Privatization of America's Public Institutions:
The story of the American sellout
The story of the American sellout
John Adams, the second president of the United States wrote, “Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men..” AMERICAN SELLOUT describes the shift in governmental purpose from service for the common good to a venue for profit for the wealthy. AMERICAN SELLOUT examines how the formerly public sectors of the military, corrections (prisons), k-12 schools, and higher education continue to be pillaged for private gain. The data is incredible, irrefutable, unsettling. Is this the way we want America to go? Read an excerpt here.
The Teachers We Need vs. the Teachers We Have
The Teachers We Need vs. the Teachers We Have reveals exactly how American teachers are taught, and it's depressing as hell. Doesn't the quality of the teacher matter? After all, children spent 180+ days per year for more than 12 years straight with teachers. If you were a parent, wouldn't you want the persons responsible for your child's intellectual, social, and emotional development over the course of 12+ years to be exceptional? How about competent? "This book makes clear that there is a race to the bottom in teacher education, a situation that Baines documents well in this call to arms. A recommended read." (David C. Berliner, Regents' Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University). "A truly awesome compilation of data, with accompanying insightful interpretation, of the total disarray of teacher education in the nation." (J. Edmund Farrell, University of Texas at Austin). Read an excerpt here.
Articles and chapters
(newspaper articles from Education Week, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and city newspapers are at the end of the list)
(newspaper articles from Education Week, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and city newspapers are at the end of the list)
Baines, L. A. (2023). No way out: Public and charter schools in Dallas and Detroit. Educational Research: Theory and Practice 34(3), 48-59.
Baines, L. A. (2022). Following the Money: Property Taxes and School Quality. Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 33(1), 1-6.
Baines, L. A. (2021, November 5). Are the liberal arts in trouble? Teachers College Record, https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 23894
Baines, L., Baines, C., & Hanna, J. (2020). Advocating for change in the workday of the public-school teacher in America. In Ethridge, Davis, and Winterbottom. Advocacy in education. New York: Springer.
Baines, L., Baines, C., & Hanna, J. (2020). Advocating for change in the workday of the public-school teacher in America. In Ethridge, Davis, and Winterbottom. Advocacy in education. New York: Springer.
Baines, L. A. (2019, September 13). Seven concerning facts about privatization of the military. Nondoc. https://nondoc.com/2019/09/13/privatization-of-the-military-facts/
Baines, L. A., & Machell, J. (2019, July 9). The teachers we have, the teachers we need. Teachers College Record. ID Number: 22963
Baines, L., Hanna, J., & Hill, S. (2018). Us vs. them. In Fashing-Varner, K., Tobin, K., & Lenz, S. (Eds.). Broken promises, Black deaths, blue ribbons, (pp. 93-96). New York: Brill/Sense.
Baines, L. A. & Goolsby, R. (2016). America’s Obsessive Assessment Disorder. In J. Bowen & P. Thomas (Eds.), De-testing and de-grading schools (second edition), (pp. 64-76). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A. & Yasuda, M. (2015). The high-achieving educational system of Japan. In Morgan, H., & Barry, C. (Eds.), The world leaders in education: Lessons from the successes and drawbacks of their methods, (pp. 61-78). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A., & Goolsby, R. (2013). Mean scores in a mean world. In J. Bowen & P. Thomas (Eds.), De-testing and de-grading schools, (pp. 51-62). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A. (2013). Ignorance is strength: Teaching in the shadow of Big Brother. In P. Thomas (Ed.), Becoming and being a teacher, (pp. 137-150). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A. (2013). A bullet for the teacher. Teachers College Record. http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 17241.
Baines, L. A. (2012). U.S. schools can achieve more by doing less. In J. Bardos (Ed.), Do schools prepare students for a global economy? (pp. 34-40). Detroit: Greenhaven Press. Previously published as an article in KAPPAN.
Baines, L. A. (2011, September). Stalinizing American education. Teachers College Record. http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 16545.
Baines, L. A. (2011). Standards for billionaires. International Reading Association. www.reading.org.
Baines, L.A. (2011). Punishing the poor. International Reading Association website. www.reading.org.
Baines, L. A., & Chiarelott, L. (2010). Public/Private partnerships: A Trojan Horse for higher education? Journal of Computing in Higher Education 22, 153-161.
Baines, L. A. (2010). The disintegration of teacher certification. Educational Horizons 88(3), 152-163.
Baines, L. A. & Foster, H. (2009). A school for the common good. In K. Ryan & J. Cooper (Eds.), Kaleidoscope: Readings in education, (pp. 232-236). Stoneham, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Originally published: Baines, L. A., & Foster, H. (2006). A school for the common good. Educational Horizons 84(4), 221-228.
