Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Tag Archives: Mike Klonsky
:
Obama’s choice for Education Secretary worse than Arne Duncan!
John King’s top-down imposition of corporate-style reform policies has led to a revolt among parents and teachers in New York. By Mike Klonsky | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2015 “Throughout his term in New York, John King was … Continue reading
:
An insurgent movement wins in Chicago
An alliance of union activists, teachers, and community-based organizations took Rahm and his machine candidates to the woodshed. By Michael Klonsky | Special to The Rag Blog | March 2, 2015 “We are sick and tired of being sick and … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Chicago Elections 2015, Chicago Politics, Chuy Garcia, Mike Klonsky, Rag Bloggers, Rahm Emanuel
1 Comment
:
PODCASTS | Filmmaking, pupulism, the attack on public education, and Texas politics on Rag Radio
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Al Reinert with singer Sima Cunningham; pundit Jim Hightower; education activists Julian Vasquez Heilig and Mike Klonsky; and politics with Glenn Smith and Jeff Crosby. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2014 Listen … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Al Reinert, Educational Reform, Filmmakers, Glenn W. Smith, Interviews, Jeff Crosby, Jim Hightower, Julian Vasquez Heilig, Mike Klonsky, Podcast, Populism, Progressive Politics, Public Education, Rag Radio, Screenwriters, Sima Cunningham, Singer-Songwriters, Texas Politics, Thorne Dreyer, UT-Austin
Leave a comment
Mike Klonsky : Forbes Calls Charter Schools ‘Part of a Corrupt System’
Demonstration in New York against school privatization. ‘Part of a corrupt system’: Forbes piece pounds charters About the only thing charters do well is limit the influence of teachers’ unions. And fatten their investors’ portfolios. By Mike Klonsky | The … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Charter Schools, Educational Reform, Mike Klonsky, Privatization, Public Education, Rag Bloggers
Leave a comment
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Chicago’s Mike Klonsky Fights for Public Education, ‘Small Schools’
Chicago education activist Mike Klonsky in the studios of KOOP Radio, Austin, Texas, Friday, August 20, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Former SDS leader Mike Klonsky is fighter for ‘Small Schools’ and democratic … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Activists, Chicago, Educational Philosophy, Educational Reform, Educators, Interview, Mike Klonsky, New Left, Podcast, Public Education, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Small Schools, Thorne Dreyer
Leave a comment
Mike Klonsky : Drive-By Teachers and the Great Charter School Scam
Drive-by teachers: The Wal-Mart model. Image from Gawker. Drive-by teachers: The great TFA/charter school scam ‘Short careers by choice’ translates into teachers being reduced to low-wage information-age delivery clerks while most ‘learning’ is done by students sitting in front of … Continue reading
Mike Klonsky : Let’s Not Get All ‘Warm and Fuzzy’ About Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Diplomacy.” Political cartoon courtesy of Mike Klonsky’s SmallTalk Blog.Before we start feeling all warmand fuzzy about Teddy Roosevelt… By Mike Klonsky | The Rag Blog | December 13, 2011 Let’s remember that Teddy Roosevelt, eulogized in President … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged American History, Imperialism, Mike Klonsky, Racism, Theodore Roosevelt
4 Comments
