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Friday, August 1, 2014

8-1-14 Schools Matter

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Hey, Obama Has Faith in Patriotic U. S. Torturers
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-obama-torture-20140801-story.html

Ritz's Attacker and the School Privatizers
CECI front-woman Claire Fiddian-Green’s latest assault against Indiana supt. of public ed. Glenda Ritz was her response to the Associated Press recently concerning the “memo” CECI staff sent to Arne Duncan’s office.  In the “memo,” CECI staff criticize the IDOE’s “grammatical errors” and accuse IDOE of making policy changes without the state board of education’s approval while seeking the NCLB wa

Robert D. Skeels and Doug Martin on War Report on Public Ed Sunday
by Doug Martin I will be joining fellow Schools Matter blogger Robert D. Skeels and BATS member Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. this Sunday, August 3, on the War Report on Public Education.  Robert will be speaking about the upcoming LAUSD school board election (he ran against a billionaire-funded candidate for a board seat in 2013) on the first segment of the radio show, starting at 2 pm Pacific Ca

"above the snake line"
From NetRoots Nation July 19, Rev. William Barber, the voice of human rights in education:



7-31-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Member of FBI-Raided School Funds Todd Rokita AFTER the Raid: Member of FBI-Raided School Funds Todd Rokita AFTER the Raidby Doug Martin I mention Todd Rokita, the Indiana US congressman from the 4th district, in my book Hoosier School Heistbecause of his role with the Muslim Gulen charter schools recently raided by the FBI (see more on this at the end of this article). Since Rokit