I am pleased and honored to be here today. When I was first asked by Mary Yepez if I would deliver this address, I responded that I was not sure that she had called the right person. After all, I explained, I had never taught English as a Second Language and, while I was familiar […]
Education Notes
The failure of US public schools to educate working class (and especially black, Hispanic, and Native American) students is not terribly affected by periods of austerity. The schools fail in good times and bad, whether teachers are well paid or not and whether they’re unionized or not. On the other hand, it is increasingly clear […]
Beneath the Surface of Education Reform
This four part article was originally published in the Field Notes section of The Brooklyn Rail. Part I In this multi- part article, I hope to describe the motivations and methods of the dominant forces in education reform circles, assess the consequences of those reforms, and sketch out an alternative to the complaints and demands […]