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Thursday, December 19, 2013

12-19-13 @ The Chalk Face

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Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle
Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson). via Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson).

Center for Union Facts… Yeah, Right.
On December 10, 2013, the deceptively-named Center for Union Facts (CUF) bought a full-page ad in the New York Times in order to tell the public that some of the 2012 US PISA scores are the “fault” of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. Right there, we begin with stupid. The CUF attacks […]




12-18-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: 2014 Educators’ AgendaBegin a movement to create and fund Deliver for America, temporary driver pool to replace full-time drivers at FedEx. (See FedEx Celebrating Holidays with TFA Donations.) Call for a nation-wide evaluation of political leaders based on value added methods measuring their positive impact on the people they represent; standardized tests administered for every e