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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DON’T DEMONIZE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF PENSION SYSTEM’S FAULTS
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DON’T DEMONIZE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF PENSION SYSTEM’S FAULTS: DON’T DEMONIZE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF PENSION SYSTEM’S FAULTS Yes, public pensions got out of hand. But teachers aren't the biggest culprits, nor are they why California has some of the nation's most shamefully underfunded schools. [image: Steve Lopez] BY STEVE LOPEZ, LA TIMES COLUMNIST | HTTP://LAT.MS/UNRG0M October 21, 2012 :: Just as I was preparing to defend public school teachers and their retirement benefits, I got a form letter last week from my employer's vice president... more »
The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky
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The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky: The Sunday Mail. by Fred Klonsky http://player.vimeo.com/video/51757083?autoplay=1*IEA’s Vimeo on the Constitutional Amendment.* *Jesse Turner, The Walking Man,* wants me to join his cause: Saving the Native American burial site near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. *A reminder that John Dillon, Glen Brown, and I will be speaking at Plymouth Place,* LaGrange Park (315 N. LaGrange Rd.) on Wednesday (October 24) at 7pm. Topics will include the constitutionality of pension “reform,” HJRCA 49, revenue and pension debt reform… This is also an opportunity for... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Test Scores and the Newark Teachers Contract
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Jersey Jazzman: Test Scores and the Newark Teachers Contract: Test Scores and the Newark Teachers Contract by Duke It's a fact: *test scores will be used to determine who gets merit pay bonuses in the proposed Newark teachers contract*. From the new TEACHNJ Act, which sets out criteria for teacher evaluations: *Standardized assessments shall be used as a measure of student progress but shall not be the predominant factor in the overall evaluation of a teacher.* As I've said here many times, it doesn't matter if tests are the "predominant factor" or not when used to make a high-s... more »
Looking Back on 3 Bad New Principal Assumptions | Connected Principals
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Looking Back on 3 Bad New Principal Assumptions | Connected Principals: Looking Back on 3 Bad New Principal Assumptions by Joe Mazza Image Credit: http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org A little over 5 years ago, I arrived at Knapp Elementary School as a brand new 29 year-old principal. The leader I replaced was very active in the community and had spent much of his career at the school. There was a certain culture that I was entering, and understanding and adapting to this was my first task as principal. Reflecting back, I can now see some glaring blindspots I missed during those first ... more »
George McGovern: An American Hero - Wait, What?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 38 minutes ago
George McGovern: An American Hero - Wait, What?: George McGovern: An American Hero by jonpelto In 1972, I had the honor of meeting George McGovern when he flew into Bradley Airport to speak at a nearby hotel ballroom. That year, at the age of eleven, I spent hundreds of hours making persuasion, ID and GOTV phone calls at the Mansfield Democratic Headquarters. I still remember some of the mean comments that were made when someone heard my childlike voice. That November, I stayed up late on election night, watching CBS News and thinking that somehow California and the West Coast w... more »
George McGovern C-SPAN The Contenders
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C-SPAN The Contenders: George McGovern Born: July 19, 1922 "The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation." *1957 – 1961:* Member of the U.S. House of Representatives *1963 – 1981:* U. S. Senator from South Dakota *1972:* U.S. Presidential Candidate *1981:* Founded Americans for Common Sense (PAC) *1981-1982:* Professor at the University of New Orleans *1984:* Aimed to get the Democratic Presidential nomination (did not receive the nominatio... more »
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-21-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Indiana Voters Can Defeat Privatization Movement by dianerav The big corporate money is flowing into Indiana to re-elect privatizer Tony Bennett as its champion. But fortunately the voters have a chance to throw him out and elect Glenda Ritz, an educator who wants to improve public education. Please read this post from a Hoosier. I commend to you the anonymous comment by a man who served as a teacher and principal for many years in the state. He understands what is happening, as Bennett systematically gives ... more »
Educar en el sentido común : vivirlaeducacion
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Educar en el sentido común : vivirlaeducacion: Educar en el sentido común by admin Dosis de realismo habrÃa que añadir a los contenidos educativos, no académicos, en los que el sentimentalismo sigue dominando toda nuestra formación como personas. Cuando contratamos un* seguro de vida,* la compañÃa puede obligarnos a pasar un reconocimiento médico previo a la contratación, sobre todo cuando la cuantÃa asegurada supera los 300.000€, o cuando al rellenar el cuestionario de salud, decimos que tenemos una enfermedad conocida previa. Si la cuantÃa que queremos asegurar es menor de los 300...more »
EduShyster’s Sister Schools President Obama | EduShyster