Baines, L. A. (2007). Achieving more by doing less. Phi Delta Kappan, 89(2), 98-101; also reprinted in Education Digest 73, 23-26.
Baines, L. A. (2007). The transmogrification of teacher education. The Teacher Educator 42(2), 140-156.
Baines, L. A. (2006). Deconstructing teacher certification. Phi Delta Kappan 88(4), 326-328.
Baines, L. A. (2006). Does Horace Mann still matter? Educational Horizons 84(4), 268-273.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G.K. (2006). The iatrogenic consequences of standards-based education. The Clearing House 79(3), 119-123.
Baines, L. A. (2005, February 9). Theory and anti-theory. Teachers College Record. www.tcrecord.org.
Baines, L. A. (2005). They always test us on things we haven’t read: Teen laments and lessons learned, Teachers College Record 108(1), 87-95.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K. (2004, Fall). High stakes hustle: Public schools and the new, billion dollar accountability, Educational Forum, 8-15.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K (2003, Summer). Disengagement and loathing in high school. Educational Horizons, 165-168.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K. (2003, March/April). Coaching: Last bastion of academic excellence? The Clearing House, 217-220
Baines, L. A. (2002, December). The bozo syndrome. Teachers College Record. Lead article (one of most viewed articles in 2003). www.tcrecord.org.
Baines, L. A. (2002, Winter). The good news and the bad news. Educational Horizons, 69-70.
Stanley, G. S., & Baines, L. A. (2002, Winter). Celebrating mediocrity: How schools shortchange gifted students. Roeper Review, 11-13.
Baines, L. A. (2001, Fall). In search of the educational establishment. Educational Horizons, 12-14.
Baines, L. A., McDowell, J., & Foulk, D. (2001, Fall). One step forward, three steps backward: Alternative certification programs in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Educational Horizons, 27-32.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G.K. (2001, May). We still want to see the teacher. Phi Delta Kappan, 695-697.
Stanley, G. K., & Baines, L A. (2001, March/April). No more shopping for grades at B-mart. The Clearing House, 25-28. Also: Stanley, G. K., & Baines, L. A. (2004, January/February). No more shopping for grades at B-mart. The Clearing House, 101-104.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K. (2000, December). We want to see the teacher. Phi Delta Kappan, 227-230.
Baines, L. A., & Belvin, L. (2000). The evangelist and the conscientious objector: Using research in consumer behavior to maximize the effectiveness of faculty professional development in technology. Campbell Monograph Series 1(1), 29-40.
Stanley, G. K., & Baines, L. A. (2000, Fall). No respect, no respect at all: Teaching history in secondary school. Magazine of History, 74-76.
Baines, L. A., Carpenter, W., & G. K. Stanley (2000, Summer). Generic engineering: The standardization of teacher education. Journal of Thought, 35-44.
Baines, L. A., Muire, C., & Stanley, G. K. (1999, Winter). The public school as wasteland. Contemporary Education, 18-24.
Baines, L. A. (1997, March). Future schlock. Phi Delta Kappan, 492-498. Cover story.
Baines, L. A., Baines, C., & Masterson, K. (1994, September). Mainstreaming: One school's reality. Phi Delta Kappan, 39-64.
Articles on policy in newspapers and websites
Baines, L. A. (2020, May 31). Beauty in a time of COVID-19. The Oklahoman, p. 22. https://oklahoman.com/article/5663436/point-of-view-beauty-in-the-time-of-covid-19
Baines, L. A. & Machell, J. (2019, November 6). Beware! Money, charters and vouchers. Tulsa World. https://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/columnists/by-lawrence-baines-and-jim-machell-beware-money-charters-and/article_34f29480-6c68-5b23-adb3-36702c738780.html
Baines, L. A. & Machell, J. (2018, March 16). The teacher war comes to Oklahoma. Education Week, 13.
Baines, L. A. (2017, July 7). Time to end educational malpractice in Oklahoma. The Oklahoman, 20A.|
Baines, L. A. (2017, July 6). Unvetted teachers in the classroom are educational malpractice. Tulsa World, 20.
Baines, L. A. (2017, March 8). The highly-qualified teacher lie. Education Week, 24.
Baines, L. A. (2017, February 20). Education vouchers are a scam. Tulsa World, 30.
Baines, L. A. (2016, June 20). Legislative psychosis has state acting irrationally. Tulsa World, 18.
Baines, L. A. (2016, January 6). Effective teachers make an incredible difference. The Oklahoman, 13A.
