Do you ever read a piece and think, “I wish I’d written that?” Lynnel Mickelson, who describes herself as a progressive Democrat, wrote a great
“My fellow [Newark Teachers Union] members: we are in a war; we are a labor union. We will act like a labor union at war;
Last week Chris Stewart, native of New Orleans and graduate of the its public school system (“My NOLA education sucked. Badly.) blogged about how “a dedicated
One of the most powerful, progressive, and popular leaders in national politics is U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), whom many regard as Teddy Kennedy’s heir
The Wall St. Journal reported yesterday that the Wisconsin Education Association has “lost more than half of its 40,000 members in four years” since the
On Anderson’s retirementCami Anderson: “I didn’t know it was going to happen today.” John Mooney, founding editor of NJ Spotlight, on NJTV: “I certainly would make
“The teachers’ unions are in a terrible situation,” he said, “because on the one hand they want to argue that expectations are too high. But
A couple of weeks ago Citizen Stewart wrote that he was having trouble shutting his mind off after writing, in “Painting Education the Whitest Shade
It starts here: Almost everyone is finding something to like in the new U.S. Senate bill that would replace No Child Left Behind, titled the
It starts here: Legislators, lobbyists, and Twitter feeds were aflame last week when news surfaced that Pearson, the company that produces PARCC assessments, had hired