GA: Smiles
This post is not a rant, and I've set aside the snark for the moment. We don't have cable, so I miss some things until I stumble across them on line. This one in particular struck me somewhere around the left ventricle. I know these are often heavily massaged and we don't get the whole story, but this seems pretty straightforward to me.It speaks to the resilience of children, who are often way tou
FL: Another Charter Scam
This week news channel Local 10 in Florida has been reporting on the latest charter school to just take the money and run.On Monday, the station reported on a mass firing at Paramount Charter School in Broward County. About a month into the school year, one by one, the teachers at the freshly launched charter were called into the office of administrator Maia Williams (sister of the school's owner,
Recess Consultants. Seriously.
Kids these days. They just can't be trusted to do anything on their own. We've done our best to structure the hell out of their day, making sure that every answer, every move, every activity is built around a specific uniform required response on their part. By controlling every classroom moment, right down to what books they're allowed to read and what they're supposed to say (stick to the script
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