Saturday, May 17, 2014

5-17-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week


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With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week






Mark Naison EduNews Takes on Teach for America
Here it is!!! Mark Naison EduNews takes on Teach for America!!! http://youtu.be/PREZXh4coIo

MAY 11

On the "Civil Rights" Defense of Common Core
It is a grave error to portray the Common Core Standards as a Civil Rights measure opposed largely by right wing fanatics seeking to undermine pubic education. Not only does this offend people on the right whose views on education and social policy it caricatures, it offends liberals and people on the left who have view the CCSS as the product of the same undemocratic policies which have been und

MAY 10

An Open Letter to the Southern Poverty Law Center on Common Core and Threats to Public Education
With public schools being closed all over the nation and charter schools being created in their place; with tens of thousands of veteran union teachers, many of them teachers of color, being pushed out of their jobs; with charter schools in inner city neighborhoods practicing zero-tolerance discipline and discriminating against ELL and Special Needs Students, one wonders why the Southern Poverty L

MAY 06

The Charter School Hustle by Notorious Phd
There's something goinground,called the Charter SchoolDump,pushing public schoolsdown,And charter schoolsup,When a student actsout,Or bombs on a testThe charters throwhim outSo their numberslook bestAnd the public schoolswho takeCharter refugeesWatch pols use their scoresto Bring them to theirknees.Its all about theBenjamins,And political muscleIt's the Urban Dance theycallThe Charter School Hustl