Saturday, March 12, 2011

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nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Zeke Vanderhoek gets more publicity for failure than most people do for success. He got four articles in the New York Times before he even opened his charter school, The Equity Project; bragging ...

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nypost.com - The percentage of charter-school eighth-graders who performed well enough to qualify for one of the city's specialized high schools has declined by nearly half since 2009, according to data obtaine...

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statesman.com - By Andrew KasparAMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFFPublished: 7:59 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011The teachers are coming. And the parents. And the librarians.Thousands of education advocates are expected to de...

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huffingtonpost.com - Zeke Vanderhoek gets more publicity for failure than most people do for success. He got four articles in the New York Times before he even opened his charter school, The Equity Project; bragging ho...

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nrc.gov - Home > Electronic Reading Room > Document Collections > Fact Sheets > Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island AccidentPrintable VersionOn this page: The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI‑...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: Jed Wallace hates communities and democracy. He demands LAUSD privatize CRES #14Jed Wallace hates communities and democracy. He demands LAUSD privatize CRES #14"Jed's predecessor, Capr...

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Jan 09 2011 Larry Ferlazzo Several major foundations, including Gates and Walton, are playing an increasing large role in education policy. I thought that readers might find a short list of related...

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studentactivism.net - High school and college students in Madison, Wisconsin are planning a two o’clock walkout this afternoon, and they’re picking up support and planned solidarity demonstrations all over the country. ...

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nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - March 11, 2011 (GBN News): New York City public school students got an unexpected treat today – a snow day in 50 degree weather. Apparently, this was all because of a prank call to Chancellor Cathi...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Rally for Wisconsin tomorrow, Sat March 12, 2011, Union Sq, NYC « JD2718Rally for Wisconsin tomorrow, Sat March 12, 2011, Union Sq, NYCby jd2718Rally Saturday to Stand with Wisconsin!!!by New York ...

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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Mike, This is Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson -- and today, I'm heading home to Wisconsin to join the fight in person. The last three weeks have shown what progressive strength and worker sol...

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boston.com - PHOENIX—The Arizona Legislature's majority Republicans are preparing a budget plan that includes deeper cuts in education and other services than those proposed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, even ...

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curbed.com - Friday, March 11, 2011, by Sarah Firshein On last night's episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart addressed the Wisconsin school-system crisis by shedding light on "the real villains, the teachers, ...

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gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer New York teachers live lavishly in one-bedroom apartments and modest houses. (The Daily Show) The Gates Foundation will spend $3.5 million to advocate for its favored policies. (...

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Mar 11 2011 Larry Ferlazzo Here are a lot more additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Japan Earthquake & Tsunami: Earthquake in Japan: Path of destruction is an interactive from The Was...

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thelede.blogs.nytimes.com - March 12, 2011, 5:37 amBy THE NEW YORK TIMES Shortly after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake on Friday that shook Japan and generated tsunami waves across the Pacific Ocean, reports emerged of damage at...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: CNNTokyo (CNN) -- Reactors at two Japanese power plants can no longer cool radioactive substances, a government official said Saturday, adding that a small leak had been detected at one of ...

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democraticunderground.com - Radiation leak confirmed at quake-hit Fukushima plant Source: The Japan TimesKyodo NewsRadiation rose to an unusually high level in and near Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant...

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tepco.co.jp - Electricity is the essential energy to support economic and cultural activities. TEPCO will play an important role in our society by generating and supplying power. TEPCO will also positively utili...

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eduwonk.com - Some good ones: First, Bellwether is hiring again. We are recruiting an additional partner for our strategic advising work. This is a great opportunity for a senior person. We are also hiring an ...

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alternet.org - Everybody knows the GOP's biggest weakness is money, so why not hit 'em in the sweet spot? That's what many amazing Wisconsin firefighters did yesterday when they collectively began withdrawing the...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: Business InsiderLast year,Wikileaks' Julian Assange said he had documents on a major bank -- everyone kind of figured that it was Bank of America -- though it now seems that there isn't muc...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: An intercepted memoAn intercepted memoby skrashenMemo from Bill to Arne:Our progress thus far and plans for the futureThe current Blueprint provided a strong beginning. The Blueprin...

