Yes, this is up late. That extra hour screwed me all up. But I would still make it a point to read these offerings and pass along the ones you're most inspired by.
Betsy DeVos doesn't understand how markets really work
There are many things wrong with the DeVosian ideal or free market driven education, but one of the problems is that she doesn't have the "how markets work" piece correct. Here's a good explainer of hat she doesn't understand about the invisible hand.
School Choice in Rural America
Jenny Robinson looks at the particular style of destruction the school choice programs wreak on rural communities
Dark Money pours into school board races
A look at just how bad the movement to buy local school boards has become, at The Answer Sheet
Protecting children's right to childhood
Nobody speaks up for the rights of littles like Teacher Tom.
A brilliant way to teach children
An early childhood expert finds a great model-- just not in the US
I'm 10 and I want girls to raise their hands
A young girl and the Girl Scouts take steps to empower young women
The Mis-education of Eva Moskowitz
Great profile of NYC's top charter queen
What happened to big data?
Slate looks at the decline of big data, including its failure in education.
Siezing the civic education moment
Civics education is needed now more than ever. How do we make it happen?
Aint That a Shame
Russ Walsh and the problem of shame as pedagogy
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