In today’s New York Times Paul Krugman, in the context of the DNC and RNC conventions, describes the difference between tribalism and patriotism. Michelle Obama’s
Today at The 74 Bill Bennett suggests that the opt-out movement in New York is driven solely by teacher union leaders and allies who have
Jim Schutze has a provocative column in the Dallas Observer (hat tip: Chris Stewart) called “Teacher Unions and Koch Bros. Join Forces to Sell Out
When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo navigated an overhaul of the teacher tenure law last Spring, he took a moribund system – one in which
Today’s New York Times features a doomsday article on the demise of the PARCC assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards in Massachusetts. In
From his interview with the Star-Ledger: On misunderstandings regarding his involvement with the Facebook grant:. I was not part of the picture in summer of 2010,
As most of you are aware by now, over the weekend Hillary Clinton, sounding, according to Politico, “less like a decades-long supporter of charters schools…and
If you’re the parent of a New Jersey public school student, then this week marks your annual quality time bonus. As all parents know, schools
Campbell Brown responds to Democratic candidates’ compliance with AFT’s and NEA’s demands that they boycott The74’s education summit: The teachers unions active attempt to undercut
As Mike Antonucci reported yesterday and Politico reports today, the “top brass” of the National Education Association’s PAC is planning to push through an early