Mike Klonsky's Blog

Dear Mike, C-SPAN (BOOKNOTES, WHICH RUNS ON C-SPAN TWO) IS DOING A 3-HOUR SPECIAL ON JONATHAN’S ENTIRE CAREER STARTING AT NOON EASTERN TIME ...

I don't think so Depraved Wackenhut contractors in Kabul drank vodka from each other's butts. DOD solution? Ban alcohol. Keep Wacke...

Spellings tells Merrow, NCLB still "99.44% pure" Former Ed Secretary Margaret Spellings is now running something called the Campai...

That's the question my brother Fred is asking after reading Catalyst's account of the Illinois State Board's latest proposal. ...

Keeping kids plugged in between high school graduation and college, is crucial, writes Big Picture's Karen Arnold , blogging at Huffing...

Taking names in Ohio Right-wing students at the Univ. of Toledo are taking names and making lists of "liberal" professors. “We’ve...

Food Fights: Workers vs. Corporate Cost-Cutters from Campbell's Soup to Stella D'Oro Thursday, S...

I notice all the talk about the Chicago "miracle" is dying down. The fantasy tale that rode Arne Duncan to the top of the DOE is ...

My classes don't start until next week. I'm anxious to get back into the classroom. But I'm already hearing harrowing tales from...

Kindergarten testing madness This is kindergarten, the happy land of building blocks and singalongs. But increasingly in schools across Mass...

Another year, another study Yes, despite what you may have heard from the "no excuses" crowd, SAT scores once again correlate perf...

Senate Bill 363 would have put some limits on Chicago school closings. The bill, offered by Rep. Cynthia Soto , was supported by a wide arr...

Lynn Jenkins Back in 1989 when Chicago Mayor Daley was first campaigning against the city's first African-American mayor, Harold Washi...

Apologies to Diane Ravitch for complaining about her equating current ed policies with those of Bush and the neocons. She was just a littl...

Attention all wannabe school operators. A huge chunk of the nation's 2nd largest school system is for sale--cheap. In fact, if you want ...

The schools are among five Philadelphia area charter schools that are part of a widening federal investigation into allegations of misspendi...

I'm blogging from Detroit this morning. It's a city in turmoil. Change is in the air. But what kind of change? Will it be done to te...

Today was my last day of organizing work in East Texas . Tomorrow I fly home. Over the last two weeks four of us have helped the local AFT ...

I liked my brother Fred's speech to teachers as the new school year begins: Let me share a few personal views on what constitutes some e...

What does Arne Duncan's "Race to the Top" have to do with NCLB? Plenty, says Duncan's press guy . Nothing, says Duncan . P...