News and Commentary
Climate Parents
From Democracy Now As the U.S. suffers through its worst drought since the 1950s, the author and environmental correspondent Mark Hertsgaard joins us to discuss his new initiative, “Climate Parents.” In a new article, “Parents Need to Act Against Climate … Continue reading →
Weekly Update: The Zone of Doublethink, are charter schools leading to more gang violence in Chicago? and a legislator in Mississippi asked the question “Who ARE these people?!”
The Seattle Education Weekly Update, news you might have missed. “Systems in history are defined above all by who controls the wealth. The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is … Continue reading →
Parents and students working to save a school in Portland, Oregon
This post is on behalf of the girls at Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women, a pubic school in Portland, Oregon. The Portland Public School Board closed their school in the most egregious manner and the girls and parents … Continue reading →
A Two Tiered Educational System : Does the American Elite Want Real Public Education?
Common Core Standards, drill and kill, no art, music, recess, physical education, critical thinking, creative writing or support of independent questioning and learning. A developing two tiered educational system between the have’s and the have not’s.
Which way is it Bill Gates? Initiative 1240 or the CRPE report on charter schools?
“He who pays the piper calls the tune.” The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has been one of Bill Gates’ tools to get what he wants. In 2003 he donated $119,602 to support the University of Washington’s Center on … Continue reading →
Weekly Update: The charter school debacle in New Orleans, eight year olds grading their teachers in Georgia and more on Bill Gates
The Weekly Update: News you might have missed. With Initiative 1240, the charter school initiative backed by Bill Gates who has provided $1M to the cause, looking like it will be appearing on the ballot this fall, more folks are … Continue reading →