Peter Cunningham
Board of Directors
Founder and Board Member, Education Post
Chicago, Illinois
RECENT POSTS
Posted Aug. 1, 2018
Coffee Break: How Arthur VanderVeen Is Lighting a Spark Under PARCC
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is a standardized test developed with federal funding to…
Posted Aug. 1, 2018
A New Survey Suggests How Teachers Would Run Our Schools
Surveys suggest teachers are the most trusted voices in public education and thanks to an excellent new survey from Educators…
Posted July 23, 2018
A Career and Technical Education Program That Is Getting Kids Jobs
Across the Chicago region and the Rust Belt, thousands of small to medium-sized manufacturing firms have been soldiering on through…
Posted July 18, 2018
Coffee Break: Oakland’s Lakisha Young Is Done Waiting for Superman and Ready for Parents to Take the Lead
Lakisha Young is executive director of The Oakland REACH. She has dedicated her career to promoting access to quality schools…
Posted June 29, 2018
After Janus, Unions Need to Give Teachers a Reason to Opt In and I Hope They Give Them One
I embraced education reform to strengthen schools, not to weaken unions, so I am not especially happy about the Supreme…
Posted June 21, 2018
How New Mexico Is Becoming a Quiet Leader in the Education Reform Movement
While much of the education reform world was convening in Austin for the annual charter schools conference this week, I…
Posted May 30, 2018
Nice to See the Right and the Left Agree on Something, Too Bad They’re Both Wrong
Two former U.S. secretaries of education, Margaret Spellings, who served under President George W. Bush, and Arne Duncan, who served…
Posted May 25, 2018
These Parents Aren’t School Choice Zealots, They Just Want Better Schools for Their Kids
When it comes to the education of low-income children, classroom results often take a back seat to topics like money,…
Posted May 19, 2018
Maybe We’ll Finally Get the Gun Reform We Need If We All Keep Our Kids Home From School
Okay parents: It’s your turn. The teachers have walked out demanding better pay. The students walked out demanding an end…
Posted May 15, 2018
Reflections on Edu-Journalism on the Eve of EWA
This week, education writers meet in Los Angeles for an annual conference. Their work is read by millions of people…
