The BAT Anamoly
The BAT Anamoly1. We oppose Common Core and fight for our unions to fight Common Core. We oppose it because it is undemocratic, expensive, discriminatory, undermines good teaching and learning and is a cash cow for powerful corporations.2. We part company with other opponents of Common Core when they support charter schools, vouchers, school privatization, and attacks on collective bargaining.3. O
A Few Historical Reminders to Anti-CCSS Activists Who Have Become Enamored of Charter Schools
Reminder Number One:Remember NY State Education Commissioner John King? The biggest cheerleader for Common Core in the State of New York, who has ignored the voices of parents, teachers and students pointing out the damage done by Common Core Aligned Tests and the teaching methods they inspire? Commisioner King's only public education background, as an adult, was the three years he spent as princi
Why The Charter School Industry Has Become as Big a Threat to Public Education as Common Core
In many parts of the country, unregulated, Corporate controlled charters are as big a threat to public education as Common Core. They represent crony capitalism at its worst, building on insider deals with politicians to legitimize high CEO salaries, private real estate deals, exemption from regulations that protect students and teachers from abusive practices and sometimes, outright theft of gove
6-4-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction Activism
With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction ActivismMy journey into education activism began in the Spring of 2003 when I was asked to start an oral history project documenting the African American presence in Bronx Neighborhoods, which had been neglected by scholars of Bronx History as well as African American History in New York City. The project was embraced by scores of commun