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Sacramento City Unified school board meeting: Tweets from Melody Gutierrez | Sacramento Bee #soschat

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Sacramento City Unified school board meeting: Tweets from Melody Gutierrez

Published: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 - 5:06 pm

Melody Gutierrez is at the Sacramento City Unified school board meeting, where trustees will vote on whether to close A.M. Winn, Freeport and C.P. Huntington elementary schools.

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MelodyGutierrez Sacramento City Unified board members will vote tonight on whether to close three elementary schools. mee.bo/z0qwiR7 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite

MelodyGutierrez Love this story from @MatthewKawahara: NBA's Lin scores by winning and breaking barriers.mee.bo/waU2d0yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite

MelodyGutierrez A must read from Jocelyn Wiener: 'Model' dental program proves painful for kids.3 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite

MelodyGutierrez Love this story from the AJC: Youth's passion for learning beats the odds | ajc.com shar.es/fOjpX6 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite

MelodyGutierrez Report: Teacher in LA molest case was paid $40,000 to resign. LA Unified says it couldn't defend the firing.6 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite

MelodyGutierrez Torlakson: “California has rejected No Child Left Behind as a broken system that has not worked for our schools or our students."7 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite

MelodyGutierrez Parents cite budget burnout for apathy over Sacramento City Unified's approval of school budget cuts. What about you? mee.bo/xsMldN7 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite

MelodyGutierrez Any Sac City Unified parents want to talk about proposed budget cuts at the district? Call Melody Gutierrez at 916-326-5521.8 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite




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Schools Matter: Microsoft Among Corporate Whales Paying for Right-Wing Anti-Science in Schools #soschat

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Microsoft Among Corporate Whales Paying for Right-Wing Anti-Science in Schools

The NYTimes has a story today about confidential documents obtained from the ultra right wing Heartland Institute, which has a new program to bring propaganda to schools to counter the climate science that children are learning that might, just might, help save human civilization and most other species from extinction.

Below is the listing of the $10,000+ club, all of whom are signed on to put short-term greed ahead of our grandchildren's survival.


Modern School: The Sky is Not Falling After All: US Schools Rank High Internationally

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Virginia House Approves Abolition of Teacher Tenure


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The Virginia House of Delegates voted to end tenure-related job protections for public school teachers on Monday, the Washington Post reported, a measure that was pushed by Gov. Robert F. McDonnell in order to “improve” public education. The Senate, however, rejected the measure on Tuesday. The Senate could still vote on the House’s version of the bill, but approval would be unlikely without garnering more votes.

Virginia teachers currently must work for three years without any job security or due process

The Sky is Not Falling After All: US Schools Rank High Internationally


It is commonly believed that public education in the U.S. is in miserable shape, with terrible teachers causing high dropout rates and worse educational outcomes than our trading partners. There are test scores (PISA) that confirm this, with the U.S. ranking lower than countries like South Korea, Finland, Japan and Hong Kong. And Ed Deformers have glommed onto such data as proof that the system needs a dramatic makeover and use the data to justify everything from privatization schemes to the dismantling of teachers’ unions.

A new analysis of international data by Tom Loveless of the Brookings Institution suggests that the U.S. may not be as far behind their counterparts as previously thought, according to U.S.A. Today.

The rankings tend to be given in raw numbers such that countries with statistically

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