Monthly Archives: April 2018

Testing the hold a community has on its resources

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Audrey Hill

For some communities, high stakes testing is an unnatural disaster…. It’s a means for quietly but efficiently  transferring wealth away from public schools and into private hands… this is euphemistically called #choice but it is really the choice of no choice. … Continue reading →

Posted in charters, Education Policy, Educational Reform Movement, High Stakes Tests, opt out | 3 Comments

We feel the time is not right.

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Audrey Hill

Derrell Bradford, executive vice president of 50CAN, thinks the teacher strikes happening all over the country are unseemly and distasteful.  He thinks teachers should not model striking for fair wages and funding. After all, they are too college educated to engage in a dirty, blue collar, line … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Justice, Education Policy, Equity, Social Justice | 4 Comments

Responding to people responding to me responding to Robert Pondiscio

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Audrey Hill

Responding to your comment requires more than a tweet. I don’t know if we’re in disagreement. It depends a lot on definition and on course of action. We may disagree about what creativity is, what proficiency is and what we need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum, Education Policy, Equity, Social Justice | Comments Off on Responding to people responding to me responding to Robert Pondiscio