PUBLIC EDUCATION NATION from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.
The public face of progressive education these days is author and education historian Diane Ravitch (“The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education,” “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to Americas Public Schools”). She’s one of the founders of the Network for Public Education (NPE) which has brought together educators, parents and community members around the country, using lots of hard work and very little money to get its message out. The NPE is at the forefront of the pro-public schools, anti-privatization/corporatization/”education reform” push in the country. Tucson’s own Robin Hiller is NPE’s Executive Director.
Saturday, NPE’s first “PUBLIC Education Nation” event will be webcast live at Schoolhouselive.org starting at 9am Arizona time.
For years, reformers have talked down to students, parents and teachers. Now it’s time for us talk back! Join Diane Ravitch, Anthony Cody and Leonie Haimson as they take on Common Core, charters and school closures, and other threats to public education, October 11, 2014, 12-5 PM (EST), for the first ever Public Education Nation webcast, on schoolhouselive.org. Featured panelists include some of the most innovative voices in public education: Carol Burris, Brian Jones Takeima Bunche-Smith, Rose River-McCutchen, Alan Aja, Xian Barrett, Hiram Rivera, Yohuru Williams, Jeff Bryant, Gary Rubinstein, Karran Harper Royal, Wendy Lecker, Robin Hiller, Phyllis Tashlik, Greg Anrig, and in conversation with Diane Ravitch, Jitu Brown.
This article appears in Oct 9-15, 2014.
There is no bigger crybaby than the supporters of the public school dynasty. Monday is Christopher Columbus Day. the public schools have convinced the children to hate him. Presidents Day? traded for another. Washington’s birthday? Forgotten. Lincoln? Maligned. God? Gone.
You know what? You deserve what’s left. It’s of your making.
I watched the streaming conference and was impressed by the intelligent and insightful presentations by the panelists. Great forum if you are interested in how “education reform” has been co-opted by the federal government through RTTT to benefit their allies in the for profit education marketplace.
Has anybody stopped to think that maybe, just maybe the government is trying to prepare the student for the workplace? Blame it on corporatists all you want, but the public needs jobs and the country needs production.
“For profit” education gets this. The public school holdouts are still clinging to a “rewrite history” type of brainwashing education.
Even the not-so-smart have figured this out.
I’ll take exception to “For profit” education gets this.”, Rat T. The worst predators in the education and training market are the for profits (ITT Tech, Corinthian, University of Phoenix, etc.) The feds have come down hard on these players (Corinthian just shut down under pressure) who by an odd coincidence scale their tuition directly to the maximum available federal funding.
These tuitions are double and triple (or more) the costs of tuition at local community colleges offering the same certifications and degrees. And guess what, few of the enrolled students (known as “seats”) are equipped to perform the work, complete the program and yet are burdened for life with debt than cannot be discharged even through bankruptcy.
The profit motivation is at the heart of the debate on “school reform” and destructive of the teaching profession.
Then may I ask, who monitors the profit motives of the government?
Market based competition leaves the door wide open for competitors in the trade school arena.
Where are they?
Most of the destruction of the teaching profession was self inflicted. Garbage in, garbage out. They limited what they heard until that’s all they believed.
“Then may I ask, who monitors the profit motives of the government?” Rat T
Groups like Public Education Nation – watchdogs of the government-education-for profit industry. Education is the 2nd largest market in the US (over $3 trillion annually). If you like the military industrial complex, you’ll love these guys starting with the Gates Foundation and Pearson.
“Market based competition leaves the door wide open for competitors in the trade school arena.
Where are they?
See above but add in ITT Tech, Corinthian, and all the predatory trade schools. You can check out their share values on the big board. They do more harm than good and leave their student victims in financial binds they will never free themselves from.