AFT leaders talk tough...while backing down | SocialistWorker.org
http://socialistworker.org/2014/07/22/tough-talk-while-backing-down AFT leaders talk tough...while backing downAFT President Randi Weingarten THE AMERICAN Federation of Teachers (AFT) leadership is straining to balance growing unrest among union members and their strategy of making concessions in the name of "partnership." That effort was on display at the union's convention July 11-14
Dropout Nation » Thoughts: Jindal and Ravitch Division
http://dropoutnation.net/2014/07/24/thoughts-jindal-and-ravitch-division/ Thoughts: Jindal and Ravitch Division Bobby Jindal's Politics of Personal Destruction: One of the less-settling themes of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's tenure has been his penchant for being petty in dealing with his opponents and even otherwise allies. As I mentioned in yesterday's piece on Jindal's faltering anti-Common C
Randi Weingarten : " Boycott Walmart!" IS SHE JUST CATCHING ON ABOUT THIS? I guess she is nit shopping suer stores anyway... But self-respecting teachers haven't shopped at Wally World ( self respecting teachers have not shopped at Wally World in years.)
http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-wal-mart-ization-of-education-wal.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FeIOnDP+%28Big+Education+Ape%29 The Wal-Mart-ization of Education: Wal-Mart Wants Classrooms to Run More Like a Business, Teachers Are Fighting BackAs part of Wal-Mart's back-to-school marketing efforts, the company recently launched
Pearson: Inside the Belly of a Very Troubled Beast | Alan Singer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/pearson-inside-the-belly-_b_5749708.html Pearson: Inside the Belly of a Very Troubled Beast "And the noise was in the beast's belly like unto the questing of thirty couple hounds." -Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, Book 1, chapter XIX, c. 14769Being trapped in the belly of the beast is scary. In the Old Testament, Jonah was trapped in th
Schools Matter: Ravitch Lashes Out at Union Misleadership Critique
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2014/07/ravitch-lashes-out-at-union.html Schools Matter "Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. Spark is fine, as long as it's contained."--President Snow, The Hunger Games When Diane Ravitch spoke at the National Association of School Psychologists in February 2012, her hefty speaking fee
Accountability - ChangeTheLAUSD
http://www.changethelausd.com/accountability.html Accountability - ChangeTheLAUSD"It was controversial?"- John Deasy (1)At the beginning of this month, Superintendent Deasy was mocking opponents of his plan "to provide an iPad to every Los Angeles student, teacher and school administrator." (2) Yesterday he cancelled the project as the controversy grew over mounting evidence o
Burned out teachers, too, deserve day in court | EdSource
http://edsource.org/2014/burned-out-teachers-too-deserve-day-in-court/66545#.VAgXktq9KSN Burned out teachers, too, deserve day in courtAugust 24, 2014 | By Dave Orphal / commentary | 29 Comments Dave OrphalMy friend is being fired from her teaching job. As sad and sympathetic as I am for my friend, I can't say that I am surprised. I've known this teacher for several years, and I've seen the burn
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Martin Eden : ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MEN PART2
Martin Eden on September 3, 2014 5:26 pm at 5:26 pm said:ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MENThis urgent appeal was sent out today from somewhere in the bowels of Beaudry.LETTER FROM THE TEACHER JAILLife is so cruel and unfair.Is justice to be found anywhere?The inmates here in LAUSD Teacher Jail read with sorrowful outrage John Deasy's plaintive lament over his recent woes. "It feels like a witch hu
From Last November : LAUSD BOE GUSH OVERBTHE IPAD ROLL OUT-- We are committed to this '
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/lausd-ipad-status-good_n_4226209.html LAUSD iPad Status Looks Good, School Board Vows 'We Are Committed To This. We Will Move Forward' After taking a second, deeper look at Los Angeles Unified's controversial iPad project, school board members reiterated their support Tuesday for the plan to equip all 600,000 students with tablet computers while hearing ab
Martin Eden: ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT’S MEN
The Board was meeting in a half hour, but Deasy had plenty of last minute prepping to consider.He tried to take assurance from The Boys who said, "Everything is gonna be fine, John. Relax. You put out some bland, milquetoast statement of how the iPad Third Wave is going to be changed. Now at the Board meeting, apologize only for the 'appearance' of impropriety, but don't forget to act indigna
Union Demands "Teacher Jail" For Schools Chief | NBC Southern California
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Union-Demands-Teacher-Jail-For-Schools-Chief-273795871.html Union Demands "Teacher Jail" For Schools Chief Teachers are calling for Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy to be sent to "teacher jail" in response to stumbling, multi-million dollar technology changes the education chief championed. Leaders of United
9-3-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: NPR Whitewashes Charter Schools and Disaster Capitalism in New Orleans | the becoming radicalNPR WHITEWASHES CHARTER SCHOOLS AND DISASTER CAPITALISM IN NEW ORLEANS It was bad enough when NPR whitewashed the "grit" narrative, but now NPR is whitewashing charter schools and disaster capitalism in New Orleans. Framed as "remarkable changes," erasing public sc