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Two Year Olds Shooed Off Baltimore City Public School Playground Due to State...
When I picked up my son – age 2.5 – after work today, his babysitter told me that she, along with him and his 2-year-old playmate, had been kicked off the playground behind her house. “Why?” I asked....
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Public Education Communication Breakdown
I just came across a section of a piece on education reporting — “Flunking the Test” by Paul Farhi in the February/March issue of American Journalism Review — that I find myself wishing the...
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Are Baltimore Parents Taking Out Loans for Private Kindergarten?
A recent piece in Smart Money reports that more parents are borrowing money for their children’s independent schooling. I recently met a parent in Baltimore who had borrowed to send his child to...
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Reflections on Year One of Re:education in Baltimore
Don Quijote and Sancho Panza by Honoré Daumier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A week ago Baltimore storyteller Rafael Alvarez challenged me, over pita points and taramosalata at Samos, to...
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Tonight in Baltimore: Seeds of a Parent Revolution, Grassroots Style
Tonight at the Village Learning Place in Baltimore’s Charles Village, just a few blocks southeast of the Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus and a few yards south of Margaret Brent...
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Some Thoughts on Public Schooling and Segregated Cities
Cities cleave along racial and ethnic lines, and every city I’ve ever lived in proves it. When I grew up in Manhattan, there was Harlem, which was black. And East Harlem, which was Hispanic. And the...
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Hebrew Language Charter Schools: Who Knew?
The language spread of Hebrew in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000 and other resources interpreted by research of U. S. ENGLISH Foundation, percentage of home speakers, via Wikimedia...
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Two Thumbs Up for Won’t Back Down (!)
The latest film from Walden Media and 20th Century Fox shows American audiences how to stage a parent revolution. Won’t Back Down is a new feature film starring Oscar-nominated actresses Maggie...
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Is Teacher Quality a Bigger Influence Than Poverty? New Joel Klein Biography...
New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visit with students at Explore Charter School in Brooklyn, N.Y. By U.S. Department of...
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Baltimore Education Buffs, Mark Your Calendars
Tuesday, November 27, will be a big night for Baltimore City education buffs. Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners – Special Meeting 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. 200 E. North Ave., 21202 The Baltimore...
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Re:education in Baltimore’s Year in Review and a Look Ahead
Happy New Year! This is one of those posts that is coming too late. I haven’t been blogging very much. The posts have fallen off. Despite appearances, I have not given up. But I have been reflecting on...
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This Week in Baltimore Education News
These are three of the stories that jumped out at me this week. Lots of room to opine, but I am biting my tongue. (Trying my best, anyway). I said I’d spend only an hour a week on this blog. (Trying on...
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This Week in Five Links (Caw! Caw!)
Greening, Hoop House at Hampden School Angers Neighbors, Adam Bednar, North Baltimore Patch, Jan. 29, 2013 Too Many Teachers Are Quitting, Experts Warn, Janet Bagnall, The Montreal Gazette, Feb. 1,...
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Baltimore Parents Talk School Choice
So glad Maryland Morning did this report. These conversations have to happen in public more often. (I only wish I didn’t know all the panelists. Widen my circle of acquaintances, please, WYPR. I don’t...
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You Can Help Choose the Next Baltimore City Public Schools CEO
The BCPSS School Board is in search of Baltimore’s next CEO. “Input sessions” tonight and tomorrow night will give people like you a chance to let the Board know what kind of person you’d like to see...
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Baltimore Teacher’s Argument for “No” Vote on New Union Contract. Discuss.
From Baltimore City teacher Corey Gaber, published here with permission in the interest of amplifying the message and opening a space for debate beyond Facebook: BALTIMORE CITY EDUCATORS: I would like...
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Baltimore City Charter Lawsuit Q&A
When charter schools filed suit against Baltimore City Public Schools in fall 2015, People for Public Schools wanted to know what was at stake. Here’s what we learned. Source: Baltimore City Charter...
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The Quiet Fight for Fair School Funding in Baltimore City Continues
We ask that Baltimore City Schools reveal the actual disparity between charter and traditional public school funding per pupil for 2018…and one other thing. via How much less are Baltimore traditional...
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