I just started reading David Graeber’s new book, Debt: The First 5000 Years and I’d like to keep you apprised as I go. I heard Graeber via a podcast and then saw an interview with…
Posts Published by Douglas Storm
Douglas Storm is a host and producer for Interchange on Bloomington, Indiana's community radio station WFHB.
"Why then do you try to 'enlarge' your mind? Subtilize it..."
Accumulation by Dispossession: Land Theft Masquerading as “Empowering Parents”
Just read these two pieces and see if you need much more to understand the reality of what “loosing” the beast upon the prey that is your public schools, and by very near and dear…
“Imagine” Trouble: Charter School Operator Places Top Admin on Leave
From today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch (h/t Tammy) comes news of (more) trouble in the “Imagine(d)” paradise. In their report, Imagine Schools places top executive on leave, the paper notes Findings about Imagine’s St Oral medication…
Making Room for a Finnish Education in America
I shared yesterday’s Brief about Finland’s success in international testing standards (success that flies in the face of “teaching testing”) with a local message board that is a space of community conjunction between the municipality…
Lessons From Finland: Against “Capital” Values for Education Systems
Finland’s secret to educational success? Do exactly the opposite of the US. While that might not be written anywhere, that is literally the case. Finland’s Teacher-Student ratio in secondary school? About 12-1. We keep pushing…
How to Blind Justice
Greenwald’s new book (With Liberty and Justice for Some) arrived yesterday. As is my, er, usual practice, I repaired to the water closet for a prefatory inspection. I will offer the full amount of the…
The Barbaric Heart of the Market and Its Acolytes
If you’re an Errant reader (thanks!) then you’re aware of my visceral negative reaction to the blog by Walmart scholar Jay Greene called, imaginatively, “Jay P. Greene’s Blog” (do you think he meant the “P”…
Why Wasteful Spending Is Preferable: Economics is Psychology
I’m not a fan of economics. I’d rank it well below Freudian psychology as a sociology masquerading as, or yearning to be seen as, a “science”. Of course, I’m no great fan of the myriad…
Toady #2: Greg Forster, Friedman Fellow
Because I linked to Walmart scholar JayZee Greene’s blog their blog program picks it up and sticks it into the particular post’s comments thread. Toady #2, as I characterized him in the post, Greg Forster,…
Implementing Common Core State Standards: An Inside View
The B-town Errant received a communication from the trenches this morning regarding the recent posts about Common Corporate State Standards. Our correspondent generously agreed to allow us to reproduce the email. I have altered some…