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American Federation of Teachers: “Remediating” Duncan and Retaining the “Corrupted” Common Core
I’m wondering what of substance was accomplished thus far at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) national convention in Los Angeles July 11-14, 2014. On July 13, 2014, AFT was supposed to consider asking for U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s resignation. The National Education Association (NEA) passed a resolution on July 4, 2014, asking Duncan […]
Sacramento Journalist Seth Sandronsky Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky Education Reformers’ Playbook Want names of and motives for public school reformers? Read A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education by Mercedes K. Schneider. The author has skin in this game. She is a public school teacher against the corporate conquest of community-based public education. Schneider opens […]
All Week 7-12-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Does anyone else struggle with movement in the classroom?This from the Answer Sheet: In the following post, Angela Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist and the founder of TimberNook, a nature-based development program designed to foster creativity and independent play outdoors in New England, suggests yet another reason more children are being di
