Donald Trump and Diane Ravitch Are Anti-Testing Soulmates
Staff Writer
June 25, 2020
In these times of high anxiety it’s a boost to one’s spirits to discover a bit of serendipity. That moment came to me when, after
Facing “Unprecedented Uncertainty,” Governors Ask DeVos For Promised Emergency Education Aid
Laura Waters
April 6, 2020
On March 27th, two weeks ago last Friday, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), a $2 trillion
I Spit Out My Coffee When I Read Cory Booker’s Op-Ed: Nine Theories That Explain His Change of Heart.
Laura Waters
November 18, 2019
I gasped as I opened the op-ed section of the New York Times this morning and read Senator Cory Booker’s column repudiating his regressive stance
“Dear Mark”: A Veteran Teacher Gives Himself Ten Pieces of Advice As Another School Year Begins.
Guest Contributor
August 27, 2019
This is a guest post by Mark Joseph, a sixth-grade math teacher at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark, where he has taught for ten years. For
Stacey Abrams Will Give the Democratic Response to Trump’s SOTU. Here’s What She Should Know About What Parents Really Want.
Laura Waters
February 5, 2019
This is a guest post from my friend and colleague Erika Sanzi, who blogs at Good School Hunting. She is a mother of three sons
Is Betsy DeVos on the Verge of Removing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color?
Laura Waters
September 17, 2018
(A different version of this piece appeared earlier this month at Education Post.) Let’s just call her Betsy DeVoid. Our secretary of education earns a
Not Backpacks Full of Cash But Backpacks Full of Rights: NCSECS Takes On Special Education Equity in Charter Schools.
Laura Waters
September 12, 2018
It’s a common complaint among those who look down their collective nose at public charter schools: they don’t serve their fair share of students with
My Take on the Trump Administration’s Disregard for Students with Disabilities
Laura Waters
July 31, 2018
My friends and colleagues at Education Post, Lane Wright and Ikhlas Saleem, asked me to join them on their Voices4ED podcast to talk about the
DeVos Is Stripping Away Civil Rights Protections for Students With Special Needs
Laura Waters
July 6, 2018
I’m detecting a trend. Recently, The Atlantic ran a piece that catalogues the Trump administration’s disregard of civil rights protections for Americans (and aspiring Americans) during the
Correction to Betsy DeVos from a Public School Teacher: Reports of Common Core’s Demise Are Grossly Exaggerated
Laura Waters
January 17, 2018
Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, in what Chalkbeat calls “some of her most expansive public remarks since taking over the department last year,” slammed the Common Core