Questions for education reformers
Bernard Mandeville's most famous work I have been corresponding with Eva Moskowitz, a leader in NYC education reform. She is involved with the Charter School movement (see...
View ArticleVox populi, vox Big Brother: Terry Moe’s new book
In a prior blog (http://clarespark.com/2011/08/01/alexander-hamiltons-rational-voice-of-the-people/) I quoted from Federalist #22, written by Alexander Hamilton. The last paragraph is especially...
View ArticleNell Painter’s History of White People
Rather than summarize the scope of Nell Painter’s book, I ask you to read this review by a sympathetic colleague. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/books/review/Gordon-t.html?pagewanted=all. As Linda...
View ArticleIndex to blogs on education reform
ad for Spinoza toy This series of blogs not only reviews recent work on the reform of our education system, but points out disagreements in what is wrongly considered to be a unified establishment....
View ArticleEva Moskowitz and the Charter School Movement
Eva Moskowitz Last week I attended the first benefit gala for the Success Academy Charter schools initiated by Eva Moskowitz. My son Daniel S. Loeb was being honored, and Chris Christie, Governor of...
View ArticleLabor Day 2013
Alison Saar sculpture palma y palmara On the history of this holiday see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day. For a conservative response to the crypto-communism seen in this celebration, see...
View ArticleLABOR DAY 2014
Labor Day was a counter-revolutionary exercise in its very foundation during the administration of Grover Cleveland. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day. Revolutionary socialism was the last...
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