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Sunday, January 6, 2013

The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky

The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky:


The Sunday Mail.

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Springfield Capitol Rotunda. Friday. Photo: IEA
Veteran teachers explain their view of the the pension issue. You won’t see this on the channel seven news.
There is no pension deal yet. Keep the pressure on. Call 888 412 6570.
Has the Newark Teachers Union brought on its own destruction? A lesson for union leadership everywhere.
Have today’s schools become penitentiaries of boredom?
A PBS Frontline documentary examines Michelle Rhee’s cheating legacy in DC.
And Rhee’s BS is too much for even top Democrats to stomach.
Standardized testing has made life so much easier for students, teachers, and society. It is not an exaggeration to say that it benefits the world as well. By limiting the knowledge that students obtain by applying stringent curriculums for classes, teachers can put in minimal effort in lesson planning, since the teaching