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nj.com - Published: Friday, March 11, 2011, 7:30 AMTRENTON — State Sen. Ron Rice is no longer a potential problem on Chris Cerf’s road to becoming New Jersey’s next education commissioner.He’s now an outrig...

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"TEACHERS WONDER, WHY THE SCORN?" - ParentAdvocates.org #1u #wiunion #p2

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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS ARE VOTED DOWN IN WISCONSIN
Stories & Grievances | Posted 3/11/2011 at 3:17 PM
The Wisconsin Assembly’s passage of a bill that will strip collective bargaining rights and cut wages and benefits for nearly 200,000 public sector workers marks a giant step toward the open dictatorship of the banks and corporations. The approval of the anti-worker bill came the day after Republicans pushed it through the State Senate in a secretive, and likely illegal, legislative maneuver. In order to avoid a

TEACHER EVALUATION AND EFFECTIVENESS: WHAT EXACTLY DO THESE TERMS MEAN?
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 3/9/2011 at 1:41 PM
Whenever I read about "teacher evaluations" and "teacher effectiveness" I immediately ask, who is the writer? What factual knowledge does the writer have of the subject? What we are seeing right now in America is a dispute between those people who know nothing about who 'success ful teachers' actually are and yet have control of the major

MICHAEL MOORE: AMERICA IS NOT BROKE
Current Events | Posted 3/6/2011 at 3:47 PM
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-

THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT "TEACHERS WONDER, WHY THE SCORN?"
Stories & Grievances | Posted 3/5/2011 at 4:23 PM
From Betsy Combier: I dont think this is the question teachers are asking. The question is: "When will the media stop playing into the politics of rich administrators, anti-union activists and others who want to downplay the difficult and challenging job of teaching to remove collective bargaining
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Today’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Articles & Posts | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Today’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Articles & Posts | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Daylight Savings Time Resources I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About Daylight Savings Time. Additional suggestions are welcome.
Useful Updates On Japan Earthquake — Part Two *NOTE TO READERS: All new updates to The Best Sites For Learning About The Japan Earthquake & Tsunami list after March 11th will be found on this post. For some reason, every time I updated the original list, the embedded videos were disappearing. ...
Today’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Articles & Posts Here are a few good articles and posts on school reform issues that I’ve read over the past couple of days: Nelson Lichtenstein: ‘A governor like Walker is completely correct that it’s in his self-interest to ignore public opinion.’ comes from Ezra ...
Today’s Update On The Japan Earthquake Here are today’s additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Japan Earthquake & Tsunami: Here’s a picture of the tsunami as it approaches California. The Christian Science Monitor has a listing of five of the world’s biggest tsunamis. ...
“What Is Internet, Anyway?” “What Is Internet, Anyway?” is a compilation of television clips from the 1990’s explaining the Internet. It’s not to be missed. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About The Internet. Thanks to Brainiac for the tip.
VYou Is For “Conversational Video” VYou lets you record an introductory video, and then people can leave you text questions which you can then answer via video — that’s why they call it “conversational video.” It’s an intriguing concept. There are sites where where teachers can leave ...
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Teacher fired for looking cross-eyed at a student | theteachingwhore

Teacher fired for looking cross-eyed at a student | theteachingwhore

Teacher fired for looking cross-eyed at a student

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Junctionville Elementary reading teacher Julie Parker was fired on Tuesday for looking cross-eyed at one of her 36 students in third hour. The student had just asked if they needed to know what was on the board for the test, and Parker apparently turned from the student she was helping and did something “inappropriate” according to school authorities, with her eyes in the student’s direction.

The child’s mother, who could not be named because this would reveal the child’s identity, told TWP that Parker “deliberately tried to shame my son Martin Weaver with a look that was making fun of a physical peculiarity he can’t do anything about.”

