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Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Thank you for visiting my blog

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Thank you for visiting my blog. I sometimes don't have time to post here everything that I send to my school reform email list, so if ...

Dismal Voucher Results Surprise Researchers as DeVos Era Begins; DeVos and Tax Credit Vouchers: Arizona Shows What Can Go Wrong

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With Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration pushing school choice, I’d like to take a look at the debate. First, here are two NYT articl...

John Kirtley's defense of vouchers

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Here’s John Kirtley’s response:   Whitney, First of all, I really appreciate the chance to respond. I have always valued your fo...

Kevin Carey Flashes Back to 2009 for a Wild West tax credit tale

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Here’s Matthew Ladner’s response (on Jay Greene’s blog): Kevin Carey Flashes Back to 2009 for a Wild West tax credit tale (Guest Pos...

Elizabeth Warren's support for vouchers

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Here’s an argument for vouchers from someone you might not expect, Elizabeth Warren (though it’s quite dated): https://www.wsj.com/artic...

Leaping to Judgment on School Choice

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Paul DiPerna’s response: Leaping to Judgment on School Choice By Paul DiPerna 03/02/2017 http://educationnext.org/leaping-to-judg...

How Trump Can Expand School Choice

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Cardinal Dolan’s op ed in today’s WSJ:   How Trump Can Expand School Choice A scholarship tax credit would put poor kids in good pri...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The argument FOR Betsy DeVos

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Both Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), on whose board I serve, and I (personally) cannot support DeVos’s nomination – but I sincerely...
Friday, November 18, 2016

DFER encourages no Democrat to accept an appointment to serve as Secretary of Education

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DFER just released this statement: In response to reports of Democratic candidates being considered in President-elect Donald Tr...

Unions win and students lose in Massachusetts

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A spot-on WaPo editorial:   Unions win and students lose in Massachusetts By Editorial Board November 10 at 7:28 PM ...

Trump Set to Shift Gears on Civil Rights, ESSA, Says a K-12 Transition-Team Leader

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I do not feel much optimism re. President Trump, either in general or in the area of education, but hope he surprises me. Here's an ...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Heart-breaking appeal

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Ryan Hill, who founded and runs KIPP in NJ, just sent me this heart-breaking appeal. I just donated $250. Please do what you can – they&...

Cory Booker reflects on the election

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I am still collecting my thoughts and trying to come to grips with the unexpected and grim results on Tuesday night, but in the meantim...

Education-related ballot initiatives

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This article ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/11/09/massachusetts-charter-schools-georgia-school-takeovers-how-voters...

Students' perspective on Trump election

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If you (like me) are feeling sorry for yourself (and our country), please take a moment and imagine the alientation, fear and terror bei...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Whit's wager, but too late now

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With the polls tightening, many folks believe Trump is going to win (or at least has a 50/50 chance). If you're one of them (or know...

Fortune - more on -- bull case for Trump

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Never let it be said that I won't present a point of view contrary to my own. Fortune has two articles making the bull and bear case...

Fortune - Scaramucci with the bull case

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I actually think Scaramucci makes some good points: Washington is indeed broken, our economic growth isn't what it should be, our ta...

Charter school - Schools That Work

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STOP THE PRESSES! The NYT's newest op ed columnist, David Leonhardt, wrote a tremendous story about charter schools last week, with ...