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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Sunday links.

Good news. Students don’t have to bother with with the long form, also known as novels. Snippets are enough.

Koch brothers are a bunch of crooks. Need proof?

Only Obama and Duncan could make right-wing loony Rick Perry’s education policy actually seemreasonable.

UK government response to riots is bringing international human rights condemnation.

At the fair, Romney — whose net worth is between $190 million and $250 million — once again went manly by flipping a pork chop on a grill and facing down hecklers worried about cuts in Social Security. When a man in


I’m just honored to be nominated.

From Jersey Jazzman, an ed blogger of great wisdom:

Here are some people who would have been great panelists for MSNBC’s show on education, but, for some strange reason, weren’t invited:
Dr. Diane Ravitch
Leonie Haimson
Dr. Bruce Baker
Jonathan Kozol
Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige
José Vilson
Deborah Meier
Dr. Monty Neill
Taylor Mali
Todd Farley
Matt DiCarlo
Marie Corfield
Dr. Catherine Lugg
Fred Klonsky
Susan Ohanian
Valerie Strauss
Any of the over 3 million public school teachers in the United States
Any of these people would have been a helpful addition to the show. How odd that none of them were home when MSNBC called…

ADDING: I know I forgot so many great people. Shame on me for not including:

Alfie Kohn