Sister Corita Kent and authentic education reform
"Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail. There's only make." — Sister Corita Kent My dear friend Cheryl Ortega, UTLA's Director of Bilingual Education, sent me the following link this morning: How a Screenprinting Nun Changed the Course of Modern Art. Along with it she wrote "I was privileged to have studied with Corita at Immaculate Heart College." Reading and refl
Mitch Daniels Back Home Again With the Racist and Poor-Bashing Filthy Rich
By Doug Martin Before heading out with our Tea Party governor Mike Pence to appear on a panel entitled "Disrupting Higher Ed" at NBC's corporate school commercial Education Nation, Mitch Daniels, former Hoosier governor and current president of Purdue University, will be in Minneapolis tomorrow hanging out and keynoting a big gala event at the Center of the American Experiment on slashin
Colorado Parents See Wizard Behind the Curtain
"It's time to unite our community""Teachers can be silenced, but you can't fire a parent""Teacher morale will improve overnight when we get our four candidates elected""Parents, teachers students rallying together to win schools back"Listen to this radio broadcast from Douglas County, CO @thechalkface radio to get a nuanced look into the brilliant way ALEC a
Overcoming Rhetoric
I've somewhat wondered where the "society" publication is for American Eugenicists. They must have a club or association of some kind. It seems all professionals do--birds of a feather and such.This country in particular has striven to plan its future on a very grand scale. What better way than through forced education (for the good of the citizen) to manage a population--to funnel pe
10-5-13 -13 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekThe Great Phonics Debate Again! This time in AustraliaPhonics debate in The Australianhttp://tinyurl.com/prp2ucvContents: Our letter, then two responses, then our responseThe (limited) impact of heavy phonics instructionPublished in The Australian, Oct 1, 2013 as "Foster Love of Reading"In "Bad teaching kills reading skills," (Sept. 30) J