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From http://articles.philly.com/2014-07-30/news/52192626_1_temple-university-minority-students-standardized-test-scores:In an effort to cultivate talented students who don't test well, Temple University says it will become the first national public research university in the Northeast to make standardized test scores optional for admission.The university expects as many as 150 to 200 students who
by Doug MartinNursing home crusader and Cicero, Indiana’s Republican Eric Turner loves the corporate school crowd in Indiana. Here are a few of his funders. LILLY To add to the $1000 it gave him in 2013 (page 9), the $1000 (page 13) in 2011, the $500 in 2010 (page 6), and the $1,000 in 2009 (page 8), recently the corporate school pushers at Eli Lilly handed Turner $1,000. WALMART/DEVOS Then, on
Weird Al, My Hero
He's back to help us understand the missions of CorpEd, CorpMed, CorpRead, CorpFed, CorpTED, and even CorpDead. More at Alternet.
School Board Says No to Lily-White Charter
Fayette County, Georgia is over 70 percent white and its median household income is almost twice the state average. But that is still not white enough or rich enough to suit some Fayette Countians who want their home-schooled or privately-educated children now supported with state funds intended children who choose public education. The only vote for the segregated charter came from Tea Party fa
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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 sent to Arne Duncan’s office. In the “memo,” CECI members 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 waiver
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: from Alternet:Then Rev. William Barber III, leader of the Forward Together movement in North Carolina, electrified the crowd with an address that included support for public education in a moral vision for America. Six panels on education topics – ranging from curriculum standards, to student suspensions, to
JUL 31
Member of FBI-Raided School Funds Todd Rokita AFTER the Raid
by 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 Rokita is up for election this year, I decided to peek into his campaign funding ("peek" because I merely touch the surface with what
JUL 29
Holy Moses Batman! Arne Met with the Badass Teachers!
The BATS Swoop Down on Department of EducationFrom With a Brooklyn AccentThe party's over but looks like the Badass Teachers, a group of people who have devoted their lives to educating children, had a meeting with Arne Duncan. The party at the DoE was a lot of fun and nice to see new faces. The music was particularly good and the speakers, weather and entertainment was just what teachers needed
Evan Bayh Loves Christel DeHaan and Hedge Funders: CORPORATE SCHOOL ALERT
by Doug Martin With so many people saying Evan Bayh must come back to Indiana to "save" public education as governor, it is time to set the record straight and let Hoosiers know about the real Evan Bayh. Here is just a glimpse (after only a few hours of research) into Indiana’s hero, Fox News' on-air contributor, and former governor of and senator for Indiana, and it is not pretty. An
JUL 27
Now That Education Has Been the "Civil Rights Issue of Our Generation" for a Generation . . .
. . . it's worth asking how's that working out for those duplicitous policy elites who pretend to believe such nonsense. Apparently, much more grit is going to required to grind poor and brown children down into that magical stuff that high test scores are made from. From Kids Count 2014:
Haslam Continues Ed Policy Based on Secrecy, Favoritism, and Dupliicty
Washington County School Board member Jack Leonard speaks Friday outside the district's central office as state Reps. Matthew Hill, Micah Van Huss and Tony Shipley listen. (Nathan Baker/Johnson City Press)Bill Haslam is up for re-election this year, and if Tennesseans can see beyond the ends of the Obama-hating noses, they will send this anti-democratic oligarch back to the corporate offices of P
JUL 26
New Jersey's Hedge Fund Guru In Indiana
By Doug MartinEven though New Jersey hedge fund guru Sean Fieler likes to fight gay-marriage equality and women’s reproductive rights on the national arena, he spends a good deal of his leisure time buying Indiana politicians. Fielder is a big honcho in the school privatization movement in the Hoosier state, although you will never hear a whisper about him in the papers. Here is the nitty-gritt
