Mike Klonsky's Blog

After a decade of No Child Left Behind, where the total focus was on standardized testing and FCAT, after test-crazed govs Bush and Scott,...

Rupert Murdoch (left) with his boy, Joel Klein. Joel Klein's email dump For me, the other interesting point is that they are so af...

DANNY LYON Photo Civil Rights Series, SNCC workers stand outside funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah, and...

Anthony Cody,   one of the organizers of last summer's SOS march in D.C., shares some tactical advice and raises good questions about mo...

"This is the job I’ve wanted. This is the happiest I’ve ever been in public life."  -- Rahm Emanuel Yes it's viva la vida...

Deb Meier In her latest post on her Bridging Differences blog, ( "The Left Wing of the Possible") Deborah Meier poses the q...

Whittier School parents struggled successfully in 2010 for a school library Taking their cue from Chicago's mayor, D.C. officials ar...

What Rahm must be thinking: Hey, this is great. It's like I'm back in the White House -- embracing the GOP, attacking teachers uni...

Maurice Sendak is gone . But we should make Max's cry from Where the Wild Things Are , the thme of the upcoming SOS People's Plat...

Here's one reason for the gap. To determine the Best High Schools national rankings , schools were first analyzed at the state leve...

Obama proclaims it, "Nat'l Charter School Week.  Snub is one more reason to come to the People's Platform Convention in D.C. ...

Thanks 10 years and $1 Trillion worth of  NCLB! Thanks Race To The Top! Thanks Arne Duncan!

Dr. Shaq gets Ph.D. from Barry Univ. "Thank you Google..." Push-back on Pearson “This is something complex and we don’t li...

"Research, schmeesearch!" But the extended day approach being implemented in many schools as a result of the department’s pu...

“‘No’ is not an option. I want to sign the DREAM Act into law. I’ve got the pens all ready. I’m willing to work with anybody who is serio...

Troops roll through Kent St. May 4, 1970 42 years ago today, following Nixon's invasion of Cambodia, National Guard troops fired ...

On last night's panel at DePaul were (right to left in photo) Monica Espinoza and Joanna Brown from Logan Square Neighborhood Associat...

Emanuel/Daley rift sharpens Smiling faces... The rift surfaced back in November . Actually, autocrat Rahm started it with his pokes at...

The growing rift between Rahm Emanuel and former Mayor Daley has begun to surface publicly. Daley is punching back (well, maybe slappin...

Donoso's toast Is anybody buying the story than Noemi Donoso "resigned" from her $195,000 post as the mayor's hand-pi...