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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

solidaridad: Reason LA Fund feeds expired food to poor children of color—see any color on their board?

solidaridad: Reason LA Fund feeds expired food to poor children of color—see any color on their board?:


Reason LA Fund feeds expired food to poor children of color—see any color on their board?




Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 4 hours ago
Reason @lafund feeds expired food to poor children of color—see any color on their board? #LAUSD #ArtsMatter #LA2050 twitter.com/rdsathene/stat… — Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) April 4, 2013

5th Grade Schoolteacher Monica Ratliff, a LAUSD candidate endorsed by both UTLA and AALA

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 4 hours ago
5th Grade Schoolteacher Monica Ratliff, a #LAUSD candidate endorsed by both UTLA & AALA monicaratliff2013.nationbuilder.com/endorsements twitter.com/rdsathene/stat… — Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) May 15, 2013

Education Opportunity Network: “Parent Triggers: Another Reform Misfires"

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 4 hours ago
Education Opportunity Network: “Parent Triggers: Another Reform Misfires,” youtu.be/HtTGMqHYaJk #LAUSD #parenttrigger — Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) March 16, 2013

PESJA: Breakfast in the Classroom, a tax shelter for firms to dispose of rancid, rotten & otherwise spoiled food

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 4 hours ago
Breakfast in the Classroom, a tax shelter for firms to dispose of rancid, rotten & otherwise spoiled food. #LAUSD twitter.com/PESJA_LA/statu… — PESJA Los Angeles (@PESJA_LA) May 12, 2013

The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Education Committee Presents A Free Bike Rodeo

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 4 hours ago
BIKE RODEO by Robert D. Skeels ' The SILVER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL EDUCATION COMMITTEE presents A Free BIKE RODEO Saturday, May 18th, 2013, From 10:00 am – 2:00 pm MICHELTORENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND 1511 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 Everyone is welcome! For KIDS ages 5 – 12 You DO NOT need a bike or a helmet to participate! LADOT’s SAFE MOVES Bicycle Safety Course Safe Moves allows children to bicycle through a miniature city called “Safe Moves City”. It consists of streets, sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, traffic signals, traffic signs, residential a... more »

LA Fund uses a dairy for LAUSD BIC that has been fined by the EPA for nitric acid violations

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 5 hours ago
.@lafund uses dairy for #LAUSD #BIC that has been fined by the EPA for nitric acid violations yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.n… twitter.com/rdsathene/stat… — Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) May 2, 2013

Corporations have even found a way to co-opt words like urban "gentrification"

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 5 hours ago
Corporations have even found a way to co-opt words like urban "gentrification" to deflect attention from what they do twitter.com/rdsathene/stat… — Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) May 14, 2013

More evidence corroborating Professor Krashen and exposing the contrived skills and STEM crises

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at solidaridad - 5 hours ago
First published on *Schools Matter* on April 06, 2013. ------------------------------ *"...the impending shortage of scientists and engineers is one of the longest running hoaxes in the country" — Gerald W. Bracey* [image: Dr. Krashen has long been a critic of the fact-free Myth: STEM and skills crises]*Schools Matter*'s Professor Stephen Krashen has been a long time critic of the media promulgated mythology that there's a shortage of qualified workers, particularly those in the Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) fields. A quick survey of his posts here reveal his ongoing ... more »