Shows featuring Bob Peterson

Founding editor of Rethinking Schools. He teaches fifth grade at a public school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He co-edited the book Keeping the Promise?: The Debate over Charter Schools.

  • Education Secretary Arne Duncan Pushes to Aggressively Expand Charter Schools While Admitting Problems Charter-web
    The Obama administration has made opening more charter schools one of its top priorities in its plans to improve the nation’s education system. On Monday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at the annual gathering of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools in Washington, DC. His address came on the heels of a new Stanford University report that found that, on average, students...
    June 23, 2009 | Story