Mike Klonsky's Blog

Visiting a wealthy suburban school "This is a school? I thought it was a museum." -- Terence Lewis, 17, a senior at Furness High i...

University of California, Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters while blocking their exit from t...

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced that he will unilaterally override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind ...

Where's your pal Newt? Not touring together any more? Remember 3 bedfellows tour one year ago w/ Gingrich & Sharpton? Reaching a...

But he's "nonpolitical" Arne Duncan is back on tour in anticipation of a Republican avalanche in the upcoming mid-term elec...

Arne Duncan's partner in school reform Former Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich said Obama and the Democrats will regret their de...

Why has Arne Duncan made Newt Gingrich his front man on school reform and put him on a national speaking tour? Newt Gingrich tried on Wed...

"Full throated support for the Bush doctrine." Former House majority leader Newt Gingrich , who has become the biggest supporter ...

Hey Newt--Are they really teaching the "same kids"? Readers might recall that two weeks ago I began looking into unsubstantiated ...

Gingrich hearts Mastery On Sunday's Meet the Press , starring Duncan, Sharpton and Gingrich, I heard Newt touting a Philadelphia charter...

Duncan, Gingrich & Sharpton on Meet the Press Duncan: "I just want to say, as a country, we need more good schools." Me: Why...

Slate (h/t Russo) Newt selling Duncan's plan in Philly road show Gingrich, a Republican, wants more charter schools and stronger charte...

"Not the time for Dewey" Given the existing constraints of imposed instruction and the demand for orderly, acquiescent behavior, w...

This, from Paul Krugman's column last Thursday: So much, then, for Mr. Obama’s dream of moving beyond divisive politics. The truth is t...

Arne Duncan is going on tour with strange bedfellows , Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich to promote the Race to the Top . Newt, as a leader o...

EEP's house of cards There appears to be trouble brewing in EEP land. The unprincipled alliance between the "strange bedfellows,...

Who got to Gingrich...? Was it just the already badly isolated Limbaugh Party leaders and/or the badly embarrassed conservative EEP faction ...

State Rep. Cynthia Soto's bill was an attempt to pull in the reins on Chicago's Renaissance 2010 school closings. It passed the Sen...

Who's with Newt? EEP? A week ago, race baiter Newt Gingrich was at the White House, lecturing Obama about education being the "civ...