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EduShyster’s Sister Schools President Obama | EduShyster: EduShyster’s Sister Schools President Obama by edushyster2012 Some 400 teachers sent letters to President Obama this week, including EduShyster’s sister, who just happens to look very much like Tina Fey. EduShyster is often asked from whence her impressive body of knowledge about public education comes. Is she a teacher? (No). Does she really carry a box of wine everywhere she goes? (What do you mean by ‘everywhere’?) You see reader, I couldn’t help but learn a thing or two about education because I am from a family FULL of t... more »
Radical Scholarship: Against Obedience, Susan Ohanian
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Radical Scholarship: Against Obedience, Susan Ohanian: Against Obedience, Susan Ohanian by P. L. Thomas Ohanian, S (2012). Against obedience Critical Education, 3(9). Retrieved from http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/183270 from page 13: "Of course some professors are leading the resistance. Rich Gibson and E. Wayne Ross have shown me that “The Education Agenda Is a War Agenda.” I have their book and stacks of others sitting at my elbow and piled at my ankles—books I referred to when writing this piece, books with titles like *Neoliberalism and Educati... more »
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gates axes its L.A. front group
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gates axes its L.A. front group: Gates axes its L.A. front group by Mike Klonsky The Gates Foundation, has pulled the rug out from under it's national group formed to push for favored "reforms," including teacher evaluations based on standardized testing. Communities for Teaching Excellence, headed by former L.A. school board member Yolie Flores, is planning to close its doors next month. Although based in Los Angeles, the group had a presence in Hillsborough County, Fla.; Memphis, Tenn.; and in Pittsburgh — all locations where the Bill & Me... more »
Quote of the Day « Student Activism
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Quote of the Day « Student Activism: Quote of the Day by Angus Johnston “I have no secret plan for peace. I have a public plan. And as one whose heart has ached for the past ten years over the agony of Vietnam, I will halt a senseless bombing of Indochina on Inaugural Day. There will be no more Asian children running ablaze from bombed-out schools. There will be no more talk of bombing the dikes or the cities of the North. And within 90 days of my inauguration, every American soldier and every American prisoner will be out of the jungle and out of their cells and then home in Ame... more »
The difference between Kahn and Austin | Ideas and Thoughts
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
The difference between Kahn and Austin | Ideas and Thoughts: The difference between Kahn and Austin by Dean Shareski I get it. Will is has a point about the Kahnifcation of Education. But as I expressed, …after watching a few and even knowing one of them, Paul Andersen, I was under the impression that most of these are classroom teachers. At least many of them are. So what's the problem? I get it, you're worried about Gates' vision of Khan but I think Khan himself argues against his work replacing teachers. I say, be wary of the business model approach but also let's stop crappi... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland; Useful for Today's Politics
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland; Useful for Today's Politics: The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland; Useful for Today's Politics by Melissa Westbrook The Wizard of Oz was published in 1900. Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865. But their usefulness in politics? Timeless. So many phrases describe what we see every day. *Down the Rabbit Hole. Advice from the Caterpillar. Don't mind that man behind the curtain. Not in Kansas anymore. * The Mock Turtle on education: * Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, and then th... more »
Special ed in distress A few schools get it right, but complaints and lawsuits are mounting against a troubled program serving 7,000 Seattle students. | Local News | The Seattle Times
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Special ed in distress A few schools get it right, but complaints and lawsuits are mounting against a troubled program serving 7,000 Seattle students. | Local News | The Seattle Times: Special ed in distress A few schools get it right, but complaints and lawsuits are mounting against a troubled program serving 7,000 Seattle students. Formal complaints on behalf of the Seattle school district's 7,000 special-education students have doubled over the past two years. Parents, teachers and state officials blame a central administration they say has become indifferent to the long-troubl... more »
Obama’s Best-Kept Secrets - NYTimes.com
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Obama’s Best-Kept Secrets - NYTimes.com: Obama’s Best-Kept SecretsBy THOMAS L. FRIEDMANPublished: October 20, 2012 1 Comment - FACEBOOK - TWITTER - GOOGLE+ - E-MAIL - SHARE - PRINT - REPRINTS - ONE thing that has struck me about the debates so far is how littlePresident Obama has conveyed about what I think are his two most innovative domestic programs. While I don’t know how Obamacare will turn out, I’m certain that my two favorite Obama initiatives will be transformative. Enlarge This Image Oliver Munday His Race to the Top program in education has alrea... more »
Jersey Jazzman: What a Teachers Union Should Be
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: What a Teachers Union Should Be: What a Teachers Union Should Be Given the last couple of days, I thought this would be appropriate. Here's Karen Lewis, President of the Chicago Teachers Union, talking to her members: God bless the teachers of Chicago's public schools.
