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Sunday, September 15, 2013

9-15-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos:









Reign of Error: the important new book by Diane Ravitch
The testing, accountability, and choice strategies offer the illusion of change while changing nothing.  They mask the inequity and injustice that are now so apparent in our social order.  They do nothing to alter the status quo.  They preserve the status quo.  They are the status quo. Those words appear on p. 225 of Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America'



9-14-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos:  Saturday reflection on teaching - the year goes onYesterday ending the first complete week of teaching at my new school, the 3rd with students.  Our first week we only had freshmen on Monday, to walk their schedules, and the 2nd week was interrupted by Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah.  We see our classes on alternate days, A Day - B Day, each time for extended periods.  That