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With A Brooklyn Accent: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder

With A Brooklyn Accent: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-LinderOn this Labor Day – and I am extremely grateful for it – I am collecting my thoughts with regard to my membership in labor unions. For the record, I hav

by mike simpson / 1h 

Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling. | Fred Klonsky

Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling. | Fred Klonsky: Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling.-By Wayne Au. Wayne Au is an Associate Professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell and an editor for the social justice education magazine, Rethinking Schools. This originally appeared in the 2013 Washington State Kappan. Au was one of the named appellants in the suit overturning the Wa

by mike simpson / 1h 

Peg with Pen: Relay Graduate School Indoctrination

Peg with Pen: Relay Graduate School Indoctrination: Relay Graduate School IndoctrinationThis blog, and many future blogs, are going to be focused on the Relay Graduate School indoctrination occurring in my school and many schools across the country this year, due to the Relay principal academy which occurred this past summer. Colorado folks should also know that Relay intends to set up a permanent

by mike simpson / 1h 

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Latest Teacher Contract Updates

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Latest Teacher Contract Updates: Latest Teacher Contract UpdatesFrom the Times:Also according to Seattle union officials, agreement was reached Sunday toincrease pay for certificated and classified substitutes, an attempt to address a general shortage of substitutes.As well, a group of parents have started a support group for teachers, Soup for Teachers:Soup for Te

by mike simpson / 4h 

The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared. | Bob Braun's Ledger

The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared. | Bob Braun's Ledger: The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared.A budget ax costing Newark’s children $15 million has fallen on the city’s public schools–but not its pampered charter schools. Christopher Cerf, the new state-imposed schools superintendent, had his underlings tell public school princ

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#FightForDyett Hunger strikers protest school closing | MSNBC

Hunger strikers protest school closing | MSNBC: #FightForDyett Hunger strikers protest school closingHunger strikers protest school closingA school in Chicago was forced to close due to low enrollment. Now parents and students are on a hunger strike. Protesters Jitu Brown and Jeanette Taylor Ramann talk to Melissa Harris-Perry about the strike. 

by mike simpson / 6h 

BustED Pencils Trending News: UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Day 20; 100 Day Loophole | BustED Pencils

BustED Pencils Trending News: UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Day 20; 100 Day Loophole | BustED Pencils: BustED Pencils Trending News: UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Day 20; 100 Day LoopholeAre we finally at the point where people realize “charter schools” are NOT public schools.State Supreme Court: Charter schools are unconstitutionalhttp://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/state-supreme-court-charter-schools-are

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2nd NPE Interview with #FightForDyett Hunger Striker Jitu Brown – The Network For Public Education

2nd NPE Interview with #FightForDyett Hunger Striker Jitu Brown – The Network For Public Education: 2nd NPE Interview with #FightForDyett Hunger Striker Jitu BrownAudio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.Partial Transcript:“This privatization of Dyett calls into question the intention of the privatization movement. It’s really colonialism. It is removing the righ

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Where the US spends its money…and it’s not on education | Seattle Education

Where the US spends its money…and it’s not on education | Seattle Education: Where the US spends its money…and it’s not on educationWe have neglected our schools financially to the point where they have become easily privatized.Republican legislators in Washington State have continually fought against funding public schools adequately, particularly Ross Hunter, who recently moved over to the state

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CURMUDGUCATION: River To Classroom

CURMUDGUCATION: River To Classroom: River To ClassroomI've finished off my first two weeks with students, and as usual I'm pushing back against a combination of general chaos, the inertia that has to be overcome to get students moving again, and my own sense of urgency about What Must Be Done (in the time I don't have to do it).So it's this time of year that I particularly appreciate my kayak.I li

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Schools Matter: FIRE fascists save campus kooks' Howard Roark devotional cult

Schools Matter: FIRE fascists save campus kooks' Howard Roark devotional cult: FIRE fascists save campus kooks' Howard Roark devotional cult“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially cr

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Late Friday surprise: Supreme Court says charter schools initiative is unconstitutional - Strange Bedfellows

Late Friday surprise: Supreme Court says charter schools initiative is unconstitutional - Strange Bedfellows — Politics News: Supreme Court says charter schools initiative is unconstitutionalThe Washington State Supreme Court, in a late Friday surprise, delivered a ruling that the state’s voter-passed, billionaire-backed charter school initiative is unconstitutional.The high court’s 6-3 ruling fou

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Back To School (Web Exclusive)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Back To School (Web Exclusive)John Oliver gives students a crash course in everything they will learn — or not learn — in school this year.Connect with Last Week Tonight online...Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonightFind Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would:

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Dyett Hunger Strike - Living in Dialogue

Dyett Hunger Strike - Living in Dialogue: Dyett Hunger StrikeFilmmaker Bill Baykan documents the Dyett hunger strike in Chicago.