A letter to Obama. « Fred Klonsky
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A letter to Obama. « Fred Klonsky: A letter to Obama. by Fred Klonsky Education Historian Diane Ravitch called on us to write letters to President Obama on October 17th. *October 17, 2012* *President Barack Obama* *Dear Mr. Obama:* *I am a retired teacher and teacher librarian, a mother, and a grandmother. I have worked in education for forty years. I attended all public schools in Los Angeles and went on to a fine public university for both undergraduate and graduate school. I have seen our schools go from places of nurture and caring that provided every subject a child needs, to... more »
The Weekly Update: Gates’ test metric is imploding, disappearing students in El Paso, Pearson sells a blank art book and takes down 1.5M ed blogs. | Seattle Education
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The Weekly Update: Gates’ test metric is imploding, disappearing students in El Paso, Pearson sells a blank art book and takes down 1.5M ed blogs. | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: Gates’ test metric is imploding, disappearing students in El Paso, Pearson sells a blank art book and takes down 1.5M ed blogs. by seattleducation2011 Courtesy of EduShyster *The Weekly Update for the news and views you might have missed.* Let’s start with Bill Gates. Posting this article gives me great sadness. I feel no anger and frustration, just sorrow in regards to what Gates has wrought with h... more »
Goodbye to PS 154 in The Bronx?.southbronxschool.com
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http://www.southbronxschool.com: Goodbye to PS 154 in The Bronx? by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher) Wow, I have been gone for some time now. According to SBSB records the last blog post was October 2. Unfortunately, I have been quite busy of late and have had a bad case of writer's block. But not to fear, as when the blog started back in 2008, I have recently been blessed with a whole slew of fresh material to blog about. For those haters of the blog and for those that need their SBSB fix, I and the Crack Team are back. So, what is new? My school, PS 154 in the Bronx has been... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Creativity Antithetical to Common Core?
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Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Creativity Antithetical to Common Core?: Is Creativity Antithetical to Common Core? by stlgretchen What is Cafe Communications? From "about us" on cafecommunications. eu: *In old times, one would have said: advertising.* *One and a half decade ago, professionals would have defined it as ATL, BTL and PR communication.* *Around the turn of the millennium, Café Group was founded to develop integrated communication solutions for its clients.* *Nowadays, all three definitions are still correct, but none of them describes the essence. *
What we need for real Teacher Leadership | Outside the Cave
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
What we need for real Teacher Leadership | Outside the Cave: What we need for real Teacher Leadership by Stephen Lazar Ariel Sacks (who taught one of my current students last year!) has a really insightful and accurate piece about what’s necessary for teacher leadership to take the next step over at Education Week (free registration required): Teaching students is the single most important thing that happens in education everyday. That is where teachers make their biggest impact. So a leadership opportunity must provide a compelling reason to step away from the classroom—even for ... more »
WHY DO PEOPLE GET ANGRY WHEN TEACHERS STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES ? « Teachers Fight Back
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WHY DO PEOPLE GET ANGRY WHEN TEACHERS STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES ? « Teachers Fight Back: WHY DO PEOPLE GET ANGRY WHEN TEACHERS STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES ? by alkleen Now the Illinois Federation of Teachers has come under fire for demanding the resignation of Richard Ingram, the head of the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement system. The state’s second largest teachers union became upset when Ingram talked about reining in the annual cost-of-living adjustments provided for retirees. Several journalists’ and some editorials in newspapers have bashed the Illinois Federation of Teachers for no... more »
Jersey Jazzman: More On the Newark Contract
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: More On the Newark Contract: More On the Newark Contract by Duke Lou Caruso makes a very good point about the tentative Newark teachers contract: This agreement exemplifies the power of philanthropic foundations which causes concerns of sustainability. The hope is that funds will continue to be available to payout incentive structures. The goodwill built into these new structures will erode if funding cannot be maintained. This agreement reflects though how philanthropic foundations have to power and ability to help provide incentives to produce less restrictive ... more »
