The K-12 education-reform movement was once led primarily by conservatives and libertarians with centrist Democrats as junior partners. But over the past decade, education reform has taken a hard left turn.
Republicans are now almost entirely invisible within the ranks of its activists. This progressive capture of education reform—like the capture of much of the media and academia—will undermine the quality and effectiveness of the movement’s work.To Read the Full Story
jaypgreene rickhess99 Please dont fool yourselves into thinking all public, private or charter schools are alike. Adequate $ spent well can produce excellent outcomes. We cant wait till they get turned down for higher ed to find out their school has failed Pay attention parents!
jaypgreene rickhess99 As an educator observing k12 school without math and science teachers-poor salaries that do not match those of private sector-we need bonus pay for stem teacher-student loan forgiveness alternative to antiquated lifetime union job education 💵🇺🇸💵 AEIeducation
jaypgreene rickhess99 Thank god; we can only hope they continue to undermine the “education reform” movements effectiveness; we don’t want a coalition largely controlled by wealthy dilettantes and profiteering edu-companies to be “effective” in their quest to dismantle the promise of public education
jaypgreene rickhess99 And that is bad for the country and we are starting to see the results.
jaypgreene rickhess99 Gates has thrown a TON of $$$$$ in support of Charter Schools here in WA 👍
jaypgreene rickhess99 Double standard much?
jaypgreene rickhess99 Something is radically wrong
jaypgreene rickhess99 Wtf are you talking about? Betsy Devos and her cronies are getting away with murder. You all live in an alternate reality and its really sad.
jaypgreene rickhess99 When America officially ends up in a dumpster like Venezuela, look no further than the left for who to blame.
jaypgreene rickhess99 Democrats should definitely not have control of education reform. They will take away school choice and add Socialist propaganda.
jaypgreene rickhess99 ...and, get rid of FAILING SUBSTANDARD, charterschools that benefit UberRich CEO Republican donors. Just another leech-job of taxpayer subsides for rich socialism in the U.S.
jaypgreene rickhess99 Funny, you didn’t mention the terrible things Dems r doing w education only that they r involved. Living in TX where conservatives own the education system & they want creationism taught is a crock. They also downplay slavery among other things. WSJ has really lost it