Sara Ferguson: “I Represented All Teachers”

Sara Ferguson, a teacher from Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania, was a special guest at President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address Tuesday.

She says:

I’m a runner, and before every race I write students’ names on my…

Van Roekel: The NEA Plan for Teacher Accountability

What plans do teachers have for education reform? Check out this post on NBC’s Education Nation by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel.

Blog Roundup: Top Blogs on Wisconsin Union Protests

“One day longer, one day stronger” was a rallying cry yesterday in Wisconsin as thousands of working families vowed to continue protesting and defending their right to collective bargaining. Governor Walker’s anti-union bill, and his back-door attempts to rush it…

Corporate Reforms Will Not Make Excellent Schools

Check out this great post by Erik Peterson on Wellstone Action, “Corporate Reforms Will Not Create Excellent Schools”:

Increase competitiveness.

Focus on maximizing short-term output over long-term investment.
Layoff workers.
Squeeze more productivity from the

Searching for Clark Kent

Unlike many people in America right now, I am not waiting for Superman. First of all, Superman is a mythical creature from another planet created to entertain the public.  Nothing more, nothing less.  As far as I know, we have…