[Sit back and feast on this cornucopia of “insider-trading” in Indiana Education. Is it just me or is there just an odd linguistic “reality” called forth in this partnership? “Indian(a)” and “Turkey” equals an (immigrant)…
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A Little Ditty ‘Bout Jeb and Patty: Bush Ed Lobby Director Levesque Hearts Tony Bennett
Editor’s note–this is especially compelling coming on the heels of the I-Read 3 results (see the last “success” listed for TB below). FROM: Doug Martin TO: Indiana Select Commission on Education Dear Indiana Select Commission…
Corporate Foxes in the IN DOE Henhouse: The Chain School Gospel of Jeb Bush, Jon Hage and WalMart
When the Indiana Charter School Board recently approved two new Charter Schools USA schools to open in Indianapolis, the corporate school honeymoon was on. The East Indianapolis Charter Academy and the South Indianapolis Charter Academy,…
Lessons Learned? Pearson Royals Aided by Indiana Arnolds
I felt compelled to post this in the hopes that you might take it and show it to your principals, your superintendents, your school board members and your state school board members. What follows is…
People ARE Markets for Improvement: Simple, Banal, Evil
It is clear by now (by now, by now, right?) as Goldman Sachs continues to rake in cash and continues to occupy top government roles determining policy, as Oil companies continue to destroy land and…
Parent Revolution: Not Your Parents, Not a Revolution
INDIANA CORPORATE SCHOOL UPDATES FOR JANUARY 22, 2012 Once again, ISTA’s Nate Schnellenberger wishy-washes around fighting off the Indiana corporate school reformers, this time in response to the fake parent trigger bill. Nate says “We think…
Martin’s Monsters–Highlighting the Latest from the Education Apocalypse
Doug Martin, always on the look-out for “news” from Liar’s Club, Education Division, sent us a few links to explore. What becomes clear, or is always clear, is that these folks are rank propagandists–simply look…
Imperial Philanthropy: Using Education Reform to Buy the Earth and Sky
Editor’s note: Doug Martin’s work supplies a kind of corrective to the simple “top-line” story and understanding of the education reform movement. It can be understood to be “about” management and assessment to enforce a…
Doug Martin’s Abecedary of Indiana’s Corporate Education Pirates
Below are the main groups involved in destroying Indiana public education. Many of these outfits have a national reach, as well, and their main goal is to hand our schools over to for-profit companies. Vouchers…
The Crony Corruption of the Indiana Charter School Board: Mining Kids for Cash
(The following is a letter Doug Martin recently sent to the Indiana Charter School Board, which is now taking comments concerning their corporate school reform agenda. Take the opportunity to email them and let them…