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School choice that goes too far - The Washington Post

School choice that goes too far - The Washington Post: School choice that goes too farBy Editorial Board September 6 at 7:40 PMSOME PARENTS of students who attend private and parochial schools in Nevada are debating whether to pull their children out of their current schools and have them attend public schools for 100 days. It is not that they are dissatisfied; instead, the temporary switch would

by mike simpson / 8h 

New institute in Palo Alto aims to help shape state, national K-12 policy | EdSource

New institute in Palo Alto aims to help shape state, national K-12 policy | EdSource: New institute in Palo Alto aims to help shape state, national K-12 policySOURCE: CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING WEBCASTLinda Darling-Hammond shares a light moment during a meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.A prominent scholar from Stanford University will direct a new e

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Elect Lee Barrios

ELECT LEE BARRIOS:                     My 2011 Campaign Video        My dedication, determination and direction have not changed! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestPress ReleaseLee Barrios, a retired middle school teacher from Abita Springs and an outspoken critic of state education reforms, is announcing her candidacy for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and S

by mike simpson / 9h 

What's next after No Child Left Behind? Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of Teachers | cleveland.com

What's next after No Child Left Behind? Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of Teachers | cleveland.com: What's next after No Child Left Behind? Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of TeachersGuest columnist Melissa Cropper is President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, a labor union representing 20,000 members who provide quality public education and public services to Ohio children, their families a

by mike simpson / 9h 

Ohio Governor Kasich's Corrupt Corporate Charter Schools Are A National Joke

Ohio Governor Kasich's Corrupt Corporate Charter Schools Are A National Joke: Ohio Governor Kasich’s Corrupt Corporate Charter Schools Are A National JokeIt surprises no-one, not even the racist and religious Republican base that the GOP exists first and foremost to advance the interests of the rich and corporations at the expense of the American people; including the Republican racist and religio

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After John Deasy, LAUSD faces a tough choice: Play it safe or take another risk? - LA Times

After John Deasy, LAUSD faces a tough choice: Play it safe or take another risk? - LA Times: After John Deasy, LAUSD faces a tough choice: Play it safe or take another risk?When the school board chose John Deasy as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in 2011, it knew what it was getting: an outsized personality with a national reputation as an advocate for school reform.And i

by mike simpson / 9h 

Labor Day 2014 Quotes, History, sayings and solidarity - Happy Labor Day!

Labor Day 2014 Quotes, History, sayings and solidarity - Happy Labor Day!http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htmLABOR DAY: WHAT IT MEANSLabor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity,

by mike simpson / 9h 

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Student Socialization in Public Schools

Student Socialization in Public Schools: Student Socialization in Public SchoolsSocialization you could say is how a child interacts with their peers. There are many definitions, but in school, socialization mostly involves how children play and get along with each other. We think of recess when considering socialization. We wonder how much socialization children miss when they don’t get recess.Pu

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Big Education Ape Will Be Off Until Labor Day Have Fun And Read EDUBLOGS!!!

Big Education Ape Will Be Off Until Labor Day Have Fun And Read EDUBLOGS!!!

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Save Our Schools March – Dyett High School Hunger Strike

Save Our Schools March – Dyett High School Hunger Strike: Dyett High School Hunger StrikeBlack Parents, Grandparents, Clergy and Activists Enter Hunger Strike to Save High SchoolNational civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson joins strike – Learn more here!CHICAGO, AUGUST 20, 2015 – More than 12 parents, educators and other activists in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood are entering day four of

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The misuse of research to support deregulation and privatization of teacher education - The Washington Post

The misuse of research to support deregulation and privatization of teacher education - The Washington Post: The misuse of research to support deregulation and privatization of teacher educationFor years now we’ve been hearing from school reformers that traditional teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities are awful and that what we need is deregulation and market competition. In t

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Old tensions complicate charter partnership trial :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet

Old tensions complicate charter partnership trial :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Old tensions complicate charter partnership trial(District of Columbia) An innovative grant program initiated by the Gates Foundation aimed at cultivating partnerships between charters and traditional schools has produced only mixed results.Longstanding tensio

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Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure Law

Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure Law: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure LawWhat would the crusaders against teachers unions do without their little anecdotes?An arbitrator has ruled that Arnold Anderson can keep his tenured, $90,000-a-year job — for now. Anderson, who teaches at Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick, needed to be at work by 8:40 a.m. T

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Today's a good day to give bully Rauner a kick in the ass

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Today's a good day to give bully Rauner a kick in the ass: Today's a good day to give bully Rauner a kick in the assIL House members will vote today on overriding Rauner's veto of Senate Bill 1229. The bill was supported by AFSCME and passed by the General Assembly in May. It would put a potential labor-contract impasse in the hands of an outside arbitrator, rather t

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CURMUDGUCATION: Administrators Must Choose

CURMUDGUCATION: Administrators Must Choose: Administrators Must ChooseClassroom teachers are experiencing the effects of reformsterism to widely varying degrees. In some classrooms, data fetishism, aligning to the standards, and chasing test scores create a powerful cacophony that drowns out actual attempts to educate students. In other classrooms, education remains the main focus and the sturm an

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Test prep for 5-year-olds is a real thing. Here’s what it looks like. - The Washington Post

Test prep for 5-year-olds is a real thing. Here’s what it looks like. - The Washington Post: Test prep for 5-year-olds is a real thing. Here’s what it looks like.It’s no secret that for some years now, kindergarten, once a time when youngsters spent the day learning through structured play, has become focused on academics, forcing young kids to sit in their chairs working for far longer than many

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Challenged by charters, private and parochial school enrollments fall - The Hechinger Report

Challenged by charters, private and parochial school enrollments fall - The Hechinger Report: Challenged by charters, private and parochial school enrollments fallOld-line independent schools scramble for new ways to fill seats, make moneyNEW ORLEANS—A more or less orderly line of four-year-olds, the boys in uniform blue polo shorts and the girls in plaid-checked jumpers, line up in the corridor o

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Study sparks more debate over Florida tests for students | Miami Herald

Study sparks more debate over Florida tests for students | Miami Herald: Study sparks more debate over Florida tests for studentsFlorida’s new standardized tests for students administered last year were fair.Or were they?An independent review of the Florida Standards Assessment, released Tuesday, has done little to quiet questions about whether the exams are valid.The answers to those questions ar

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New analysis argues that better teachers are flocking to better schools - The Washington Post

New analysis argues that better teachers are flocking to better schools - The Washington Post: New analysis argues that better teachers are flocking to better schoolsA new analysis of New York City school data shows that teachers who scored low in the city’s evaluation system are concentrated in struggling schools that tend to serve poor and minority students, while teachers with strong ratings ar

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With A Brooklyn Accent: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder

With A Brooklyn Accent: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder:

Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder

On this Labor Day – and I am extremely grateful for it – I am collecting my thoughts with regard to my membership in labor unions. For the record, I have all my life held down two full-time careers, which necessitated my membership in eight labor unions. Most of them are part of the AFL-CIO. Two of my show business unions are affiliated with the Teamsters. Also, for the record, I belong to both of the teachers’ unions, the AFT and the NEA, as well as the professors’ union, the AAUP. I have been working in one of my careers since I was fifteen months old. At some point in my maturation, I decided that “the union can help you and the union can hurt you”. Clearly, I tried never to be naïve .Even so, in forty-five years of teaching, ten for the School District of Philadelphia, and more than sixty years in entertainment, there has been only one epic fail, and that was at the hands of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. First, allow me to say that I have no particular quarrel with the downtown, Chestnut Street representatives who connected with my schools. They were good, except in one way, and I now believe that that one tragic flaw was orchestrated somewhere on high and handed down through many layers of the American Federation of Teachers. Looking back, I believe I received no substantial warning from the teachers’ unions as to how the corporatization of education would affect us so negatively. I am referring to the advent and arrival of Common Core, the almost ridiculous and certainly obscure “newer” methods of teacher evaluation, the fervor of administrators to accept the garroting of highly-qualified, wonderfully-educated career faculty, including what I would call “smear campaigns,” and the bizarre and often pointless paperwork assignments (e.g. “back-mapping”) that kept us away from our preparation and execution of admirable classroom presentations, and our work with students, much of it individualized, that encouraged all students to internalize their lessons. Although I had been reading With A Brooklyn Accent: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder:

Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling. | Fred Klonsky

Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling. | Fred Klonsky:

Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling.

