Californians like charters
From the Los Angeles Times: Charter schools have won over about half of California voters, but these independent, non-traditional public...
Read More >Ohio mom jailed for crossing school zones launches parent union
Kelley Williams-Bolar, the Akron, Ohio, mother who spent 10 days in jail for enrolling her daughters in a high-performing school...
Read More >Andy Rotherham occupies educational inequality
This column from Andy Rotherham appearing today on Time.com is so well worth reading that it's hard to edit it...
Read More >Acceptable American Inequality
David Brooks addresses a fictional foreign tourist in today's New York Times by presenting a guidemap to acceptable and unacceptable...
Read More >The Michigan Education Association's successful recall of Rep. Paul Scott -- by the numbers
$147,000 Amount raised by the committee to recall Paul Scott $140,000 The amount the Michigan Education Association contributed to the...
Read More >Social justice vs. suburban protectionism
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, appears to have hit upon a proposal that has equal support among voters who...
Read More >Quotable
"It's unfortunate, but we saw democracy at work." Frank Lopez, a parent of a fifth-grader at the Bank of America Learning...
Read More >As in the 19th century, the language of passion takes over the language of reason
Among the newest contributors to redefinED is Boston University professor Charles Glenn, an expert on educational history and comparative policy...
Read More >Pennsylvania voucher measure advancing quickly
From The Associated Press: The state Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill that is designed to...
Read More >Jobs on education: We've forgotten that the customers are the parents
The Huffington Post got a copy of Walter Isaacson's forthcoming biography of Steve Jobs, focusing particularly on a revealing conversation...
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