July 2013 - Geek Palaver

Bribing Alabama to Adopt Common Core

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Russell

If Common Core is such an amazing approach to education, why can't we have an honest discussion about it? Why was it rushed to adoption?

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Russell

Real, sustainable change does not come from mobilization but rather from assessing reality and then imagining what that reality could be.

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Russell

The days of a tenured principal like Tom Drake standing up to an abusive superintendent in defense of his or her teachers are, sadly, nearly over.

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Russell

It certainly seems as though Dr. Wardynski is actively working on Pearson's behalf. And that is a clear conflict of interest.