Daniel Pryzbyla

With high-stakes testing disputes still at flood level, you’d think “meritocracy” – as it has been perceived – would be the least debatable squabble in education circles. “Take out your dictionaries, class.” A small but significant spat has erupted in Britain recently about the meaning of the word “meritocracy,” according to British word buff Michael…

For educators in classrooms of Title 1 public schools, the hypocritical, “Poverty is no excuse” is a bogus mantra. It’s bankrupt for economists too, fearing the rising income inequalities and their economic fallout – outside the classrooms. If “poverty is no excuse,” why does the government waste its time and tax dollars on “Title 1…

This article originally appeared in EducationNews.org. With schools fresh off the heels of honoring deceased civil-rights activist Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King’s birthday and preparing for February “Black History Month,” Milwaukee voucher racial ads on radio crashed their party. Blindfolded by their manic protests of Democratic Governor Jim Doyle’s proposed veto of expanding seats in…