UPDATE: Diane in the Afternoon 10-20-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: Short Memory Alert! About that Parent Trigger by dianerav With all the national publicity about the world’s first parent trigger in Adelanto, California, you would think someone might have noticed that the new charter is not the first charter in this town. Only a little more than a year ago, the Adelanto Charter Academy had to close because of multiple operational and fiscal problems. The biggest problem was that the operators of the charter were involved in questionable self-dealing. As the local newspaper put it, “The Sentinel has learned that much of the ... more »
A College History Class About Video Games? Sign Me Up. | toteachornototeach
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
A College History Class About Video Games? Sign Me Up. | toteachornototeach: A College History Class About Video Games? Sign Me Up. by aristotlethewise *A College History Class About Video Games? Sign Me Up.* History buffs who enjoy video games may want to enroll at the *University of South Carolina* and sign up for the “*Computer Games and History*” course scheduled for the spring 2013 semester. Associate Professor Joseph November is running a class in which students play, and discuss, games like Company of Heroes, the Total War series, Civilization and Age of Empires. The undergra... more »
Feeling Better on the Public’s Dime « PWC Education Reform Blog
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Feeling Better on the Public’s Dime « PWC Education Reform Blog: Feeling Better on the Public’s Dime by pwceducationreform With 30 – 38 children in each classroom, paper being rationed in some schools, and band instruments no longer being repaired, why is PWCS spending money to produce videos designed to demonstrate the value of the World-Class education it provides? At the October 17 2012 school board meeting Superintendent Walts announced that PWCS would be posting a series of public service announcements called “Look at Us Now!” which will profile graduates of PWCS and the succ... more »
New Policy: Bonuses unless we get caught - Wait, What?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
New Policy: Bonuses unless we get caught - Wait, What?: New Policy: Bonuses unless we get caught by jonpelto According to a Hartford Courant article by written by reporter Vanessa De la Torree, Christina Kishimoto, Hartford’s Superintendent of School, decided to rescind $38,976 in performance bonuses to six of her top deputies earlier this week. The action came after the Hartford Board of Education announced that it would be discussing the matter at their board meeting. Apparently the Hartford Board of Education voted, last year, to prohibit performance bonuses for senior staff.... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Democracy: Only For The RIGHT Kind Of People
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Jersey Jazzman: Democracy: Only For The RIGHT Kind Of People: Democracy: Only For The RIGHT Kind Of People by Duke New Jersey Senator Ron Rice is a true patriot: Paterson would gain control of its public school system for the first time in 21 years under legislation introduced by Democrats that also would limit future state takeovers to five years, lawmakers announced Friday. "*It's time for the state to admit that the prolonged takeover of a local school district is a failed experiment, and it's time to return the school districts that have languished under state control back to ... more »
Let's start this conversation about BEX (again). Seattle Schools Community Forum
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: *Let's start this conversation about BEX (again). * I like the BEX staff that I know. They are bright and hard-working. A few of the very problematic people are gone and that is truly a good thing. That said, I have never been confident in the choices that the BEX staff has made over the years. Here are my problems with how BEX staff works. One, there never seems, despite their use of the word "scenarios", any real evidence that you see them saying "if A, then, B but what about this ripple to C". *No school is an island and there are ramif... more »
School Tech Connect: Our Topsy-Turvy State
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School Tech Connect: Our Topsy-Turvy State: Our Topsy-Turvy State by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) The constitutional amendment notice language on all Illinois ballots next month *is *deceptive, and is *should* be invalidated by the courts. Plus the amendment itself is just a stupid thing to tack onto the constitution. It adds a whole new dimension of murky to an otherwise clear document. I was going to add links but I noticed that state's online constitution links are down at the moment. And I can't say that I blame whoever has taken down the constitution. If I were trying ... more »
Teacher Leaders: Puppets or Powerful? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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Teacher Leaders: Puppets or Powerful? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Teacher Leaders: Puppets or Powerful? by Anthony Cody New York teacher Ariel Sacks this week pointed out some of the challenges faced by teachers who wish to exercise leadership beyond their classrooms. In this essay, Beyond Tokenism: Toward the Next Stage of Teacher Leadership, Sacks points out some of the pitfalls she has experienced. These include finding one's voice used to advance someone else's agenda, making one into a "mouthpiece," rather than a true leader. Another is be used as a token ... more »
