Posted by Editors Diane Ravitch, Education Business, In The News, Media Watch, Teacher Bashing, Working Conditions Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Former champion of tests, standards and targets, now a defender of teachers and critic of vulture philanthropists and business interference in education talks to John Stewart (12:30 secs onwards).
Posted by Editors Free Schools, In The News Saturday, March 5th, 2011
If ever you needed evidence why ‘free’ schools are a very bad idea indeed, then look no further than the illiberal comments of one Toby Young in a recent Spectator magazine and yesterday’s Torygraph. And this is the type of person Gove wants to take control of schools?! The guy isn’t fit to be a [...]
Posted by Editors Charter Schools, Education Business, Free Schools, In The News, League Tables, Tories Friday, March 4th, 2011
For all those celebrating the news of Toby Young’s ‘free’ school funding green light, recent events in one Los Angeles’s charter school group should perhaps make us more than a little concerned about the future integrity of opt-out schools. The LA Times report that “The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Tuesday to begin the [...]