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The mayoral runoff is going to be a shitstorm | #Chuy2015 #imwithchuy
The mayoral runoff is going to be a shitstorm | Bleader | Chicago Reader: The mayoral runoff is going to be a shitstorm Many years ago, I heard a funny story from former aldermanic candidate Marja Stoll about running against Alderman Dick Mell's mighty political machine, then rooted in Logan Square.As Stoll stood on a corner greeting voters, up drove Mell, teeming with rambunctious power.From acro
Breaking: Senate Education Leaders Close In On Bipartisan ESEA Rewrite - Politics K-12
Senate Education Leaders Close In On Bipartisan ESEA Rewrite - Politics K-12 - Education Week: Senate Education Leaders Close In On Bipartisan ESEA RewriteAfter nearly two months of negotiating behind closed doors, Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., the chairman and ranking member of the education committee, appear to be nearing consensus on major pieces of a bipartisan dra
RAHM Why are you pushing the Corporate Agenda in Chicago #DumpRahm #Chuy2015
RAHM Why are you pushing the Corporate Agenda in Chicago?Big Education Ape: The Case Against Rahm | Profit and Laws #Chuy2015 #imwithchuy http://bit.ly/1IbiYLMBig Education Ape: Rahm's Accomplishments REALLY!!! Does Rahm deserve another four years? #Chuy2015 #imwithchuy http://bit.ly/1FqWjHDBig Education Ape: #HedgePapers No.7: Rahm Emanuel and his Hedge Fund Flash Boys — Hedge Clipper
The Case Against Rahm | Profit and Laws #Chuy2015 #imwithchuy
The Case Against Rahm | Profit and Laws: The Case Against RahmI wish I could be with Rahm and feel Chicago is in the hands of a tough, capable leader. But I’ve come to understand that our great city is about to re-elect a guy just as bad or worse than Rod Blagojevich. I wish I were exaggerating.If this mayor isn’t corrupt, he does nearly everything possible to look like it. And, where isn’t corrup
The Lost Children of Katrina — The Atlantic
The Lost Children of Katrina — The Atlantic: The Lost Children of KatrinaA decade after the hurricane, New Orleans' community grapples with the effects of missed schooling and mass displacement.Ten years ago, the Lee family evacuated from New Orleans to a Houston neighborhood so rife with hostility for evacuees that the ice-cream truck refused to stop for them. At the corner store, the clerk threw
These Corporations That Raise Money For Schools Keep 48 Percent For Themselves | ThinkProgress
These Corporations That Raise Money For Schools Keep 48 Percent For Themselves | ThinkProgress: These Corporations That Raise Money For Schools Keep 48 Percent For Themselves Elementary school students are in their school gymnasium for a pep rally. An extremely enthusiastic young host shows them a video based on the year’s theme: a community spirit called “Rock’n Town Live.” He leads the students
From “Bad” Teachers to Teachers as Cheaters: The Burden of the Impossible | the becoming radical
From “Bad” Teachers to Teachers as Cheaters: The Burden of the Impossible | the becoming radical: FROM “BAD” TEACHERS TO TEACHERS AS CHEATERS: THE BURDEN OF THE IMPOSSIBLE The guilty verdict in the Atlanta cheating scandal seems to be a logical conclusion to the “bad” teacher mythconfronted nearly five years ago by Adam Bessie.As a 30-plus-years educator, I have daily witnessed a not-so-subtle dis
NYC Public School Parents: Flawed state budget bill gives parents more reasons to opt out
NYC Public School Parents: Flawed state budget bill gives parents more reasons to opt out: Flawed state budget bill gives parents more reasons to opt outOn Tuesday night, a state budget bill was approved that doubles down on high-stakes testing and removes any local input– with student "growth scores" on the state exams linked to teacher ratings in a uniform evaluation system. Teachers m
What the ‘thoughtless’ N.Y. government just did to teachers - The Washington Post
What the ‘thoughtless’ N.Y. government just did to teachers - The Washington Post: What the ‘thoughtless’ N.Y. government just did to teachers The New York legislature this week approved a budget along with some education reforms proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that have been strongly opposed by teachers in part because they make the state’s awful teacher evaluation system even worse. In this post,
'Don't Become a Teacher': A History - Teaching Now
'Don't Become a Teacher': A History - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher:"'Don't Become a Teacher': A History"Pop quiz. Name the source of this quote:"I most certainly would not advise anyone to go into teaching. Teachers are definitely not respected as they should be by parents or students."You might be tempted to think it's from one of the many responses to Nancie Atwell's
Atlanta teacher convictions: Do standardized testing pressures foster cheating? - Yahoo News
