Today’s HT front-page story by Bethany Nolan detailing an informational meeting about the state’s expansive voucher program is titled “School Vouchers Praised for Adding Options,” while the online edition changes its title somewhat to “School…
Date Archives August 2011
Facebook Ban Doomed a la Footloose! But That’s Not the Real Lesson…
The Amy Hestir Student Protection Act in Missouri is set to go into effect on August 28th. The law’s primary purpose is to protect children against sexual predators. Here is the section that has come…
Turnaround in Schools is Aggressive Coercive Takeover
(Update below) An Errant favorite Indiana Ed blog, School Matters, is sounding alarms over the State Department of Education’s plans to take-over and sell “turnaround” services to “reform” companies. One company in particular, EdisonLearning. Indiana Superintendent…
We Trust in Tech Companies? (Pew Poll)
This is from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and serves to add more detail to the recent Errant post In None Do We Trust. It’s an article regarding poll information…
Rise of the Divine Ape
I am in no position to critique the Rise of the Planet of the Apes as one in a a franchise of films (and TV series). I have seen the Planet of the Apes, but…
Politicians, Corporations, Unions…In None Do We Trust
First, who’s this “we”? I don’t know…”Americans”? Is there such a thing? So, on the heels of recent cursory research into the salaries of our local major liberal arts university as well as a report…
An Illegitimate Public Discourse – Or, Liars Everywhere
Bear with me on this…it’s a simple point and one I’ll keep making as The Errant keeps “heralding the unwritten”: Where will we find truth regarding our world–the world that is factual and verifiable? Politics…
Privitization of Schools: What Faith Are You Funding?
“…I think privatization and choice programs will grow massively at the state level. We’ll have poor schools with declining budgets for the poor inner-city kids and rural kids, largely made up of kids of color…
New Yorker Spins a Grimm Fairy Tale: The Monster Hunt for Osama
In the mood for a good monster story, or tired of reading good journalism? (Cue laugh track.) I highly recommend picking up this week’s New Yorker for some good, old fashioned propaganda. In the latest…
What’s In a Name? School District as Corporation
“It rocks the core of education and what we’ve been accustomed to. From the changes in collective bargaining to teacher/principal evaluations, merit pay and changes in the immigration laws, it’s just been one thing after…