The mother explained that her son “had been diagnosed with eye-attention deficit disorder and is very sensitive

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KOCH OUT AM: Union Busting | www.kochwatch.org #1u #wiunion

Union Busting | www.kochwatch.org
Union Busting WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Democracy Now: Walkouts, Bank Boycotts and Recalls: Wisconsin Protests Intensify Against Union-Busting Legislation WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Alternet: Awesome: Wisconsin Firefighters Shut Down Bank That Funded Walker *March 11, 2011-* Everybody knows the GOP's biggest weakness is money, so why not hit 'em in the sweet spot? That's what many amazing Wisconsin firefighters did yesterday when they collectively began withdrawing their funds from Madison's M&I Bank -- ...
Madison protesters sing "Soon and Very Soon...They Will All Be Recalled" WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Huffington Post: More Than $3 Million Spent In Three Weeks On Wisconsin-Related Ads *March 11, 2011-* Labor unions and progressive groups, business lobbies and conservative outlets spent more than $3 million in television ads in state during the course of the Wisconsin budget fight, an analysis of expenditures that was commissioned ...
Huffington Post: Gray Davis Pollster Bullish On Wisconsin Recall Elections *March 11, 2011-* The lead pollster for Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.) in 2003, the year Davis was turned out of office by a recall election, says he is bullish about the prospects of forcing recall elections in state Senate districts in Wisconsin this ...
Time Magazine: Budget Fight: What Public Employees Really Cost *March 7, 2011-* On Sept. 6, 1791, a government worker named Robert Johnson rode his horse through a Pennsylvania forest. An unlucky man, Johnson. He was assigned to collect the first domestic tax ever imposed by the U.S. government — a whiskey tax ...
Retaking the Capitol, Madison, WI 3/9/11 WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Christian Science Monitor: Walker signs bill. What happens to Wisconsin unions now? Though stripped of its financial provisions, the bill Gov. Scott Walker signed Friday is a setback for public-employee unions in Wisconsin. Here's how it affects unions and their members. *March 11, 2011-* Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a ...
Buzzflash: Koch Brothers Increased Wealth by $9 Billion Last Year As They Fund Laws to Make Working Class Poorer *March 11, 2011-* Based on a recent Forbes survey, Rachel Maddow revealed that while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is stripping away the financial security of workers, the Koch brothers increased their wealth by $9 billion last year. Together, Maddow ...
Rachel Maddow: Connecting the dots from Wisconsin to DC WATCH ON MSNBC:
Common Dreams: Koch Brothers and US Chamber: Polluting Our Earth and Our Democracies Wisconsin Workers and Enviros Everywhere Face Same Enemy *March 11, 2011-* Among other truths made completely clear by the showdown in Wisconsin: the outsized role of the Koch brothers in American politics. (Photo by Steve Rhodes.) Charles and ...
Huffington Post: Why Wisconsin Matters for Environmentalists *March 11, 2011-* For one thing, the attack on worker's rights in Wisconsin matters for environmentalists because it matters for everyone. A war on workers is a war on all of us. Across the country, many of us are public workers or have family or ...
PBS Need To Know: Are public employee unions to blame for states’ budget woes? This week the battle of Wisconsin reached a new level of drama, state Senate Republicans pushed through a bill stripping public employee unions of collective bargaining rights. The Republicans acted while Senate Democrats were still out of the ...
PBS Need To Know: Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions *March 11, 2011-* The ongoing conflict between public unions and state governments in Wisconsin, New Jersey and Ohio revolves around a central question: Are public unions in part responsible for states’ budget problems? This week, Need to Know ...
Crooks & Liars: Between Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Vote, Power Plant Sales Reappear March 11, 2011- A big thank-you to xoff at UppityWisconsin for this find. Remember that power plant provision? It wasn't in the document passed by the Senate on Wednesday. But guess what! It was changed before the Assembly vote on Thursday to include ...
PBS News Hour: Wisconsin's Walker: Collective-Bargaining Curbs Law 'Good for Middle Class' WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Pro Publica: Collective Bargaining, Explained: Why It’s at the Center of Fights Now *March 11, 2011-* The term "collective bargaining" has been somewhat ubiquitous lately, as legislators in several states have moved to limit union rights [1]. But while collective bargaining lies at the very heart of what unions do, how it works -- ...
Walker on Outside Money WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Think Progress: Gov. Scott Walker Refusing To Release Details Of Contacts With Koch Industries *March 11, 2011-* Shortly before signing the controversial bill that ends collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker appeared on Morning Joe today to lambaste the pernicious influence of “union bosses” and ...
Devastating New Ad Highlights State Senator's Attack on Working Families WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Walker's Wisconsin [image: Walker's Wisconsin]
Student Activism: Wisconsin Solidarity School Walkout at 2PM Today Picking Up National Support *March 11, 2011-* High school and college students in Madison, Wisconsin are planning a two o’clock walkout this afternoon, and they’re picking up support and planned solidarity demonstrations all over the country. Students will be converging on the ...
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Saturday Song: The Cathedrals “This Old House” « CAFFEINATED POLITICS

