In my neck of the woods it's that time again, and my wife is all set and ready to go. But in the meantime, here's some reading for you today.
Mission Accomplished
Privileged policies to privilege the already privileged. An important read.
Vouchers Are a Failed Experiment
I always appreciate it when someone outside the education debates world figures it out.
Success Academy Slashes Special Needs Classes
Oh, those pesky students with special needs. Leonie Haimson spots Eva Moskowitz cutting corners again
How Newarks Former Schools Chief Used a Victory Lap and Paid Consultants To Secure His Legacy
From Chalkbeat, a look at how a reformster used a pile of money to do PR for himself.
Mainstream Journalism Can't Handle the Truth
Paul Thomas explains how journalism is doomed to fail in covering education.
Response To Intervention's Role in the Texas Special Education Scandal
I definitely don't say it often enough-- you should read Nancy Bailey regularly. Here she drills down and looks at some of the detail behind the Texas plan to cut special ed costs by just not giving services to students who need them.
Beware Rich People Who Say They Want To Change the World
From the New York Times, a blistering look at the modern world of fauxlanthropy-- and yes, that includes education.
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