Update. Mr. P’s ukes are fully funded.
A few days ago I posted about my neighborhood school. Darwin Elementary. And its music teacher, Joe Panganiban. AKA, Mr. P. Darwin is an increasingly rare thing in Chicago. It is a public neighborhood elementary school. It is open to any child in the neighborhood. Just the kind of school Rahm wants to get rid of. There are area of Chicago that are three and four miles square without a traditiona
Opt out news. Brooklyn testing boycott leads to NY dropping the mandated test.
Last Spring: A group of teachers at the International High School at Prospect Heights refused to administer a city-mandated writing test they say is unsuitable for their students, many of whom are recent immigrants learning English. The test, called the Measures of English Language Arts Performance Assessment, is essay-based and aligned to Common Core standards. Students took a similar test in th
In Arizona every week is Banned Book Week for Chicanos.
Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street is banned in Arizona under House Bill 2282, which prohibits any courses or classes that “promote the overthrow of the government.” Arizona’s HB 2281 bans all Chicano Studies programs, claiming they are aimed at overthrowing the government. Arizona officials banned 80 books. Some were even carted out of classrooms and boxed during class time. The books we
Dyett community. “Hey Rahm. Do we matter?”
Brother Jitu and others are chained together outside Rahm’s fifth floor city hall office. If Dyett High School closes there will be no neighborhood public high school in Bronzeville. None in Oakland. None in Kenwood. Parents, teachers and community members have presented an alternative program that would leave Dyett open. CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet and the mayor have refused to listen or conside
9-23-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Kathy Myalls committed voter fraud.17th District Republican challenger Kathy Myalls and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. She committed voter fraud to vote for him. I’ve always made the argument that the Republicans exaggerate the problem of voter fraud to push voter suppression rules that are aimed at