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For the want of nothing more.......Whole Child Education Reform

Whole Child Education Reform
For the want of nothing more....... Says it all. Charles White , after struggling through a NCLB style school, got involved in the Job Corp at Muhlenberg Career Development Center in Greenville KY. And the results:

By Charles White

A cold and barren wasteland, filled with tables and chairs,
Holding captive fragile minds of tomorrows Kings and heirs
Words appear upon the wall, waiting to be memorized.
Rebel youths ignore the scrawl. refusing to be hyptnotized.
Tomorrow's future breaking down with each passing day
Forced to relive the past, for ignoring what elders say.
Breathe some warmth into this place, so we may stand a chance.
Each youth may still be saved, following the step of destiny dance
One bright star shines in the sky joined by one after the other
Heloing hands stretched out to find a sister or a brother.
Fragile minds begin to grow till the waste land is no more.
Hopes and dreams are realized with want for nothing more.

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My Students Get Inequalities | The Jose Vilson

My Students Get Inequalities | The Jose Vilson

My Students Get Inequalities

by JOSE on MARCH 31, 2011

Ijust started reading Linda Darling-Hammond’s The Flat World and Education (which should be calledA Professorial Whoop-Ass on Equity) while doing laundry when I got to reflecting on my week. This week, most of my struggles came from trying to understand how my personal actions led to some of the triumphs and failures for my students. Things I felt were happening in some of my students’ lives created roadblocks to the journey of my understanding of them. These things were somewhere in the

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KOCH OUT PM News | www.kochwatch.org

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Talking Points Memo: Walker Administration Suspends Implementation Of Anti-Union Law, After Judge's Third Order Against It *March 31, 2011-* In a major development in Wisconsin, Secretary of Administration Mike Huebsch (R) has announced that the Walker administration is suspending implementation of its new law curtailing public employee unions -- after Dane County ...
Capitol Hill Blue: The Kochs and their weapons of mass distraction *March 31, 2011-* When it comes to assault on American freedoms, few terrorists — if any — are more dangerous than Charles and David Koch — the energy magnates who use their checkbooks as weapons of mass distraction to finance threats against ...
CMD PR Watch: A CMD Special Report: Who Are the Headliners at Koch-Funded AFP Conventions? *March 29, 2011-* In the midst of the controversy of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's ties to David Koch and Koch Industries, the Center for Media and Democracy has conducted an analysis of the headliners at Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity ...
Newsy.Com: Ohio Dems Vow to Fight New Anti-Union Bill WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
The Smirking Chimp: Smart ALEC: Dragging the Secretive Conservative Organization Out of the Shadows *March 31, 2011-* As puzzle master Will Shortz might say, what is a four-letter acronym for a virtually unknown, but politically powerful conservative organization? If you guessed ALEC, you won't be receiving an NPR lapel pin, but rest assured, you ...
LA Times: Berkeley scientists' climate data review puts them at center of national debate The head of the study, a longtime critic of the global warming consensus, will testify before a House panel. Leading climate scientists worry that the project, funded in part by an oil billionaire's foundation, has an agenda. *March 31, 2011-* An ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Sumi rules that union law not in effect; state to comply *March 31, 2011-* A state law to sharply curb union bargaining by public employees is not in effect, a Dane County judge ruled Thursday, continuing the turmoil over a measure that sparked massive protests and prompted Democrats to boycott the Senate ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Capitol damage cost claim based on 1 page of notebook paper Handwritten page was all state had behind $7 million figure *March 30, 2011-* State officials' controversial courtroom testimony that protesters did more than $7 million in damage to the Capitol was based on a single handwritten page. An open ...
Huffington Post: Maine GOP Legislators Looking To Loosen Child Labor Laws *March 30, 2011-* Far from places like Ohio and Wisconsin, Maine has become a new battleground in the labor fight. Gov. Paul LePage (R) recently sparked the anger of the union community by ordering a mural depicting workers throughout the state's ...
Wisconsin State Journal: State will continue implementing collective bargaining law despite judge's order *March 31, 2011-* State officials have not stopped putting in place changes to collective bargaining rules for public employees despite a judge's order barring the law's implementation — and a threat of sanctions against anyone who violates it. ...
Keiser Report: Food Stamp Army WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
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Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education

Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education

Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report

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Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report
A Nixonian response from the former D.C. schools chancellor to news of statistical anomalies in her success stories
By Alex Pareene
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 16:10 ET


Reuters/Hyungwon Kang

Former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, champion of "education reform," is a right-wing folk hero because while working for the public she combined corporatist policy with open contempt for the public. An ostensible Democrat, she now advises Republican governors on how best to battle the nefarious teachers' unions, which, in her reckoning, are almost solely responsible for poor student performance. Her solutions to the "education crisis" mostly involve the privatization of public schools. Her qualifications, besides having all the currently fashionable opinions, are her successes as head of Washington's schools. Test scores increased

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Schools Matter: Governor Rick Snyder: Why There Is an "A" and a "Hole" in "A-Hole"

Schools Matter: Governor Rick Snyder: Why There Is an "A" and a "Hole" in "A-Hole"
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Big Education Ape: 3-31-11 Special PM KIPPer Edition #wiunion #1u #p2b #p2

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