You can’t raise expectations while taking away resources, union protections, and fair ways to evaluate their work. And to his credit, state Sen. Ryan Aument seems to have finally seen the light.

Despite years of government desegregation efforts and the proven benefits of integrated schools, our recently published research shows that U.S. school segregation is higher than it has been in decades, even if there are no longer overt laws requiring racially segregated schools.

As I visit schools these days, I worry that the trusting relationship between supervisors and teachers is being undermined by policies that encourage a “gotcha” mentality, rather than a growth mentality.

State standards, state high-stakes testing, school choice, charter schools—these policies have been reframed repeatedly. Instead of misguided education reform beneath misleading political rhetoric, SC should take a different path, one shifting not only policies but also ideologies.

If Hanauer and President Obama and other wealthy citizens who have impacted public education in a negative way through corporate reform want to right the wrongs of such reform here are some ways they can do it.

The explanation that phonics and related basic reading skills in the early grades is the answer for overcoming the impact of deficient socio-economic conditions on students’ academic achievement is an old story that begins in the post-World War II years.

I work in a little suburban school district just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that is slowly being destroyed by privatization. It’s charter schools, voucher schools and the pro-corporate policies that enable them to pocket tax dollars meant to educate kids and then blame us for the shortfall.