Atlanta teacher convictions: Do standardized testing pressures foster cheating? - Yahoo News: Atlanta teacher convictions: Do standardized testing pressures foster cheating?An Atlanta jury convicted 11 out of 12 teachers charged with conspiring to manipulate student test scores, but experts say 'Atlanta is the tip of the test-cheating iceberg.' A jury convicted 11 educators of racketeering Wednesd
Revealed: Why Funders Can’t Change K-12 Educational Practices - Inside Philanthropy
Revealed: Why Funders Can’t Change K-12 Educational Practices - Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence - Inside Philanthropy: Revealed: Why Funders Can’t Change K-12 Educational PracticesL.S. HallWe’re all familiar with the most common criticisms leveled at funders such as Gates, Broad, and Walton, and their efforts to reform public education. Critics charge that these and other foundations
ABC Refuses To Air Anti-Rahm Commercial | The Daily #Chuy2015 #imwithchuy
ABC Refuses To Air Anti-Rahm Commercial | The Daily Caller: ABC Refuses To Air Anti-Rahm CommercialThe ABC network refuses to air a commercial criticizing Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel even though other networks are running the spot, The Daily Caller has learned.As Emanuel seeks re-election in the Chicago mayoral run-off next week, the Republican-leaning Real Chicago PAC produced an ad highlighting r
empathyeducates – My Son Has Been Suspended Five Times. He’s 3.
empathyeducates – My Son Has Been Suspended Five Times. He’s 3.: My Son Has Been Suspended Five Times. He’s 3.I received a call from my sons’ school in March telling me that my oldest needed to be picked up early. He had been given a one-day suspension because he had thrown a chair. He did not hit anyone, but he could have, the school officials told me.JJ was 4 at the time.I agreed his behavior wa
Former DC Whistleblower Principal, Adell Cothorne, on the Atlanta Cheating Verdict | deutsch29
Former DC Whistleblower Principal, Adell Cothorne, on the Atlanta Cheating Verdict | deutsch29: Former DC Whistleblower Principal, Adell Cothorne, on the Atlanta Cheating VerdictIt may have happened in April Fools Day, but it was certainly no joke.On April 1, 2015, 11 Atlanta educators were convicted of racketeering related to their roles in what has come to be widely known as “the Atlanta cheatin
NY BATs Outraged: Children Lose to an On Time Budget & Flimsy Ethics Reform
Badass Teachers Association: NEW YORK STATE BADASS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION - PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2015More Information Contact:Marla Kilfoyle, General Manager, BATsMelissa Tomlinson, Asst General Manager, BATscontact.batmanager@gmail.comBadass Teachers Association - http://www.badassteacher.org/NY BATs Outraged: Children Lose to an On Time Budget & Flimsy Ethics ReformThe
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CPS students won't come by free City Colleges scholarships so easily | Chicago
CPS students won't come by free City Colleges scholarships so easily | Chicago: CPS students won't come by free City Colleges scholarships so easilyWell it was kinda not a lie! Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces the Chicago Star Scholarship program on Oct. 1, 2014. | Brian Jackson/Sun-TimesMayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to give “B” students free scholarships to attend City Colleges of Chicago is a campaign p
Ingraham High School staff object to the SBAC | Seattle Education
Ingraham High School staff object to the SBAC | Seattle Education: Ingraham High School staff object to the SBACBy a vote of 48 to 1, Ingraham staff passed the following resolution:A RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL OF THE Ingraham High SchoolWHEREAS Ingraham High School strives to provide an excellent educationto every student;WHEREAS the Smarter Balanced Assessment is not required for graduation;WHEREA
Eva Moskowitz: Turning Schools Into Fight Clubs - WSJ
Eva Moskowitz: Turning Schools Into Fight Clubs - WSJ: Turning Schools Into Fight ClubsIf student A’s fist ‘impacts’ student B, they don’t need ‘to dialogue.’ Student A needs to be disciplined.Eighth-graders in a Queens, N.Y., public elementary school recently organized a “fight club” for first-graders, beating up those who wouldn’t participate. This disgraceful episode comes at a time when many a
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 4/2/15 #Chuy2015
Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/2/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORM Click here to go to Jesus "Chuy" Garcia for Mayor of Chicago Website#Chuy2015 #imwithchuy#DUMPRAHMSchools Matter: PROFITS! Why Ref Rodriguez and his CCSA covet the LAUSD Board SeatSchools Matter: PROFITS! Why Ref Rodriguez and his CCSA covet the LAUSD Board Seat: PROFITS! Why Ref Rodriguez and his
