Looks like he's going to get glowing coverage, given this preview and the press release from the Broad Foundation that went out. Two questions to consider as you watch (if you watch): What does the show get right or wrong, factually? How much has Broad's work influenced real-world events in education, for better or worse, once you get past the massive media coverage?
Rainy Saturday thanks to whomever thought up @OldDianeRavitch, a twitter account featuring some of Ravitch's views from the past, which are -- you guessed it -- at odds with her current views. A sampling:
"Without testing, there is no consistent way to measure success or failure...Public contracting is often referred to as "privatization," but that label is misleading... It may be harder to graduate from high school than to become a certified teacher... Every school should have the power to select its own teachers, remove the incompetents...Texas model has successfully improved the
With the fight to keep public schools public, Detroit Federation of Teachers along with By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) have engaged in direct action. The little coverage in the corporate press has been limited to Michigan but with the controversy over the Cahterine Ferguson Academy fight and occupations and arrests the controversy has now been picked up by the Rachel Maddow program.
The link to a Rachel Maddow show about Catherine Ferguson fight, student occupations, and Robert Bobb.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/42725827#42725827
Financial contributions are urgently needed! Go tohttp://www.bamn.com/1/donate.asp
Please help pay for the tickets and other legal expenses related to the Catherine Ferguson occupation and other protests.
Besides providing critical assistance to the young people who are the heroes of our city, these dollars are the smartest way to use your pocketbook to save teacher
by Bill Hangley, Jr.
A top deputy of Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman attended a pivotal, closed-door meetingon the future of Martin Luther King Jr. High School last month, and was "shocked" by what he witnessed, Ackerman now acknowledges.
In another statement released through her spokeswoman Saturday morning, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said has she never gotten details of the closed-door meeting to discuss the future of Martin Luther King High School from her deputy, Leroy Nunery.
An article in The Nation the other day about the best protest songs started a thread on my Facebook page.
I chose Florence Reece’s Which Side Are You On?
My old friend Charlie Costigan picked Johnny Paycheck’s Take This Job and Shove it.
Marja complained about the fact that so many of the picks were old and wanted something more current.
My daughter Jessica complied with a long list of more contemporary political songs, including the latest by Lupe Fiasco.
My brother Mike suggested something by the
Bonnie Raitt and Norah Jones.
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On April 21, 2011, The Equity and Excellence Commission of the U.S. Department of Education held an event in San Jose, CA. Under the leadership of Representative Mike Honda and Commission Executive Director Stephen Chen, the Commission heard from four speakers in a private hearing in the afternoon, and then held a larger town hall meeting in the evening. I was one of the speakers in the private session in the afternoon, and I will post my remarks here at InterACT within the next few days. My co-blogger here at InterACT, Martha Infante, was one of the featured speakers in the evening session. Below is the video of the event. All of the speakers are worth
By Caitlin Vega
California Labor Federation
When I look around, I see families struggling harder than ever just to get by. Foreclosed homeswith "For Sale" signs up, thousands of workers standing in line to apply for a handful of jobs at McDonalds, those who lost jobs realizing there are none to be found. I see it in my family, among my friends, throughout my neighborhood. The working people of California who once enjoyed a degree of economic security have seen it washed away in a tidal wave of hard times.
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Dick DeVos has used his family's fortune and status to create an intricate national network of non-profits, political action committees and federal groups known as 527's that effectively fund the political arm of the school voucher movement...Nowhere is the impact of the DeVos family fortune greater, though, than in the movement to privatize public education.
A coalition of teachers, parents, and academic activists has launched the Save Our Schools (SOS) March and National Call to Action. Fed up with government attacks on public education and the scapegoating of teachers for social problems, the coalition hopes to bring tens of thousands of supporters to Washington, D.C., for a march and rally on July 30, with strategy sessions and other actions held July 28-31.
“We stand united by one belief — it’s time for teachers and parents to organize and reclaim control of our schools,” reads the SOS statement.
Over the past two decades, bipartisan federal “reform” has done nothing less than declare war on democracy in K-12 classrooms, as decisions about what to teach and how to teach — even the reasons to teach — have been steadily transferred away from those most directly affected: teachers, parents, and students.
Organizers see SOS as part of a movement that “is the natural result of increasing dissatisfaction with failed and failing policies like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, which have substituted high-stakes testing,
NBC Bay Area News (channel 3) covered the "Let Us Vote!" campaign as we hit our first milestone: 10,000 letters to California legislators. Also featured on their news website. February 20, 2011
Skeptical that we can make change?Well, how about if every grassroots parent group, school PTA and PTO, and non-profit with a focus on education from one end of the state to the other joined together in a loose-knit network and took action as one? Then Sacramento would have to listen right? There would be too many of us and we'd be too loud to ignore. This is Educate Our State, a campaign of like-minded people who believe in Public Education and are willing to fight for it.Don't believe it's possible? Just watch us. We're parents fighting for our kids' futures. Come join us, as we raise the volume on the issue and force the political will for change.Still don't believe it's possible? Watch the video clip below. ___________________________________ The Problem: We are Failing Our ChildrenWe are failing our children in California and in doing so jeopardizing our nation and our future public welfare. We educate more than 1 in 8 children in the nation, 6.3 million children, and yet:
By almost every measure, California is failing our students. We are creating a far-reaching social problem with implications in all areas of our community, state and nation including economic decline, increased joblessness, and higher crime rates.The Solution: Parents Need to Stand Up and Demand ChangeThis is more than an education issue. It is a civil rights issue. We need California to provide its children with high-quality and appropriately-funded public education.___________________________________We are building our network of like-minded parents, non-profits and organizations. Let us know if we can add you to our list.California State PTA, www.capta.orgGreat Oakland Public Schools, www.gopublicschools.orgFamilies In Schools, www.familiesinschools.org Invest in PUSD Kids (Pasadena Unified School District)www.InvestInPUSDkids.org Bay Area Council, www.bayareacouncil.org PICO, www.piconetwork.org Educacy, www.educacy.org SFOP, www.sfop.orgParents for Great Education, www.parentsforgreateducation.org Parents for Public Schools, San Francisco, www.ppssf.orgCAUSE (California Advocates United Saving California),www.cause4education.orgSaving California Communities, www.savingca.orgSay No To Cuts (Wonderland PTA), www.saynotocuts.comCampaign for Quality Eudcation, www.quality-education.orgPublic Advocates, www.publicadvocates.orgChildren Now, www.childrennow.orgCitizen Hope, www.citizenhope.orgSupport California Kids, www.supportcakids.comWe're adding more friends everyday. Check back soon. | ||||||||||||||||||
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