Seeing Unions Through The Eyes of Teachers

This past weekend at Educon 2.6, Kevin Jarrett and I hosted a session entitled “How Unions Can help Foster Education Reform”.  This was prompted by a question I have had for a long time, which is whether the public view of unions aligns teachers more with...

Schools and Copyright

An article was published on the Washington Post site about a new proposed rule regarding copyright for teachers and students.  The article starts out stating: A proposal by the Prince George’s County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students...

The Illusion of Safety

  They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin As I went to pick up my high school freshman on Tuesday for the Orthodontist, I was met by a private security guard inside the front...

Education Nation

It’s Sunday morning, and MSNBC is having its third Education Nation event, a bit of a town hall with education experts and political folks talking about education in this country.  This year, for the first time, they are including a student town hall, that...