Baines, L. A. (2015, May 20). Why not practice what we preached? Education Week, 22.
Baines, L. A. (2014, July 6). The vast potential of Oklahoma schools. Tulsa World, 18.
Baines, L. A. (2012, August 22). What if we brought education reform to the military? Education Week, 25.
Baines, L.A. (2011, June 11). Questioning merits of alternative certification. The Oklahoman, 9A.
Baines, L.A. (2009, May 9). House bill waters down teacher training in Ohio. Toledo Blade, 9.
Baines, L. A. (2002, December 13). Convention wisdom. The Chronicle of Higher Education, B5.
Baines, L. A., & Carpenter, W. (1998, May 27). Burnout may not be teacher’s fault. Education Week, 35.
Baines, L. A. (2022). Following the Money: Property Taxes and School Quality. Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 33(1), 1-6.
Baines, L. A. (2021, November 5). Are the liberal arts in trouble? Teachers College Record, https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 23894
Baines, L., Baines, C., & Hanna, J. (2020). Advocating for change in the workday of the public-school teacher in America. In Ethridge, Davis, and Winterbottom. Advocacy in education. New York: Springer.
Baines, L., Baines, C., & Hanna, J. (2020). Advocating for change in the workday of the public-school teacher in America. In Ethridge, Davis, and Winterbottom. Advocacy in education. New York: Springer.
Baines, L. A. (2019, September 13). Seven concerning facts about privatization of the military. Nondoc. https://nondoc.com/2019/09/13/privatization-of-the-military-facts/
Baines, L. A., & Machell, J. (2019, July 9). The teachers we have, the teachers we need. Teachers College Record. ID Number: 22963
Baines, L., Hanna, J., & Hill, S. (2018). Us vs. them. In Fashing-Varner, K., Tobin, K., & Lenz, S. (Eds.). Broken promises, Black deaths, blue ribbons, (pp. 93-96). New York: Brill/Sense.
Baines, L. A. & Goolsby, R. (2016). America’s Obsessive Assessment Disorder. In J. Bowen & P. Thomas (Eds.), De-testing and de-grading schools (second edition), (pp. 64-76). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A. & Yasuda, M. (2015). The high-achieving educational system of Japan. In Morgan, H., & Barry, C. (Eds.), The world leaders in education: Lessons from the successes and drawbacks of their methods, (pp. 61-78). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A., & Goolsby, R. (2013). Mean scores in a mean world. In J. Bowen & P. Thomas (Eds.), De-testing and de-grading schools, (pp. 51-62). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A. (2013). Ignorance is strength: Teaching in the shadow of Big Brother. In P. Thomas (Ed.), Becoming and being a teacher, (pp. 137-150). New York: Peter Lang.
Baines, L. A. (2013). A bullet for the teacher. Teachers College Record. http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 17241.
Baines, L. A. (2012). U.S. schools can achieve more by doing less. In J. Bardos (Ed.), Do schools prepare students for a global economy? (pp. 34-40). Detroit: Greenhaven Press. Previously published as an article in KAPPAN.
Baines, L. A. (2011, September). Stalinizing American education. Teachers College Record. http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 16545.
Baines, L. A. (2011). Standards for billionaires. International Reading Association. www.reading.org.
Baines, L.A. (2011). Punishing the poor. International Reading Association website. www.reading.org.
Baines, L. A., & Chiarelott, L. (2010). Public/Private partnerships: A Trojan Horse for higher education? Journal of Computing in Higher Education 22, 153-161.
Baines, L. A. (2010). The disintegration of teacher certification. Educational Horizons 88(3), 152-163.
Baines, L. A. & Foster, H. (2009). A school for the common good. In K. Ryan & J. Cooper (Eds.), Kaleidoscope: Readings in education, (pp. 232-236). Stoneham, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Originally published: Baines, L. A., & Foster, H. (2006). A school for the common good. Educational Horizons 84(4), 221-228.
Baines, L. A. (2007). Achieving more by doing less. Phi Delta Kappan, 89(2), 98-101; also reprinted in Education Digest 73, 23-26.
Baines, L. A. (2007). The transmogrification of teacher education. The Teacher Educator 42(2), 140-156.
Baines, L. A. (2006). Deconstructing teacher certification. Phi Delta Kappan 88(4), 326-328.
Baines, L. A. (2006). Does Horace Mann still matter? Educational Horizons 84(4), 268-273.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G.K. (2006). The iatrogenic consequences of standards-based education. The Clearing House 79(3), 119-123.
Baines, L. A. (2005, February 9). Theory and anti-theory. Teachers College Record. www.tcrecord.org.
