With A Brooklyn Accent: If the Problem Is Child Poverty- Union Busting and Common Core Aligned Tests are the Wrong Response

With A Brooklyn Accent: If the Problem Is Child Poverty- Union Busting and Common Core Aligned Tests are the Wrong Response:

If the Problem Is Child Poverty- Union Busting and Common Core Aligned Tests are the Wrong Response

As someone who has spent the last 45 years working with Bronx schools and community organizations, it utterly astonishes me that Hedge fund managers, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and Hollywood celebrities seem to think that undermining teachers unions, funding charter schools and deluging schools with Common Core aligned tests are the answer to rising child poverty:Especially since I have yet to

by Mark Naison / 1h 

6-16-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letter to the BATS-

With A Brooklyn Accent: For those who say Strong Unions are A Problem for the NationIn the mid 1950's:35 percent of the US Labor Force was unionizedThe top 1 percent of earners made 9 percent of the incomeThe US was the most equal advanced nation in the world in terms of income distributionMillions of American families were moving out of crowded apartments intoprivate homesIn 201411 percent of the

by mike simpson / 8h