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Sunday, January 12, 2014

1-12-14 Schools Matter

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The Ravitch Conference, Featuring Randi Weingarten
Diane Ravitch and Anthony Cody started a new organization a year or so ago called the Network for Public Education.  Board members were chosen, and the chosen board members chose Ravitch as President and Cody as Treasurer. As NPE president, Ravitch will be the Keynote Speaker at a UTexas based two-day conference in early March that, according to Cody, will "bring together activists from aroun

Ravitch Announces Randi's "Decoupling" of Common Core from VAM
With light diminishing between Diane Ravitch and Randi Weingarten's positions, Dr. Ravitch posted this this morning.  My comment at her blog follows.A reader who calls himself or herself “Democracy” left comments criticizing me for defending Randi Weingarten–or perhaps for not attacking her.Here is my response to Democracy:Democracy, you ask a good question, and I will answer as best I can..As you


1-11-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekWhen Corporate Psychology Replaces Child Development, KIPP StyleDr. Martin Seligman is the most prominent leader of the popular movement and corporate cult known as positive psychology, which Dr. Bryant Welch describes as modern day version of Norman Vincent Peale's "power of positive thinking."Dr. Seligman is also the richest leader of the movemen