Is It Time to Scrub Your Digital Identity?

By Tim Walker and Rebeca Logan You might have forgotten about that off-color joke you posted to your Facebook page four months ago, or that unfortunate photo from what started out as a quiet Friday night late last summer, or that expletive-laced tirade against a political candidate you posted to a popular blog two weeks [...]

Educators Get Social to Protect Public Education, Workers’ Rights

By Kevin Hart As musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron famously promised, the revolution will not be televised – but it’s definitely being tweeted. A recent rash of legislation seeking to gut workers’ rights and public education has driven hundreds of thousands of public employees and their supporters to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, [...]

How Should Teachers Be Evaluated? Let’s Ask Teachers

By Kevin Hart Whether you’re chatting at the local barber shop or watching your favorite cable news program, everyone seems to have ideas about how teachers should be evaluated and paid. But one group that never seems to be asked for its opinion on this critical issue is the teachers themselves. It’s a damaging omission, [...]