Fwd: BLOG on Education Reform

[Peter Farruggio <pfarr@cal.berkeley.edu>]

> From: Gene V Glass <glass@ASU.EDU>
>
>
> AERA-G: Social Context of Education Forum
>
> I have created a BLOG dealing with education reform issues. It was 
> created in connection with a book I recently published on reform. I 
> welcome participation by interested persons.
> The BLOG has a slant, of course. Most postings deal with a 
> collection of observations about the current scene in education 
> reform, among which are the following:
>
> 1. The major education reform initiatives are not about "quality" at 
> all; they are about cutting taxes and securing public funds for 
> private privileges.
>
> 2. The reforms up for public debate today are the end product of 100 
> years of demographic and cultural evolution in this country. Neither 
> the debate, the nature of the reforms, nor the trajectory being 
> followed by public education is easily altered.
> 3. The pressure to cheapen public education and re-
> segregate it along class and racial lines is likely to increase.
>
> If you have your own perspectives on these issues, I would enjoy 
> discussing them at
>     http://lounge.infoagepub.com/index.php?i=gglass
>
> Cordially,   Gene Glass
> _______________________________
> Gene V Glass, Regents' Professor
> Mary Lou Fulton College of Education
> Arizona State University
> http://www.infoagepub.com/glass-4.html
>
> AERA Division G: Social Context of Education Forum