Archives for Best Web OpEds
April 2014
Wednesday, April 30:
Most Serious Hope for the Future That I am Aware of (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Test Prep Endures in New York Schools, Despite Calls to Ease It -By AL BAKER (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: "A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Public Education" (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: The scary way Common Core test 'cut scores' are selected- by BY VALERIE STRAUSS (1 comments)
Tuesday, April 29:
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Are We an Oligarchy Yet?
Why Does The Mainstream Media Ignore The Bilderberg Group? (10 comments)
Monday, April 28:
Pope Francis: 'Inequality Is The Root of Social Evil' (2 comments)
Sunday, April 27:
Paul Krugman: High Plains Moochers
A White House Split Over Russia
Sarah Palin: "Waterboarding Is How We'd Baptize Terrorists" If I Were In Charge (17 comments)
Kerry Warns Israel Could Become "An Apartheid State" (8 comments)
Towards A Common Intercultural Civilization (4 comments)
NY TImes Editorial: The Koch Attack on Solar Energy
The NED, the NGOs, and the CIA: American influence in the Philippines (3 comments)
Saturday, April 26:
Federal Prisons Throw Inmates In "Little Guantanamo" -- And Don't Have To Say Why
DC thinks it can silence a new Snowden, but the anti-leak hypocrisy is backfiring (1 comments)
The Money Behind Fox's Promotion Of Cliven Bundy's Battle With The Feds (8 comments)
Mitch McConnell Tells Unemployed Kentuckians It's Not His Job To Bring Jobs to Kentucky (3 comments)
'Mr. Kerry, let's talk about Fox News, BBC and Al-Jazeera bullhorns' (3 comments)
Friday, April 25:
Think $1 Million Is Enough For Retirement? You're Wrong. (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: UFT: Tweed turned its back on schools: BY CARA METZ (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: The Piketty Panic (2 comments)
Thursday, April 24:
Must-see: Hannity attacks Jon Stewart. Stewart responds with epic smackdown. (3 comments)
Sarah Silverman's Conversation With Jesus About Abortion (VIDEO) (7 comments)
Fox News' worst Cliven Bundy lies: 22 right-wing delusions about the absurd standoff (2 comments)
Breaking News: Nuclear Zero Lawsuits Filed (1 comments)
Unless Defeated, New FCC Rules Will Put 'Stake in Internet's Heart'
Susan Lee Schwartz: Evidence for Russian Involvement in East Ukraine Based on Shoddy Journalism -by Robert Parry (1 comments)
Why Corporations Are Freaking Out About Obama's Big Trade Deal
Obama Faces Growing Rebellion Against The Secure Communities Deportation Program (2 comments)
Two Reasons To Vote Out Republicans â?? Scalia the Seditionist and Thomas the Corrupt (1 comments)
Kochs Conservative Allies Align Against Solar (5 comments)
The Trans-Atlantic "Free Trade" Agreement (TAFTA) (1 comments)
The Radically Good Policies of Modern Monetary Theory
Wednesday, April 23:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Judge gives teachers victory in tenure battle -By Matthew Burns and Mark Binker (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Play: The New Capitalist Tool- by Susan Ochshorn, (2 comments)
The few, the soured, the off-year voters
Susan Lee Schwartz: Newark mayor's race: pro-Jeffries independent expenditure shows Wall Street ties-By Mark Bonamo (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Picket in the Pines (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: All schools should have good teachers - latimes.com (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Education�s Gold Rush Is On! By Diane Ravitch
Susan Lee Schwartz: Florida education commissioner blasts Pearson, will seek damages -Jeffrey S. Solochek, (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Common Core State Standards Development Work Group and Feedback Group Announced
Experts weigh in: Bundy ranch standoff
Americans think owning a home is better for them than it is
Tuesday, April 22:
'f*ck Earth Day': Let This Year's Be The Last (1 comments)
Monday, April 21:
The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment (6 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: The Dishonorable Andrew Cuomo Meets the Hedge Fund / Charter School Zombies -by Alan Singer (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Running Out of Time - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Jeb Bush�s Rush to Make Money May Be Hurdle -By MICHAEL BARBARO (2 comments)
Paul Krugman: Sweden Turns Japanese
Sunday, April 20:
Supreme Court Justice Commits Sedition By Telling People to Revolt Over Income Taxes (14 comments)
Supreme Court Justice Commits Sedition (1 comments)
Jeannette Rankin vs. Hillary Clinton
This Time, Get Global Trade Right (11 comments)
Privatization of public housing (1 comments)
Saturday, April 19:
Why the world does not want Canadian pipelines
Susan Lee Schwartz: The Shakerite : The Craze and Craziness Behind the Common Core--Abby White, (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: The Re-education of a Brash Young Stock Picker - By RON LIEBER (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Carol Burris: Please DON�T Stay the Course--Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: â??A self-fulfilling conflict of interestâ?: Charter schools, testing mania, and Arne Duncan - JOSH EIDELSON at Salon.c (1 comments)
Friday, April 18:
Russian Diplomats Are Eating America's Lunch (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Laura H. Chapman: The Desperate Search for a Science of Teacher Evaluation
Paul Krugman: Salvation Gets Cheap (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: When the Circus Descends - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Thursday, April 17:
Susan Lee Schwartz: CURMUDGUCATION: It's Not the Implementation, Stupid--Peter gGeene (1 comments)
Is New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez the Next Sarah Palin?
