis:
Distance learning is a crock, and teachers are really, really important. Close confinement of animals meant for food (not only in wet markets like the one in Wuhan but in factory farms, from which…