Responding to Meghan Daum's reactionary attack on the Class of 2014 social justice movements
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. " — Paulo Freire LA Times columnist Meghan Daum takes issue with the Class of 2014's nationwide activism to resist and reject neoliberal reactionaries like Christine Lagarde and Condoleezza Rice as their commencement speakers. Her offensive College grads: With
A Prelude to TN Bonus Pay Report
From a clip in the Memphis Commercial Appeal:The retention bonusTennessee offered last year to keep strong teachers in low-performing schools likely was a factor for more than 70 teachers who signed on for another year in inner-city schools, most of them in Memphis.Of the 365 teachers that took the state up on the offer, 20 percent of them are more likely to have stayed compared to other high-perf
Marshall Tuck's Legacy of Bigotry and Failure
First submitted May 21, 2014 to LA Progressive Portions of this article were contributed by Cheryl Ortega and Dr. John Fernandez. "Tuck will most likely have a huge pot of money in his war chest coming from the likes billionaire boys clubbers like Broad, DFER and other corporate reformers." — Professor Mike Klonsky Los Angeles Parents and Community Protesting Marshall Tuck. Photo by R
5-19-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Madeloni Beats TURNcoat Paul Toner for MTA PresidentAmazing and wonderful! From CPS: Congratulations to Barbara Madeloni, president-elect, and Janet Anderson, vice president-elect of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Madeloni, the former director of the Secondary Teacher Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was elected at the MTA's annual meeting of