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky This is our last weekend across the Lake. Our timing could not have been more perfect. We have watched the Fall colors in their full cycle from green to brilliant red and orange. We have driven up and down the west coast of Michigan up as far as Holland. If Romney is going to take Michigan’s electoral votes (which he is not expected to do) it won’t be from voters here. Not if lawn signs tell the story. The other take away from being here is that our cable TV gets Michigan, Indiana and Illinois stations. It’s been ... more »
An Open Letter on the 2012 Election to Anxious Liberals With Radical Friends « Student Activism
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An Open Letter on the 2012 Election to Anxious Liberals With Radical Friends « Student Activism: An Open Letter on the 2012 Election to Anxious Liberals With Radical Friends by Angus Johnston If you’re a liberal trying to consider a radical friend to vote to save Obama, consider this… There are only eight states where voting for president matters this year. If your friend doesn’t live in one of them, chill out. Have the discussion if you like, but don’t get angry. Voting for president in a safe state is a purely symbolic act, and life’s too short to damage friendships over acts o... more »
Russo pontificates against Ravitch - Substance News
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Russo pontificates against Ravitch - Substance News: MEDIA WATCH: Russo, from his blogtification pulpit in Brooklyn, knocks Diane Ravitch as the whining continues at 'District299.com'... George N. Schmidt - October 19, 2012 One of the secret pleasures of some Chicago teachers and reporters is regularly reading "District299.com" to see how off base Brooklyn's finest Chicago reporter can get. Alexander Russo might be the most self-important blogster to pontificate (it's a practice called "blogtification", a combination of blogging and pontificating) on Chicago, but even for him it'... more »
UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-20-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The Campaign for Our Public Schools: What You Need to Do Now by dianerav The Campaign for Our Public Schools was a spontaneous effort to gather the candid views of educators, parents, students, and concerned citizens about the state of public education policy today. On October 3, everyone reading this blog was invited to write a letter to President Obama expressing their ideas. In a brief, two-week period, nearly 400 letters were submitted. There were many that were eloquent, many that were heartfelt, many wr... more »
Microsoft gives $50,000 more to Washington charter school initiative
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Microsoft gives $50,000 more to Washington charter school initiative: Microsoft gives $50,000 more to Washington charter school initiative Posted by Valerie Strauss on October 20, 2012 at 10:38 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » (Jeffrey MacMillan/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) Microsoft founder Bill Gates has personally forked over several million dollars to support a charter school referendum on the Washington state ballot in November – and now, Microsoft Corp. just upped its donation. The company ... more »
Mitt Romney’s No Excuses School | EduShyster
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Mitt Romney’s No Excuses School | EduShyster: Mitt Romney’s No Excuses School by edushyster2012 Cranbrook, the private boarding school attended by Mitt Romney, is a ‘No Excuses’ school, which is why Mr. Romney has such remarkable posture. Haters are constantly dawging on Mitt Romney for being quite possibly the whitest person who has ever lived. But it might surprise you to know that despite his mom jeans and the robotic arm movements, Willard Mitt Romney actually has a lot of *flava*. You see, Mr. Romney attended a No Excuses school very similar to the ones that are popping up in A... more »
Ed Notes Online: Today: Julie Cavanagh (MORE) and Xian Barrett (CORE) Lessons of the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
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Ed Notes Online: Today: Julie Cavanagh (MORE) and Xian Barrett (CORE) Lessons of the Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Today: Julie Cavanagh (MORE) and Xian Barrett (CORE) Lessons of the Chicago Teachers’ Strike by ed notes online Don't miss the chance to see Julie and Xian today. I met both of them in the summer of 2009, Xian in Los Angeles at a 5-city gathering of union activists where Xian and 5 others came from Chicago's CORE and Julie here at the first meeting of GEM and CAPE. I don't have to tell ed notes readers about Julie. Even if you can't make it, check out these 2 videos I shot... more »
Are America’s Schools Breeding Grounds for Compliant Citizens? | toteachornototeach
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Are America’s Schools Breeding Grounds for Compliant Citizens? | toteachornototeach: Are America’s Schools Breeding Grounds for Compliant Citizens? by aristotlethewise *Are America’s Schools Breeding Grounds for Compliant Citizens? * by John W. Whitehead “*[P]ublic school reform is now justified in the dehumanizing language of national security, which increasingly legitimates the transformation of schools into adjuncts of the surveillance and police state… students are increasingly subjected to disciplinary apparatuses which limit their capacity for critical thinking, mold them into... more »
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