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Active/Retired Teacher Attacks: Connecticut, Illinois and (Your State HERE)
Stealing money from old people has become common by legislatures nationwide. Now, it’s also fine to steal from those who hope to someday have the possibility of growing old. The plundering of money that people honestly earned by paying into private pension plans has become so common that “pension raiders” run for public office and call themselves “job creators.” Now that active and retired teacher
Written by D.A. Wolf for DivorcedMoms.comWhen my divorce was final at last, I would have given anything to have had more freedom. I would have loved to pack up my two kids, in elementary school at the time, and followed my heart – all the way to France.That isn’t as far-fetched (or selfish) as it may sound. I’ve lived in France, I’ve studied in France, I’ve traveled back and forth to France and ot
Vergara trial: finally, evidence of a student hurt by state laws
Jonathan Raymond, a former superintendent and Joey’s dad. It took six days of testimony to finally put a human face on the legal issues in Vergara vs. California, and it wasn’t Beatriz Vergara or any of the other eight plaintiffs challenging the state and its biggest teacher unions. Rather it was Joey Raymond, the son of the former Sacramento City Unified superintendent, Jonathan Raymond, who took
House Bill 2697 would require state education agencies to devise a method to give additional weight to AP and higher-level International Baccalaureate courses.
Governor Bill Haslam is desperate to appear as if he is doing something to improve educational opportunity in a state that has a long history of underfunding education and masking inequality with programs intended for political gain rather than substantive results. The Governor's most recent plan to for free tuition for students going to community college sounds great until you notice that the pr
Acting Deputy Secretary Jim Shelton to Address New York State School Boards Association at Congressional Breakfast
Acting Deputy Secretary of Education Jim Shelton will give remarks and participate in a question and answer session at the New York State School Boards Association’s Congressional Breakfast on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 8 a.m. ET, in Washington, D.C.
Common Core, By Any Other Name: Can Rebranding Standards End Opposition? | StateImpact Indiana
BY ELLE MOXLEY If legislation voiding the state’s current academic standards passes, Indiana will be the first state to exit the Common Core initiative and write its own expectations for what students should know and learn at each grade level. As U.S. News & World Report notes, lawmakers in South Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Kentucky are considering ...read more
State looking into PACE’s involvement with basketball program | ChapelHillNews.com
BY JONATHAN M. ALEXANDER CARRBORO — The N.C. Office of Charter Schools is looking into a struggling charter school’s involvement with a for-profit club basketball team whose coach says is just trying to help student-athletes “get to the next level.” Director of the Office of Charter Schools Joel Medley sent a letter to PACE Academy’s ...read more
Criticizing KIPP Critics | the becoming radical
An early and consistent proponent of Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools, Jay Mathews has joined a rising group of KIPP advocates directly criticizing KIPP critics, offering two arguments: KIPP charter schools are not abusive or excessively authoritarian, and KIPP critics are prone to misleading hyperbole because they fail to visit the KIPP schools ...read more
The Wealth of 85 Billionaires Equals That of the 3.5 Billion Poorest People in the World
When 85 Equals 3.5 Billion, You Have a Horrendous Inequality Good Reads Submitted by Frank Murphy It is a strongly held belief in our country that people should be appropriately rewarded for their contributions to building and advancing the economic strength of our society. “In doing so, some economic inequality is essential to drive growth and progress, rewarding those with talent, hard earned
What an awesome time to be a corporation. The spirits of Carnegie, Ford, Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan must all be wishing they could have lived during this time. In an effort to take away a campaign issue from his Republican rivals, Illinois Speaker of the House, Mike Madigan has called for cutting the corporate tax in half. That’s correct, the virtually bankrupt state of Illinois is going to coll
Boys of Color, Richard Sherman, and Addressing Inequity [Exclusive]
I had the privilege of discussing educating boys of color with the awesome Baruti Kafele and Jason Flom, courtesy of the BAM Radio Network. Listen while we go through a range of topics, including Richard Sherman and how race / color can affect classroom and school culture. One more thing I didn’t get to mention was how the Seattle Seahawks corner was immediately compared to quarterback Russell Wi
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2-3-14 EmpathyEducates!– What Could Be Wrong With ‘School Choice’?
empathyeducates – What Could Be Wrong With ‘School Choice’?: What Could Be Wrong With ‘School Choice’?By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network. January 28, 2014 at 7:00 pmEveryone loves “choice,” right?In a country where in a single year there are more than 100 new choices for what to use to brush your teeth, it stands to reason that maximizing “choice” might be a goa
solidaridad: Help Student Organizers Travel to LA for EmpowerED 2014 Conference!
solidaridad: Help Student Organizers Travel to LA for EmpowerED 2014 Conference!: Help Student Organizers Travel to LA for EmpowerED 2014 Conference!On March 29th, student organizers from all over the country will converge upon Los Angeles to share their stories with the LA student community at a youth-led conference called EmpowerED: Los Angeles Student Power 2014. Pitch in to help get them here!
The Charter School Gravy Train | Seattle Education
The Charter School Gravy Train | Seattle Education: The Charter School Gravy TrainAn education advocate in New York brought this article to my attention today. It was published last year in Forbes magazine and is relevant today in Seattle, Washington.Charter School Gravy Train Runs Express To Fat CityOn Thursday, July 25, dozens of bankers, hedge fund types and private equity investors gathered in
LAUSD'S TREACHEROUS ROAD FROM REED TO VERGARA- IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT STUDENTS, JUST MONEY - Perdaily.com
LAUSD'S TREACHEROUS ROAD FROM REED TO VERGARA- IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT STUDENTS, JUST MONEY - Perdaily.com: LAUSD'S TREACHEROUS ROAD FROM REED TO VERGARA- IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT STUDENTS, JUST MONEY(Mensaje se repite en Español)Contrary to what was asserted in 2010 with theReed vs. State of Californiacase, and now with theVergara vs. State of California case, cutting the budget by attacking teachers
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James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPToni Morrison Gives a Lesson in Unpacking Assumptions and the White Gaze | educarenowToni Morrison Gives a Lesson in Unpacking Assumptions and the White Gaze | educarenow: Toni Morrison Gives a Lesson in Unpacking Assumptions and the White GazePo