Keeping the Billionaires Out of Reform Resistance: What Do WE Want?
Image from: http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/ Arne Duncan’s trying his darndest to cloak resistance to education reform as the mantle of either “crazy Tea Party” people or privileged “suburban moms” (his words, not mine). Nice way to deflect Arne, but it won’t work. You see, here in the trenches we are not all Conservatives. And we are not all […]
Arne Is Aiming for Damage Control But Just Can’t Seem to Get It Right
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s tasteless remarks on Friday about the seeming inability of “White suburban mothers” to come to terms with their children’s limited intellectual ability as such is highlighted by the Duncan-beloved Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has the former Australian basketball player-gone-US-Sec-of Ed attempting to “close the gap” and re-score some […]
@chucktodd @dailyrundown: Why SC State Sen. Lee Bright when talking #CCSS?
I was outside this morning checking the handy work completed by my wife and me yesterday in the rain and cold (putting up a shed). Luckily the shed was still in the yard but just as I was going to check out the detailed craftsmanship my wife opened the door, “Tim! Hurry up! Come here!” […]
Where are YOUR boundaries of activism, and can they be pushed a little?
I know for an irrefutable fact that this petition on ousting Secretary Duncan, more symbolic than practical, has been making the rounds in the last two days. Given the recent press on Duncan’s odd remark regarding suburban white moms, or whatever, I have no idea why this petition, as of this writing, is stagnant at […]
Cuomo: No longer the “lobbyist” for the students?
As the fight over Common Core, high-stakes testing, the new APPR teacher evaluation system, and education commissioner John King’s leadership hits a fever pitch in New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo has been silent for weeks. Today we finally get some quotes from Cuomo who declared himself “lobbyist” for the students of New York. “It’s […]
Now we all care Secretary Duncan.
My initial and continued reaction to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s ‘suburban moms” speech is how he insulted all parents with his flippant comment. Does he imply that other parents do not care about their children? Or does he think Common Core opposition comes from only one segment of society? Is this the continued strategy of Common […]
Why Keeping Your Kids Home Sends the Wrong Message
Today, a protest took place, which was started by a New York State mom and was aggressively advertised as a move against the Common Core State Standards. It was celebrated as national day of protest, although it seems that designation fell flat. It seemed like a good way to get attention, and to some extent, […]
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