The Nazi Model for Education - Tavern Keepers
The Nazi Model for Education America, look in the mirror and see what is being created here. What you see in Nazi Germany and in the French Revolution can happen here. As you read, It happened at the University of Fresno, downtown Fresno, and it is happening in our schools, colleges, and universities today via Common Core. All the following quotes you will read are taken from a book w
Urgent Memo to the LA School Board
http://citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics-the-valley/7636-urgent-memo-to-the-la-school-board Urgent Memo to the LA School Board VOICES-LAUSD Board members, I am sending you all two items to review. First is an article from Salon.com which expands on the Deasy fiasco with iPads, and on his many other failures as LAUSD Superintendent. LAUSD has become the laughing stock of the country under h
LA Schools: Restoring The SUPER In Tendent
http://citywatchla.com/recent-posts-lead-stories/7465-la-schools-restoring-the-super-in-tendent LA Schools: Restoring The SUPER In Tendent EDUCATION POLITICS-When my home town built a new school in the early '70′s, a whole era vanished in concert with the disappearance of gilded letters proclaiming the "Superintendent's Office" within. I never did figure out what a "Superintendent&
The New Welfare-Billionaires Only Need Apply
http://citywatchla.com/8br-hidden/7635-the-new-welfare-billionaires-only-need-apply The New Welfare-Billionaires Only Need Apply CORRUPTION WATCH-The City of Los Angeles has given hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to major real estate developers to build high-rise hotels and offices. This is a new form of welfare…for billionaires only. What is the purpose of this money? Fundamental r
Ellen Lubic: Time for an Audit and Grand Jury Probe of Deasy in Los Angeles | Diane Ravitch's blog
Ellen Lubic, director of Joining Forces for Education and a professor of public policy in Los Angeles, here describes the numerous failings of Superintendent John Deasy and calls for an independent audit and grand jury investigation. The article has gone viral, receiving nearly 700,000 hits since it was published by CityWatch. She writes: "Finally the lack of transparency of the misma
What happened to Mark Naison's Facebook Page?
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 Why You Can't Reason With School Reformers- You Have to Bring the Machine to a Halt Yesterday, during some fierce twitter debates I was having with Charter School Advocates one of them replied " the majority of American teachers graduated in the bottom 1/3 of their college class." To them, this provided the justification for erasing teacher voi
A Response to LAUSD's iPad Update ExitTicket Student Response System
http://exitticket.org/lausd-ipad-update/ A Response to LAUSD's iPad Update As you may very well know, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has been making headlines with a massive 1:1 initiative. The logistical challenges of deploying iPads to a school district that size is a fantastic experiment which I have been following closely. I find many similarities with my own experience implement
9-30-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Big Education Ape: Homeless students increase by 58 percent in past six years | Education By The Numbershttp://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2014/09/homeless-students-increase-by-58.html Homeless students increase by 58 percent in past six years | Education By The NumbersDespite signs of a national economic recovery, homelessness in U.S. public schools steadily increased 8 per
