Schools Abducted: Despoliation of Community
Clearly, there are more and more parents educating themselves regarding testing in schools and how they can pull their kids out of testing. Not all parents can put their children under a homeschooling overseen by credentialed personnel. While we strive to keep our public schools public and free of the new reform movement that brings […]
Addendum to Schools Abducted: Despoliation of Community
I wrote the above article while navigating a vessel in a heavy wind. I made an egregious error. I AM not for the closing of public schools, especially those in large, urban areas. NOR would I encourage “urban blight.” What I intended to say was: If it comes to this, then let them take out […]
CCSS + iPad + Kindergarten = ?
Wondering if full day kindergarten children have nap time replaced by tablet time? Follow the author on twitter @stoptesting15
One Step Closer……
Every time a child takes a high stakes test we are one step closer to the end of public education. Keep that in mind next year – especially if you are a student and/or have a child that doesn’t mind the test – know that the action of taking the test in fact is assisting […]
Reconsidering the Khan Academy
Ever wonder how you can become an educator, education expert, or education reformer? Well, since 60 Minutes has bought into the most recent con-de-jure, the Khan Academy, let’s consider how people become educators. How about Secretary of Education Arne Duncan? Peter Smagorinsky puts it best: “Let’s trace his path to the presidential Cabinet. One of […]
solidaridad: Crenshaw Student Forum – Community Standing up to Deasy’s Racist Reconstitution
solidaridad: Crenshaw Student Forum – Community Standing up to Deasy’s Racist Reconstitution. Anyone in the Los Angeles area interested in preserving public education is encouraged to attend and support this event. Filed under: ROBERT D. SKEELS: Schools Matter Tagged: Crenshaw HS, John Deasy, lausd, neoliberalism, privatization, Reconstitution, resistance, Struggle
In case you were wondering, apartheid totally apt, #cpsclosings
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 37 minutes ago
I’m researching something else. But I encountered the following article from the Baltimore Sun in 1986. During apartheid, they closed 30 Black schools at once and it was a BIG deal. In Chicago, IL, United States, in 2013, they’re closing 50. Wow. Also found this curious passage in an earlier article, perhaps from the 50s or […]
Introducing Old School Sean
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 hour ago
We like to (and by we I mean I/me) repurpose various Internet memes for education. You can Google Search “Old Economy Steve.” That’s a new one for me. So, I thought I would introduce you all to “Old School Sean.” Enjoy. And, please, make your own. Here are some samples. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General […]
Get Off the Pot
antiqueteacher60 at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 10 hours ago
Something has been nagging in my brain for a while now. It was a comment left on one of my posts about being tired that said “Shit or get off the pot.” When the comment was posted, my mouse hovered over the “unapprove” button, but then I thought to myself that the comment, while I […]
All Lives Have Equal Value. Right, Bill and Melinda?
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 18 hours ago
A letter from Susan DuFresne: Dear Bill and Melinda Gates, Yes, I include Melinda in this letter, because as I understand it, Melinda is very involved in the Gates Foundation’s ideas and policies on public education. Your influence has won you the Notorious PhD’s aka Mark Naison’s poll: Most Influential Corporate Reformer title. As a […]