Susan Lee Schwartz: An Open Letter To The President And First Lady Edward F. Berger â?? (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: How Corporate Interests Beat NYC�s Progressive Mayor and How He Can Recover-Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Wednesday, April 16:
Paul Ryan and the GOP's Anti-Robin Hood Spending Plan -- Less Money for Poor Kids, More for the Rich (1 comments)
The 1% wants to ban sleeping in cars â?? because it hurts their "quality of life" (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Teachers: A Call to Battle for Reluctant Warriors - Living in Dialogue -Anthony Cody (3 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Looking at Some Corporate Tax Loopholes Ordinary Citizens May Envy - By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Despite Rise in Spills, Hazardous Cargo Rides Rails in Secret - By JAD MOUAWAD
Susan Lee Schwartz: Mary Fallin Signs Ban On Minimum Wage Increase-by Shadee Ashtari (3 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Ferat-isms: Basic math- by Dan Ferat (2 comments)
Tuesday, April 15:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Happiness and Its Discontents - By DANIEL M. HAYBRON (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: My Ideas, My Boss�s Property - By ORLY LOBEL (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: White House Pressed to Protect Ailing Monarch Butterflies -By ANDREW C. REVKIN (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Bernie Sanders Raises Battle Cry Against Citizens United: â??I Vote for Democracy--John Nichols!â?? (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Not All Investigations Are Alike - NYTimes.com - By PETER J. HENNING (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: David Gamberg: At a Crossroads for Education (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Matt Taibbi and David Sirota: Why Is Your Pension in Jeopardy? (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Jack Schneider: Teachers Are Not the Problem (4 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Shanker Blog » The Middle Ground Between Opt Out And All In (1 comments)
Monday, April 14:
What John Kerry Really Did in Vietnam » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Teachers: A Call to Battle for Reluctant Warriors (1 comments)
Create 'Age of Renewables'... Or Face Climate Doom (2 comments)
Kiss me, deadly: If Vance McAllister had hired a hooker, he�d be talking about Benghazi today
Sunday, April 13:
Paul Krugman: Three Expensive Milliseconds
Lawbreaking Rancher Cliven Bundy Wins Victory That Will Embolden Domestic Terrorists (19 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Ohio: Extremists in Legislature Seek to Change Constitution_ diane Ravitch (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Skepticism or Cynicism for Obama Education Agenda? by Paul Thomas (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Cuomo Played Pivotal Role in Charter School Push - By JAVIER C. HERNÃNDEZ and SUSANNE CRAIG (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: CURMUDGUCATION: Duncan to Rest of US: Shut Up-Peter Greene (1 comments)
Saturday, April 12:
The Economic Case for Taxing Meat (20 comments)
Paul Ryan Criticizes Your Work Ethic While Working 4 Days Before Taking an 18 Day Vacation
Ukraine: Lies and Realities (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Education â??reformersâ? resort to Fox News-style scaremongering -Paul Rosenberg: (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Chicago�s Noble Charters Are Ignoble (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Test Scorer (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: The Wolf of Sesame Street: Revealing the secret corruption inside PBS�s news division (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: ASA Statement on Using Value-Added Models for Educational Assessment _BY THE American Statistical Association (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: LAUSD'S LATEST SCAM- CLEARLY FALSE ASSERTIONS OF TEACHER OVERPAYMENT - Perdaily.com (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Parents and Students Demonstrate Against Tests at Dozens of NYC Schools (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: CURMUDGUCATION: Poop Sandwich (1 comments)
Friday, April 11:
F#ck the Poor: Fascinating, disturbing, 1 min. video on human reactions
The Late Great American Promise of Less Work
Paul Krugman: Health Care Nightmares
Thursday, April 10:
Trashmageddon: living in a dying world (2 comments)
How Corporate Quashing the American Dream Goes Beyond Offshoring Jobs
Users' Stark Reminder: As Web Grows, It Grows Less Secure
