From the Herald Times of Bloomington, IN. Letter: Voucher programs LETTERS October 26, 2011 To the editor: Recently the Chamber of Commerce hosted an education forum that will showcase the aggressive policies of profiteering implemented…
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Homo Moronus: Institutionalizing Ignorance One Voucher at a Time
Michael Dirda, book reviewer extraordinaire, opens his essay review on Jenny Uglow’s “The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World” this way: “In the time of the Lunar men science and art were…
Tony Bennett’s Barbarians of Profit Breach the Walls of Public Institutions
Yesterday the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce hosted a kind of dog and pony show they called an Education Forum that featured the salesmanship of one Tony Bennett (aka T.B. Sheets*), Indiana’s Minister of Public Deception. …
Warren Buffett and Corporate School Reformers to Gentrify / Charterize Indianapolis and Other Cities
The following is part of a longer essay Doug Martin is currently working on considering the Mind Trust, a corporate school reform outfit in Indianapolis. As Atlanta Progressive Review’s Matthew Cardinale recently noted, Purpose Built Communities…
Tony Bennett and the Dark Night of Reform Ideology
I’ll confess that I have trouble focusing when it comes to the continuing and constant aggressive onslaught by “faceless” capital against human beings. I know that capital is not faceless–it shines in the face of…
No Charter School Left Behind: Mitch Daniels, Tony Bennett, and Dennis Bakke’s Imagine Schools
This is a guest post by B-town Errant contributor, Doug Martin. This post was originally published on Mr. Martin’s blog on Fire Dog Lake, and has been republished on B-Town Errant with his permission. Introductory comments from…
Murdoch’s Wireless Gen. and EdisonLearning Donated Money to Tony Bennett
This is a guest post by B-town Errant contributor, Doug Martin. This post was originally published on Mr. Martin’s blog on Fire Dog Lake, and has been republished on B-Town Errant with his permission. As the Indiana…
School Reform is Redistribution, Isn’t it?
From the Huffington Post today, in an article titled “Superintendents Sound Off On School Reform at Harvard Conference“: In the eyes of Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett, America’s schools can only improve by taking on…
Evaluating Valuation: Millions for Business and Games, Hundreds for Kids
I will give props where due even if what I’m giving props about is unintentional. In today’s HT on page A3 there are two stories headlined and their juxtaposition will tell you all you need…
Jeb Bush’s Privatization Plan for Indiana Public Schools
This is a guest post by B-town Errant contributor, Doug Martin. This post was originally published on Mr. Martin’s blog on Fire Dog Lake, and has been republished on B-Town Errant with his permission. A few weeks…