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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

10-8-13 Schools Matter

Schools Matter:

Horn & Wilburn






smoother boondoggle?
JUST A SMOOTHER BOONDOGGLE?Sent to Education Week, October 8, 2013Three scholars have recommended testing students only every few years, and using "higher-quality assessments that encourage more productive teaching" rather than current multiple-choice tests. ("Fewer, Better Tests Can Boost Student Achievement," October 9).They note that these tests can be used without spending

ASD and RSD Built on Empirical House of Cards and Mountains of Tax-Sheltered Cash
The NEPC has a completed a review of the "documentation" used by corporatists in New Orleans and Tennessee to justify the takeover and colonization of NOLA and Memphis schools.  To say the evidence is slim for such anti-democratic privatization schemes is an understatement.  Here is the link to the NEPC site, and below is a clip that focuses on Tennessee's Powerpoint "research"

10-6-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Overcoming RhetoricI'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) t