Writing. . .and academics

The Shadow Scholar
The man who writes your students' papers tells his story

Brilliant from Walt Gardner

The Gini Index and Educational Achievement

And a piece of mine about teaching as a profession:

The Teaching Profession as a Service Industry

Responses to WfS in one place. . .

http://dailycensored.com/2010/10/19/legend-of-the-fall-snapshots-of-whats-wrong-in-the-education-debate/

http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Tale-of-Two-Films-by-Paul-Thomas-101010-109.html

http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/CEP/eJournal/v005n002/a008.shtml

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2010/10/dear_deborah_i_reviewed_waitin.html#comments

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/11/myth-charter-schools/

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/16/3108075/superman-offers-mirage-not-a-miraclehorror.html#storylink=scinlineshare

http://www.truth-out.org/the-myth-bad-teacher64223

http://www.fairtest.org/real-facts-about-waiting-superman

http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2010/12/fact-checking-waiting-for-superman.html

When students speak up. . .

Brave New Voices 2010 - "Love Letter To Albuquerque Public Schools"

Teacher-led schools

A better way to run schools. . .

Follow up: Litte Rock Central: 50 Years Later

Interactive map of poverty by states

Most impoverished states @ Huffington Post

Slate articles on class, income, wealth (repost from earlier)

No free speech for teachers?

Walt Gardner's blog

Commentary on legal aspects

EdWeek School Law blog

Scholarly writing. . .writing well as a young scholar

Some examples:

Legend of the Fall: Snapshots of What’s Wrong in the Education Debate, P. L. Thomas

When Generosity Hurts: Bill Gates, Public School Teachers and the Politics of Humiliation, Henry Giroux

The Politicians Who Cried "Crisis," P. L. Thomas

Of Rocks and Hard Places—The Challenge of Maxine Greene’s Mystification in Teacher Education, P. L. Thomas

More misleading claims from WfS

Taking evidence out of context. . .

Misleading numbers from WfS

A new blog from Ravitch on "Waiting for Superman"

Truthout piece

The Politicians Who Cried "Crisis"

Freedom, decisions, consequences. . .and education

"Freedom becomes mature in confrontation with other freedoms, defending its rights in relation to parental authority, the authority of teachers, and the authority of the state. . . .It's in making decisions that we learn to decide. . . .Consequences are what make decision making a responsible process" (Freire, 1998, pp. 96-97).

Brilliant rebuttal of WfS from Ravitch

The Myth of Charter Schools

(FYI, Ravitch has historically been associated with traditional views of education, including supporting higher standards, more testing, and school choice. Recently, she has publicly reversed her stances in a controversial book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System.)

Bad teachers?

Recommended from Truthout:

The Myth of the Bad Teacher

Algebra Overkill?

From EdWeek:

Is There an Algebra Overkill? By John W. Myres