Galileo Galilei was a professor at the University of Padua in the sixteenth century.  His fundamental contributions to mathematics, physics, and astronomy have been recognized by scientists across the continents and centuries, and celebrated in the smooth stylings of Bertolt Brecht, Freddie Mercury, and the Indigo Girls.  In 1633, he was fired and placed under…

The most vicious lie told by the Charter School movement is that Charters will help poor people, especially those from communities of color.  The origin of the Charter School movement in the United States is generally pegged at 1988, when American Federation of Teachers President Albert Shanker embraced the idea of University of Massachusetts Amherst…

In a move that would make Dick Cheney proud, Education Secretary Arne “Aren’t I cool because I play basketball with the president” Duncan recently convened a secret meeting of higher education bosses to help him figure out how to do to higher ed what he has done to K-12.  According to a report in Inside…