Saturday Song: The Cathedrals “This Old House” « CAFFEINATED POLITICS

Saturday Song: The Cathedrals “This Old House”

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NYC Educator: Not Enough Horses..

NYC Educator: Not Enough Horses..

Not Enough Horses..

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...and too many horse's asses, my grandfather used to say. Here's an Ohio Congressman speaking sanity to power. Worth a look, and hopefully America is listening.

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Who Is This Budget Fight Really About? | Defend Wisconsin #p2 #wiunion

Who Is This Budget Fight Really About? | Defend Wisconsin

Who Is This Budget Fight Really About?

by mkunovic

What does a public employee look like? To those of you who have been convinced that they are the reason our state’s economy is bankrupt, I would ask you to look around your communities. Who is waiting in line in front of you at the checkout counter, eating ground turkey instead of steak and using generic toilet paper? Whose not-so-late model car is in the parking lot at the local school well after hours tutoring students or grading papers? Who’s putting the donation in the collection plate in church on Sunday, or staffing the volunteer bike rodeo at the local park? It’s the guy on the next block who works at the fire station, the lady next door who staffs the city clerk’s office. These are your neighbors, the people who live where you live, shop where you shop, worship where you worship. Their bank accounts have the same lean look that yours do. Their wallets hold store coupons and pared down shopping lists. Their mailboxes contain the same credit card bills, solicitations for charity, and bad economic news that yours do. The difference is that they can look you in the eye and tell you that they support fairness and “shared sacrifice” in state budgeting.

I have spent several days trying to put names and faces to the large political action groups that fund many of the Republican campaigns that brought us this budget bill protest. It is almost impossible to do. Lobbying groups will not release the names of their members. Supporters of the budget bill don’t want to own up to their leanings

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Standing together: a message from a “Cop for labor”

by mkunovic

I am a “cop for labor” and I stand with you, and with all my co-working humans of middle and low class. We will not repeat the mistakes of the past of our human race, this time, when they came for my neighbor, I stood next to her/him and we both fought, and our neighbors next to us saw what was happening, and joined in to protect us, and their neighbors and their neighbors, until we saw & those that came for us saw they were outnumbered- and in a democracy, that means freedom from tyranny. I stand with you, my neighbors. We fight this battle, and call upon all our neighbors to do the same.

Lauri

Madison, WI

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Explosion at Fukushima Nuke, Smoke Billowing and Walls Collapsed | Firedoglake

Explosion at Fukushima Nuke, Smoke Billowing and Walls Collapsed | Firedoglake

Explosion at Fukushima Nuke, Smoke Billowing and Walls Collapsed

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Overnight there was an explosion at one unit of one of the two Fukushima nuclear stations that have been slowly failing since the earthquake and tsunami. Earlier reports had said that in one unit, the still hot fuel rods had been exposed by falling cooling water while problems continued at Unit 2 and three other units at a nuclear station

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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Keith Ellison: Jobs And Justice Tour

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Keith Ellison: Jobs And Justice Tour
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Who knew? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Who knew? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Who knew?

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Today’s first day of the IEA RA was a long slog.

If there was any less energy in the room, the lights would have gone off.

It started out well with Henry Tamarin. He’s the head of Local 1 of Unite Here, the union which represents the

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