Lily Gives Arne a Big Hug
From MicroSoftNBC:Despite the education secretary’s outwardly nonchalant reaction to the NEA vote [calling for his resignation], García says he seemed “hurt” and “surprisingly confused.” In her estimation, he didn’t realize the level of anger he had conjured up. “Arne Duncan is not a bad man,” she said. “I think he sincerely believes this stuff.” Despite their differences, says García, they ended
Behning's Corporate School Money Still Flowing
by Doug Martin (See the important note at the end of this article. Patrick Lockhart is running against Behning, and needs your support. Here is his facebook page. Spread it wide. It is time to take this to a truly grassroots level. Pass this article on to your neighbors, your community members and leaders and to the people in Lockhart’s district, many of them in Indianapolis. It is time to s
Haslam's Secret Meeting at Ground Zero of Secret Classroom Camera Project
Last year we were able to uncover details of a Gates-funded student and teacher surveillance plan that gathered classroom video data and dumped it into a corporate Cloud for sharing among, who knows?Now it seems Governor Haslam is meeting undercover with a group of "educators" in Washington County to find out "what works and what's not." Wonder if the Gov plans to keep it all
Getting to Know KnowledgeWorks, Part 1
Soon after Ted Strickland (D) was elected Governor of Ohio in 2006, he announced that he would rely on the expertise of the KnowledgeWorks foundation to "help shape his administration's education agenda." Really not surprising, since the CEO for KnowledgeWorks, Chad Wick, served as transition team leader following Strickland's election. What does Wick, an investment banker, know about
7-24-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Our overall scores are unspectacular because of our high rate of child poverty. (WSJ)Test Scores, Students and LearningOur overall scores are unspectacular because of our high rate of child poverty.Published in the Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2014.When researchers control for the effect of poverty, American scores on international tests are at the top of the world. Our overall sc