Big Education Ape - Early Eveving Banana Break
Parents Across America Are Opting Out
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On National Education Discourse (Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That)
Enemies in education? Ain’t nobody got time for that!
This is what happens when you start listening to folks who think the answer is square in the middle.
The first time I took issue with a Michael Petrilli post, I was annoyed because, when it comes to education, only the people in his circle (frenemies or not) mattered and the rest of us (read: people of color) generally didn’t. You’ll note in his post that he calls for people to get familiar with others outside their echo chamber when he clearly has a silo of his own.So forgive me for using him as a clear example of the national discourse in education.
In his world, you got educators, activists, and other lefty types in one end and all the members of the Billionaire Boys Club (not Pharrell), policymakers, central office types, and conservatives on the other. By looking at who they follow on Twitter, we can tell in which echo chamber they belong where they fit neatly with everyone else
The Growth Model in Medicine
We all depend on doctors. They have a very good reputation, are highly educated, and we tend to trust them. Here’s a disturbing statistic, though. As western medicine is organized now, 100% of patients tend to die.
Clearly, there’s something wrong with this system. If 100% of patients die, what value are doctors adding. Sure, some say, they can provide medicine, surgery, and advice that often puts off the inevitable. But why should Americans, including children (who we place first) invest countless millions of dollars in something that guarantees only death?
The only solution, as far as I can tell, is to institute a system that rewards good doctors. For example, I myself have seen many doctors, yet I'm not in as good shape as I was twenty years ago. I have less hair, and it's not quite the same color it used to be.
LAUSD parents deliver petition to Superintendent John Deasy demanding school reform
LOS ANGELES -- Amabilia Villeda received a surprising phone call from her daughter's teacher one day -- the sixth-grader could barely read. "How did this happen?" Villeda asked in Spanish. "Now she's in eighth grade and reads at third-grade level." | More education news
HISD board elects Eastman as president
HISD trustees voted unanimously Thursday to name Anna Eastman president of the school board, avoiding a public battle. Trustees had been unable to unify around a leader early this week, but ultimately settled on Eastman, who has not been a strong supporter of Superintendent Terry Grier. She was the lone trustee to vote against Grier’s Read More
At the Chalk Face fights for freedom
Filed under: education reform Tagged: at the chalk face, freedom, propaganda, radio
Teaching kids about ‘white privilege’
One Wisconsin school is rocking the race boat: “A school district in Wisconsin said they will review a high school diversity class that exposed students to radical leftist thinkers and promoted a critical race theory that alleges white people are oppressors. The ‘American Diversity’ class was taught to students at Delavan-Darien High School in Wisconsin, Read More
Rooftop Farming in the Urban Jungle
Annie Novack is an organic farmer with a very different kind of farm. Annie farms at Eagle Street Rooftop Farms, which spans over 6,000 square feet on a rooftop in Brooklyn overlooking the city skyline. In addition to bringing farm fresh produce to local restaurants and consumers, Eagle Street works to provide farm based education to children and adults of all ages.
Just Like Michelle Rhee's Students first only BETTER
Astroturf lobbying refers to political organizations or campaigns that appear to be made up of grassroots activists but are actually organized and run by corporate interests seeking to further their own agendas. Such groups are often typified by innocent-sounding names that have been chosen specifically to disguise the group's true backers
Just Like Michelle Rhee's
Students first Astroturf lobbying (only Better)
Other Astroturf lobbying groups
الشركات استيلاء التعليم العام
Just Like Michelle Rhee's
Students first Astroturf lobbying (only Better)