In a recent edition of his weekly newsletter, Esquire’s political columnist and long-time observer of the American scene, Charlie Pierce, wrote about education.
Specifically, “What Would Horace Mann Think Of Charter Schools?”
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A recent op-ed in the Washington Post starts with the very click-baity headline “Why not pay teachers $100,000 a year?”.
So, what’s the catch?
Because when it comes to paying teachers what they’re worth, there’s always a catch.
In a post from last month, Chalkbeat reported that, after six years and a few hundred million dollars, the Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation is shutting down Summit Learning, their “grand design” for American schools.
It’s just the latest example of a rich-guy fail when it comes to “fixing” school.
In his column this week, Jay Mathews considers some suggested revisions to the California Mathematics Framework. The changes, similar to those being proposed in Virginia, will attempt to develop a K12 program that better prepares all students to understand the math they will need as adults.
Mathews, of course, knows a better way to accomplish the same goal: Advanced Placement. Which is no surprise since his solution for pretty much every educational issue involves AP. Or charter schools. Or both.
Speaking of clueless education writers, as in the previous post, Jay Mathews again promoted charter schools in his column from last week.
It starts in the headline with a completely false conditional statement: “If charters do more with less, why can’t traditional schools do the same?”.