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The 4 Most Profound Ways Privatization Perverts Education
By Paul Buchheit | Originally Published at AlterNet. February 16, 2014 Profit-seeking in the banking and health care industries has victimized Americans. Now it’s beginning to happen in education, with our children as the products.
There are good reasons – powerful reasons – to stop the privatization […]
NEA President: We Need a Course Correction on Common Core
In response to many calls from students, parents, and teachers, opinions have changed. Courses too. Now, the President of the National Education Association says it is time for a correction. In respect to the Common Core State Standards or the assessments used to fulfill this agenda, he […]
House Democrats to Duncan: States are Backsliding on Help for Low Achievers
Photograph; J. Scott Applewhite/AP – Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The word “Democrat” or “Republican” can be a flashpoint. The term “Tea Party” too ignites a flame and yet, at times, any of the three can […]
FEB 18
Teachers Could Spank Harder Under Pending Bill
There are scars of all sorts. Each leaves a mark, but some are seen more readily. There are the less visible scars stress leaves behind. Fear of a test or failure hurts. But neither is said to cause, or indeed, to teach further aggression. Nonetheless, the “spare […]
FEB 17
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left
Photograph; Kimberly Celifarco with one of her kindergarten students, Gerson Perez, 5, at Public School 253 in Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times By Al Baker | Originally Published at The New York Times. February The Common Core has been applauded by education leaders […]
FEB 16
The School-To-Prison-Pipeline – It’s an Economic Decision
Photograph; In a frame grab from video obtained by The Associated Press, an inmate attacks fellow inmate Hanni Elabed at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center just south of Boise, Idaho. Elabed suffered brain damage and persistent short-term memory loss after he was beaten by inmate James Haver […]
FEB 14
Florida’s Race-Based Academic Goals Prompt Protest Petition
The Florida Board of Education set different proficiency goals for different racial groups. (Palm Beach Post file photo) By Leslie Postal | The Orlando Sentinel. February 14, 2014 Florida’s race-based academic goals prompted controversy when they were adopted in 2012 — and now have sparked an online […]
SPLC Files Complaint with DOJ over Florida’s Race-Based Education Goals
The Florida state Board of Education passed a controversial plan to set reading and math goals based upon race. (Photo credit should read Frank Perry/AFP/GettyImages) By Lauren Roth | Originally Published at The Orlando Sentinel. August 2, 2013 The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on Friday filed […]
FEB 12
“Treating People with Fundamentally Unequal Backgrounds as Superficially the Same”
Base Photograph; AP Photo | Wisconsin State Journal/John Hart By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published The Becoming Radical. February 12, 2014 “Work hard. Be nice.” is the tag-line of Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools, schools that serve primarily (and often exclusively) high-poverty minority […]
N.J. Education Chief to Resign for Greener Pastures
Another New Jersey official resigns and no, there is no scandal. Indeed, from those who report on New Jersey education policy there is much praise for his endeavors. Nonetheless, signs still exist; for Chris Christie appointees it is profits before people, greener pastures over the good of […]