by David Safier Here's an example of how an online school can use a different model — as in, the classroom model, only online — than what we see in most online education. The school is the Education Program for Gifted Youth, also known as the Stanford Online High School (SOHL) because of its affiliation … Read more
by David Safier How do you get voters to pass legislation supporting vouchers, for-profit online charter schools and a raft of other education privatization measures? You create truly heinous decoy legislation to keep the opposition, especially unions, busy, then slide the desired bills in when no one is looking. Patricia Levesque, a top adviser to … Read more
by David Safier Field Elementary School in Dallas,Texas, really emphasized reading and math for its third graders. I mean, really emphasized it. Though students were given grades on their report cards for science, social studies and music, none of those subjects were taught. The school's principal is currently on administrative leave. The purpose of the … Read more
by David Safier It's essential to understand the link between the current "education reform" movement and the profit motive, generally referred to as the corporatization of education. The fact is, hedge fund managers and other investment giants are learning, if they play their cards right, there's gold in them thar schools. Case in point: The … Read more
by David Safier I don't know Weekly reporter Mari Herreras personally (kinda wish I did), but I certainly enjoy her as a writer who can combine passion with a level of reportorial objectivity. Tough balance. Herreras has the cover story in this week's issue, a longish piece going through what she sees as the Ten … Read more