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NCTQ Letter Grades and the Reformer Agenda– Part VII
Let’s just cut to the chase and examine some of the icons of corporate reform sitting on this nonpartisan (remember, think “neutral”) NCTQ advisory board. I give you– in a blog entry all to herself,...
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NCTQ Letter Grades and the Reformer Agenda– Part XI
In writing this series on NCTQ, I have read hundreds, perhaps now thousands, of pages of corporate reform documents over the past couple of weeks. It occurs to me that what permanently separates me...
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Part XVII– Grading the NCTQ Advisory Board
I would like to dedicate this post to NCTQ President Kate Walsh, who wrote the following words for the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2011: “…Too many states still does not require annual...
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John White Shoots Self in Foot with Loaded SLTs
Former-TFAer and Broad-trained Louisiana “Superintendent” John White must broadcast something data-ish to demonstrate that He Is Right and Reforms Are Working. Mind you, his reforms are not working;...
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Gates Is Funding USDOE Conferences and “Innovations”
What corporate reformers manage to devise continues to amaze me. I know. It shouldn’t. But it does. During my perusal of the latest Gates grants, I stumbled across a find that makes me tilt my head...
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What Teach for America Says When It Talks to Itself
As I was researching my “Bill Pays to Help Arne” post, I came across a discussion site, Wall Street Oasis, where those hoping to Make It Big on The Street are able to connect in order to solve issues...
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On the Serving Platter: The NEA-Teach Plus “Partnership”
I think both national teachers unions have some skewed arrangement to “seek solidarity” by fastening themselves to privatizing groups. Perhaps such is an adult display of grasping to belong to the...
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An Open Letter to TFAers Tempted to Diagnose ADHD, Among Other Issues
Dear Teach for America (TFA) Corps Member: In 1985, I graduated from high school. So did TFA founder, Wendy Kopp. She and I happen to be only five weeks apart in age. In April 2014, I published a book....
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NCTQ Gets Caught in a Data Collecting Lie
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) will be “grading” university-level, traditional teacher training programs again soon. Last year, 2013, they released this report on June 18. They “grade”...
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Those Nonsense Annual NCTQ Ratings Are Coming on June 17
On June 17, 2014, the so-called National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) will unleash upon the world its ratings of teacher training programs. Here is part of an announcement sent on June 9, 2014, to...
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Teach for America Seeks Help Promoting Itself on Capitol Hill
Teach for America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1991 by Princeton graduate and noneducator, Wendy Kopp. TFA was granted nonprofit status in June 1993. According to its 2013 990, TFA’s...
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TFA Divorced from Corporate Reform: Donkeys Flying
In a September 19, 2015, post, Teach for America (TFA) alum-gone-legitimate-teacher and fellow blogger, Gary Rubinstein, reflects upon the departure of one of two TFA “co-CEOs,” Matt Kramer. In his...
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New TNTP President Among the First to Have Her NYC School’s Charter Revoked
In February 2015, TNTP (used to be The New Teacher Project, but now is just the letters TNTP) announced that effective summer 2015, TNTP will be making some executive-level changes (euphemistically...
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TFA Tries to Squash Its Critics via Less Than One Degree of Separation
One of the challenges in writing about corporate education reform concerns the complex web of involvement among corporate reformers, which is often evident in their sitting on each others’ nonprofit...
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#TFA25FactCheck: Examining TFA’s Facade Cracks in Real Time
On February 5-7, 2016, Teach for America (TFA) will host its 25th Anniversary Summit in Washington, DC. Former TFAer Gary Rubinstein wants to fact-check TFA’s marketing of itself at said celebration....
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More About “Education Post, the Nonprofit”–Including Its Anonymous Donor
On September 01, 2014, Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post officially introduced Peter Cunningham’s Education Post to the world. Below is an excerpt from Layton’s article: Into the fray steps...
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Media Matters: Reporting on Corporate Reform and Omitting Walton, Gates, and...
Pam Vogel is the education program director of the nonprofit, Media Matters. She has been with Media Matters since August 2015. Her previous experience includes four months in 2014 as an intern in the...
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Teach for India and “Excellent Education” on the Cheap
On July 01, 2016, journalist George Joseph published in the Nation an investigative piece entitled, “Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need.”...
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A Teach for America Curiosity: When the Houseplants Outrank TFA
This afternoon I spent surfing sites associated with Teach for America (TFA), the well-known teacher temp agency that recruits individuals who hold bachelors degrees outside of teaching; trains them...
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Spitting Out the Koolaid: A Former Chicago TFAer on TFA, and More
On August 19, 2017, I posted, “A Teach for America Curiosity: When the Houseplants Outrank TFA.” In the post, I focused on former Chicago TFAer, Sarah F., who chose to omit explicitly identifying as a...
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