Bob Bowdon

Bob Bowdon

Bob Bowdon has been a television producer, reporter, political commentator, documentary filmmaker and satirist. He is currently the Executive Director of Choice Media, an education news service, website and smartphone app.

Must-Reads

Bob BowdonFebruary 3, 2020

BOWDON: When Teachers Quit Unions, Why Do Unions Retain the Right to Negotiate Their Salaries?

Imagine a truly stellar, hard-to-find AP chemistry or math teacher being able to negotiate a higher salary with a school…
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonJanuary 27, 2020

BOWDON: How to Infuse Subliminal Bias into Your Education Reporting, a Primer

If you'd like to infuse media bias into education reporting and subliminally defend the education establishment without being noticed, these…
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonNovember 5, 2019

BOWDON: What’s So Great about a Micro-School? Everything.

Call it a homeschool, but with classmates. Call it a Montessori school, but with smaller class sizes. There's one thing…
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonSeptember 4, 2019
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BOWDON: Does Joe Biden Remember His Question about School Choice on the Senate Floor?

While the state of public schools hasn't exactly been a primary topic in the 2020 Presidential race so far, former…
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National Education News

Bob BowdonOctober 18, 2018

Schools, in the Eyes of the Beholders’ Websites

Just as different families apply different criteria for their educational choices, an investigation into school ratings websites like GreatSchools, Niche…
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Bob BowdonAugust 20, 2018

Why Did Our 3-Year-Old Whistleblower Video Suddenly Jump to a Quarter Million Views?

What made a 3-year old education video suddenly jump to over 250,000 views and 5,000 comments, after having just 30,000…
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonJune 27, 2018

BOWDON: Teachers Get Respect

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in the Janus case that public school teachers who want nothing to do with…
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonJune 22, 2018

BOWDON: What’s Good for the Goose

What happens when district schools get judged by the same standard as charter schools?
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonJanuary 25, 2018

New Jersey Needs More School Choice

It’s National School Choice Week, and thousands of events all over the country are celebrating parents’ rights to select different…
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonJanuary 16, 2018

Regarding that ‘Stop Digging’ Idea about When You’re Already in a Hole

It's easy to be sympathetic to the proposal's stated intent -- giving low-income students a better chance at a good…
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Bob BowdonNovember 17, 2017

Will the Disappearance of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission Imperil the Charter School Sector?

On Thursday night, November 16, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted to dissolve, returning control of the city's schools to…
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Bob BowdonNovember 13, 2017

In a Twist, a Teachers Union Expresses Concern about Tax Increases

In a Tweet posted November 12, the American Federation for Teachers asked how politicians can vote for tax increases on…
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Bob BowdonSeptember 20, 2017

New NJ Charter School Wins Zoning Approval, Beats Challenge from Existing Charter Schools

The new College Achieve Charter School of Asbury Park, NJ, won a zoning challenge Tuesday night, allowing it to remain…
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Bob BowdonSeptember 7, 2017

When School Choicers Start to Behave Like the Establishment

Is it possible for charter schools to protect their turf at the expense of educational choices for children and families…
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Must-Reads

Bob BowdonJuly 14, 2017

How Mainstream Media Misled Readers with a Betsy DeVos Photo

Yahoo! News published a story on Friday about allegedly controversial statements by a "Trump education official" juxtaposed with a photo…
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Bob BowdonJune 23, 2017

AFT Union Tweets Against Healthcare Reform Bill Without First Polling Teachers

After U.S. Senate Republicans released a healthcare bill to reform the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, the American…
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Screening Room

Bob BowdonJune 2, 2017

How Do You Spell ‘Teachers Union?’

This is the Choice Media Education Report for Friday, June 2, 2017 -- America's Only Weekly Video Wrap-Up of Education…
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Ed Report

Bob BowdonMay 27, 2017

The Trump Education Budget and Betsy DeVos vs. the Democrats

This is the Choice Media Education Report for Friday, May 26, 2017.
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonMay 15, 2017

Please Get It Right: Tax Credit Scholarships Are Not Public Funds

I’m noticing a misinformation trend that I’d like to try to correct.
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Bob BowdonMay 12, 2017

How It Can Be Good to Have a Failing Public School

‪Why would it be a good thing for an Ohio resident to live in an area with failing public schools?…
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Education Reform Opinion

Bob BowdonApril 18, 2017

Ohio Department of Education’s ‘Regathon’ Against Online Learning

In case you haven’t noticed, bureaucracies don’t tend to be huge fans of disruptive competition. Enter the Ohio Department of…
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Bob BowdonNovember 10, 2016

Four Out of Five Pundits Agree: Education Secretary Carson

This isn’t a week that will be forever known for increased confidence in predictions by media pundits. But perhaps we…
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Bob BowdonOctober 11, 2016
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Chicago Makes Unprecedented Offer to Union: Zero Charter Growth

A proposed four-year deal between the Chicago Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union calls for an unprecedented moratorium…
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Bob BowdonSeptember 8, 2016
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Judges Putting Themselves in Control of Education Policies

Major changes are underway this month in how states pay for education, but the new policies are coming not so…
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Bob BowdonAugust 30, 2016

Education Stories John Oliver Will Never Mention

The best way to create a false narrative in the social media era, when armies of Twitter feeds are poised…
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