Steven Singer
Steven Singer is a husband, father, teacher, blogger and education advocate. He often writes at his own blog here.
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Views Saturday, March 16, 2019 Who’s Afraid of Public Schools? Public schools are the bogeymen of American life. We so often hear the bedtime story of “Failing Schools” that it’s no wonder some folks will do anything to ensure their kids get in elsewhere. And let’s be honest. It’s the same impulse behind the latest college admissions cheating scandal . A group... Read more |
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Views Sunday, March 03, 2019 Betsy DeVos' Right-Wing School Indoctrination Program What do you do when thinking people reject your political ideology? You get rid of thinking people. That's Betsy DeVos' plan to rejuvenate and renew the Republican Party. Read more |
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Views Monday, February 11, 2019 Rahm Emanuel’s Non-Apology Apology for Being a School Privatization Cheerleader Rahm Emanuel’s recent op-ed in The Atlantic may be one of the dumbest things I have ever read. The title— “I Used to Preach the Gospel of Education Reform. Then I Became the Mayor” —seems to imply Emanuel has finally seen the light. The outgoing Chicago Mayor USED TO subscribe to the radical right... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, February 05, 2019 Ten of 15 Cyber Charter Schools in PA Are Operating Without a Charter–Close Them All Cyber charters schools are an experiment that failed. It’s time to pull the plug and recoup our losses . First, let’s get straight exactly what we’re talking about here. Like all charter schools, these are contracted institutions. In fact, that’s what charter means – they’re independent businesses... Read more |
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Views Monday, January 14, 2019 LA Teachers Strike Is About Charter Schools and High Stakes Testing On Monday more than 30,000 teachers at 900 schools in Los Angeles, California, will be on strike . And unlike the wave of teachers strikes last year in red states like West Virginia , this time educators are taking to the streets due to the policies of Democrats. At issue are things like lowering... Read more |
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Views Friday, December 14, 2018 What Happened to 2018 As The Year of the Teacher? This year teachers took their mission way beyond the classroom. Starting in West Virginia, we staged half-a-dozen walkouts in red states across the country demanding a better investment in children’s educations and often getting it. Then we took that momentum and stormed our state capitals and... Read more |
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Views Saturday, December 08, 2018 Charter School Lobby Silent as Charter Teachers Continue Strike Charter school teachers in Chicago are in their fourth day of a strike . Yet I wonder why the leaders of the charter movement are quiet. Where is Peter Cunningham of the Education Post ? Where is Shaver Jeffries of Democrats for Education Reform ? Not a word from Campbell Brown or Michelle Rhee ?... Read more |
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Views Sunday, December 02, 2018 Billionaire Heiress Lashes Out at Unions Because Her Fortune Didn’t Buy Election Betsy DeVos is furious! She and her family spent boatloads of money this election cycle and few of their candidates won. Instead, lawmakers were largely selected by these things called… ew… voters. She was so enraged that she used her platform as Secretary of Education – another prudent purchase by... Read more |
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Views Saturday, November 24, 2018 Dear Lawmakers, Please Hire Teachers as Education Aides—Not TFA Alumni Dear freshmen lawmakers, We did it! After a fiercely contested election, we have finally begun to turn the tide back toward progressive politics. Midterms usually are sparsely attended, but this year we had an unprecedented turnout. A total of 2 3 states had double-digit percentage-point increases... Read more |
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Views Saturday, November 03, 2018 The World Mourns for Jews After Pittsburgh’s Synagogue Shooting. What About Other Targets of Hate? When a white supremacist killed 11 people and wounded 6 others at a Pittsburgh synagogue last weekend, the world took notice. Lights dimmed at the Eiffel Tower and Empire State building . Candlelight vigils were held nationwide – including in Boston, Houston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New... Read more |