Susan Lee Schwartz: Songer: Why Common Core Is Wrong about What Students Should Read- by Gerri K. Songer, (2 comments)
Wednesday, April 9:
Unsung Hero - Suraj Chaudhary Khonwa
Imagine a World Without and Beyond War: The Age of Peace (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: No $ for Newark kids, lots for Cami pals--Bob Braun (1 comments)
Darrell Issa Tries Tactic In IRS Probe Last Used In McCarthyism
Time running out to meet global warming target: U.N. report
Tuesday, April 8:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Videos - RACHEL MADDOW: Nuclear Base Scandals Raise Concerns (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: A whirlwind week for Parents United (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Educator Challenges the Common Core - Education Writers Association
Susan Lee Schwartz: Brooklyn Teachers Push Back Against High-Stakes Testing (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: School Funding Deal in Kansas Complicates Governor�s Campaign for Re-election - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: How Does PISA Put the World at Risk : Creating Illusory Models of Excellence (4 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: What Education Reformers: Re Participatory democracy-- Dr. Yohuru Williams and Marla Kilfoyle (1 comments)
Monday, April 7:
Alabama Journalist Tells Us What It Was LIke To Spend Five Months In Jail For Reporting A Story
The Roberts Court Just Endorsed Many Of Nixon's Most Corrupt Campaign Finance Schemes
The High Costs of Inequality (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: What Do We Call Our Side? The Resistance (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: i Just Want to Teach-- Terri Rector Michal (1 comments)
Sunday, April 6:
Paul Krugman: Oligarchs and Money
Jeb Bush Makes "Hopeful" Noises About 2016 (5 comments)
Paul Ryan's Budget Would Increase The Number Of People in Poverty
As Vermont Goes, So Goes the Nation?
Money, Money, Everywhere (7 comments)
House votes to change health care law's definition of full-time work from 30 to 40 hours
Saturday, April 5:
China�s Poisonous Waterways
Leak the CIA report: it's the only way to know the whole truth about torture (1 comments)
On Our Highest Court, A Former Lobbyist Guts Campaign Finance Reform
Susan Lee Schwartz: Teachers review English exams in online forum, and it�s not pretty-- Patrick Wall (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Kline, Miller Introduce Legislation to Support Quality Charter Schools (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: CURMUDGUCATION: Dear WaPo: Opt Out Is NOT the Wrong Answer: Peter Green (1 comments)
Friday, April 4:
George W. Bush's eerie, amazing, creepy paintings of Putin, cats and beyond (3 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Switching Names to Save on Taxes - By FLOYD NORRIS
Paul Krugman: Rube Goldberg Survives
Thursday, April 3:
Susan Lee Schwartz: â??A Tale of Two Statesâ?: Funding Inequity in New York and New Jersey
Susan Lee Schwartz: A very bad day for public education in Connecticut - Wait What? --Jonathan Pelto (1 comments)
UKRAINE: What Now? The IMF Plan
Roberts' Law: One Dollar, One Vote
Susan Lee Schwartz: How Not to Enforce Campaign Laws - ANN M. RAVEL, Vice chairman of the Federal Election Commission (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: We�re Not No. 1! We�re Not No. 1! -Nicholas Kristof (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: How the Texas Testing Bubble Popped: Part 1- jeffrey Weiss (1 comments)
Wednesday, April 2:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Citizens United, Part 2-The Progress Report
Susan Lee Schwartz: Walton Family Foundation Puts $164 Million into Privatization Movement -- Diane Ravitch (3 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Chicago Plans to Fire Every Adult in Three Public Schools-- Diane Ravitch (4 comments)
"BDS is Irrelevant." Oh, Really?
Debunking the Top 10 Most Egregious Republican Lies
Susan Lee Schwartz: First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy - by Derik Sivers (1 comments)
Is the American Middle Class Losing Out to China and India?
Tuesday, April 1:
4 Criminals Who Spent Less Time in Jail Than the Homeless Mother Trying to Get a Job (1 comments)
Canada admits the truth (5 comments)
Opt Your Child Out of State Testing: Don't Feed the Machine
Susan Lee Schwartz: Diana Senechal: Time to Teach the Inhumanities (3 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Bombshell Corruption Case Shines Merciless Light On How Politicians Raise Money --Paul Blumenthal (1 comments)
In each other we trust: coining alternatives to capitalism (1 comments)