Baines, L. A. (2005). They always test us on things we haven’t read: Teen laments and lessons learned, Teachers College Record 108(1), 87-95.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K. (2004, Fall). High stakes hustle: Public schools and the new, billion dollar accountability, Educational Forum, 8-15.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K (2003, Summer). Disengagement and loathing in high school. Educational Horizons, 165-168.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K. (2003, March/April). Coaching: Last bastion of academic excellence? The Clearing House, 217-220
Baines, L. A. (2002, December). The bozo syndrome. Teachers College Record. Lead article (one of most viewed articles in 2003). www.tcrecord.org.
Baines, L. A. (2002, Winter). The good news and the bad news. Educational Horizons, 69-70.
Stanley, G. S., & Baines, L. A. (2002, Winter). Celebrating mediocrity: How schools shortchange gifted students. Roeper Review, 11-13.
Baines, L. A. (2001, Fall). In search of the educational establishment. Educational Horizons, 12-14.
Baines, L. A., McDowell, J., & Foulk, D. (2001, Fall). One step forward, three steps backward: Alternative certification programs in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Educational Horizons, 27-32.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G.K. (2001, May). We still want to see the teacher. Phi Delta Kappan, 695-697.
Stanley, G. K., & Baines, L A. (2001, March/April). No more shopping for grades at B-mart. The Clearing House, 25-28. Also: Stanley, G. K., & Baines, L. A. (2004, January/February). No more shopping for grades at B-mart. The Clearing House, 101-104.
Baines, L. A., & Stanley, G. K. (2000, December). We want to see the teacher. Phi Delta Kappan, 227-230.
Baines, L. A., & Belvin, L. (2000). The evangelist and the conscientious objector: Using research in consumer behavior to maximize the effectiveness of faculty professional development in technology. Campbell Monograph Series 1(1), 29-40.
Stanley, G. K., & Baines, L. A. (2000, Fall). No respect, no respect at all: Teaching history in secondary school. Magazine of History, 74-76.
Baines, L. A., Carpenter, W., & G. K. Stanley (2000, Summer). Generic engineering: The standardization of teacher education. Journal of Thought, 35-44.
Baines, L. A., Muire, C., & Stanley, G. K. (1999, Winter). The public school as wasteland. Contemporary Education, 18-24.
Baines, L. A. (1997, March). Future schlock. Phi Delta Kappan, 492-498. Cover story.
Baines, L. A., Baines, C., & Masterson, K. (1994, September). Mainstreaming: One school's reality. Phi Delta Kappan, 39-64.
Articles on policy in newspapers and websites
Baines, L. A. (2020, May 31). Beauty in a time of COVID-19. The Oklahoman, p. 22. https://oklahoman.com/article/5663436/point-of-view-beauty-in-the-time-of-covid-19
Baines, L. A. & Machell, J. (2019, November 6). Beware! Money, charters and vouchers. Tulsa World. https://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/columnists/by-lawrence-baines-and-jim-machell-beware-money-charters-and/article_34f29480-6c68-5b23-adb3-36702c738780.html
Baines, L. A. & Machell, J. (2018, March 16). The teacher war comes to Oklahoma. Education Week, 13.
Baines, L. A. (2017, July 7). Time to end educational malpractice in Oklahoma. The Oklahoman, 20A.|
Baines, L. A. (2017, July 6). Unvetted teachers in the classroom are educational malpractice. Tulsa World, 20.
Baines, L. A. (2017, March 8). The highly-qualified teacher lie. Education Week, 24.
Baines, L. A. (2017, February 20). Education vouchers are a scam. Tulsa World, 30.
Baines, L. A. (2016, June 20). Legislative psychosis has state acting irrationally. Tulsa World, 18.
Baines, L. A. (2016, January 6). Effective teachers make an incredible difference. The Oklahoman, 13A.
Baines, L. A. (2015, May 20). Why not practice what we preached? Education Week, 22.
Baines, L. A. (2014, July 6). The vast potential of Oklahoma schools. Tulsa World, 18.
Baines, L. A. (2012, August 22). What if we brought education reform to the military? Education Week, 25.
Baines, L.A. (2011, June 11). Questioning merits of alternative certification. The Oklahoman, 9A.
Baines, L.A. (2009, May 9). House bill waters down teacher training in Ohio. Toledo Blade, 9.
Baines, L. A. (2002, December 13). Convention wisdom. The Chronicle of Higher Education, B5.
Baines, L. A., & Carpenter, W. (1998, May 27). Burnout may not be teacher’s fault. Education Week, 35.