EPSLP: College Ready? Alliance Charter Corporation's big scam
First published on Echo Park Patch on September 20, 2013 "If the American public understood that reformers want to privatize their public schools and divert their taxes to pay profits to investors, it would be hard to sell the corporate idea of reform." — Professor Diane Ravitch "However, within this market, competition exists in several forms" — (Alliance CRPS Corporation's
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: From the AALA Newsletter: AALA PRESIDENT ADDRESSES...
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: From the AALA Newsletter: AALA PRESIDENT ADDRESSES...: From the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Weekly Update Week of September 23, 2013 | http://bit.ly/1b3CpGQ AB...
SKrashen: The cost of the new standards
Sent to the Hartford Courant, September 21, 2013The estimate of $1.19 billion to implement the Common Core Standards is a tiny percentage of the real cost ("Common Core Standards To Change State's Education Landscape," Sept. 21).The new tests must be administered online. Many districts lack enough up-to-date or even working computers, and even if computers are in place, there will be con
Schools Matter: Trinational protest at Mexican Consulate in solidarity with CNTE
First published on Schools Matter on September 22, 2013Protesting education neoliberalism across borders. En solidaridad con Los maestros de Mexico! #lausd pic.twitter.com/t8sunJeLP6— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) September 21, 2013On Friday, September 20, 2013 the Trinational Coalition To Defend Public Education organized a demonstration in front of the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles in solidar