Links You Can Use
Here are some links to some of our favorite resources (we are not affiliated with any of the listings below):
classical subjects.com (PDF) How does the classical approach differ from what is offered in public schools? Credit: Classical Academic Press and the author, Dr. Christopher Perrin
LA Times - Textbooks are influential in helping to determine what many teachers teach.
The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption. Warning! Reading this could make you sick or upset.
Here are links to the “Big 5″* education book publishers.
*It used to be the “Big 6” — until Penguin and Random House merged.
National Education Association (NEA) A professional organization. The NEA is more than 3 million people—educators, students, activists, workers, parents, neighbors, friends—who believe in opportunity for all students and in the power of public education to transform lives and create a more just and inclusive society.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) - A union. The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities.
Criticism of Public Education Inequality of Opportunity, Highly Bureaucratic Systems, Achievement-Based Outcomes, School Choice, Reform after Reform.
Federal Report Finds U.S. Department of Education a Massive Failure
Forbes Yet Another Good Reason To Abolish The Department Of Education.