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• INTO THE ARENA

  By TC Weber on December 2, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  Earlier this week, something interesting happened. Scrolling through my social media threads, I found several references to an article by Nashville school board member Amy Frogge on how KIPP made its money. The article was actually written last year by… Read More ›

• EVERY TIME WE THINK WE ARE SAFE THEY PULL US BACK IN

  By TC Weber on November 19, 2016 • ( 8 )

  

  I’m starting to think of the education privatizers as the Jason Vorhees of the public policy world. If you’ve never seen any of the Friday the 13th movies, allow me to explain. Jason Vorhees is this deranged killer who continually… Read More ›

• YOU CAN’T BOTTLE UP THE TRUTH

  By TC Weber on November 6, 2016 • ( 14 )

  It has been an interesting couple of months here in Nashville. Back in July, we got a brand new Director of Schools, Dr. Shawn Joseph. Everybody broke their arms clapping themselves on the back because it appeared we had a… Read More ›

• A Moral Issue

  By TC Weber on October 19, 2016 • ( 15 )

  

  As I sit down to write this piece, I feel like I need to make a couple of statements before diving into the main topic at hand. First, in a recent post I raised the question of why parents might… Read More ›

• Georgia On My Mind

  By TC Weber on October 17, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve been meaning to write something about the fight in Georgia against a pending constitutional amendment that would allow the state to take over struggling school districts for a while, but I’ve been a bit busy. Georgia, you have been… Read More ›

• A Conversation With Dr. Mike Looney

  By TC Weber on October 14, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Last week I found myself at Rafferty’s, a restaurant on Nashville’s south side, across the table from Williamson County Superintendent Dr. Mike Looney. In 2015, Dr. Looney was awarded the State Superintendent of the Year from the Tennessee Organization of… Read More ›

• Anger Grows in Nashville

  By TC Weber on October 5, 2016 • ( 24 )

  

  I think Diane Ravitch said it best last week: “Nashville, you have a problem.” In case you are new to the game, back in July, Nashville got a new Director of Schools, and while there was a sigh of relief… Read More ›

• AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. RON WOODARD

  By TC Weber on October 4, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  It was about 8:30 at night when I met up with Maury County’s Director of Pupil Services, Dr. Ron Woodard. While we were waiting in line for a coffee, he nodded over at a young manager and proudly informed me… Read More ›

• A Righteous Anger

  By TC Weber on September 22, 2016 • ( 21 )

  

  Note: I was busy finishing this blog post last night while the protests raged in Charlotte. After posting, I scrolled through my social media feeds and saw that many of my white friends could not understand the depths of rage… Read More ›

• Teachers Need Time

  By TC Weber on September 12, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  Back in the early aughts, I ran a local rock and roll club that had air conditioning problems. My entire summer was spent listening to people tell me that a) it was hot in the club, and b) their diagnoses… Read More ›