-By Wayne Au. Wayne Au is an Associate Professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell and an editor for the social justice education magazine, Rethinking Schools. This originally appeared in the 2013 Washington State Kappan. Au was one of the named appellants in the suit overturning the Washington charter law.

After rejecting charter schools three times since 1996, Washington State voters approved Initiative 1240 (I-1240) by a 50.69% majority in November 2012, potentially paving the way for charter schools here. While there are several problems with I-1240, I have two major concerns.

First, it radically redefines the “public” in public education. Under I-1240, while locally elected school boards can be authorizers, the state board for authorizing charter schools is appointed, and the governing boards of the charter schools are appointed as well. This structure is complicated by the fact that charter schools in Washington State will be funded by public school dollars following the students into charter schools. This combination of appointed governance and state funds means that I-1240 functionally creates a separate charter school system, one using public monies but with no required mechanism for public accountability. This is a classic redefinition of public education vis-à-vis a business paradigm of school reform, and in this definition the public good equals consumption amidst deregulation. Thus, as the argument goes, charter schools will improve education through business-like production and competition.

There are, however, significant problems with this paradigm:

1. Students are not manufactured like products or assembled like cars. Humans are complex beings who develop unevenly and under a diverse array of conditions. Similarly, schools are not businesses where “productivity” can be easily measured when it comes to human learning and teaching;

2. The deregulation of public education and lack of public accountability Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling. | Fred Klonsky:

Peg with Pen: Relay Graduate School Indoctrination

Peg with Pen: Relay Graduate School Indoctrination:

Relay Graduate School Indoctrination

This blog, and many future blogs, are going to be focused on the Relay Graduate School indoctrination occurring in my school and many schools across the country this year, due to the Relay principal academy which occurred this past summer. Colorado folks should also know that Relay intends to set up a permanent campus here in Denver.  Relay Graduate School was created to support the needs of charter schools, specifically KIPP, Uncommon and Achievement First.  Many of the individuals who work with  Relay also publish books that detail scripted ways of teaching, disciplining and leading. If you start researching the leaders of Relay Graduate School you will see that they are ripe with all sorts of training and experience that ultimately does not equate to true experience within the field of education. And one cannot equate charter school experience (like KIPP for example) as teaching experience.  I'd call it school to prison pipeline training.

Carol Burris, in an article for The Answer Sheet states:

At the Relay Graduate School of Education (RGSE), teacher education that balances research, theory and practice has been replaced by ‘filling the pail’ training. Designed to serve the needs of three charter school chains — KIPP, Achievement First and Uncommon Schools— RGSE has no university affiliation, yet awards masters degrees in New York State.

In order to enroll in their program, one must teach, uncertified, in an affiliated school. Traditional public school teachers need not apply. Degrees are earned by online video and reading modules, attending discussion groups and by the uncertified teacher’s students’ Peg with Pen: Relay Graduate School Indoctrination:

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Latest Teacher Contract Updates

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Latest Teacher Contract Updates:

Latest Teacher Contract Updates

From the Times:

Also according to Seattle union officials, agreement was reached Sunday toincrease pay for certificated and classified substitutes, an attempt to address a general shortage of substitutes.

As well, a group of parents have started a support group for teachers, Soup for Teachers:

Soup for Teachers is a Facebook group that SPS parent Ljiljana Stanojevic Penuela started a few days ago to support striking teachers with food, cards from kids, and other necessities:https://www.facebook.com/groups/507823286040448/. 

 
The group has over 200 members.

They have money, kids’ cards and food and provided lunch to the SEA team. (And heard teachers are getting sick of pizza.)

 Today, they are providing a taco bar to the SEA bargaining team as well as also providing desserts, posters, and cards for the strike captains’ meeting tonight. Q13 Fox will be at Greenwood school to film and interview during their3:45 pm dessert drop off today. Some of the members don’t even have kids in SPS. and the turn-out from the community has been great. 

Twitter: @SoupForTeachers. Hashtag: #4MyTeacher

Email: soups4teachers@gmail.com.

Great work by parents and community in support of our teachers. Seattle Schools Community Forum: Latest Teacher Contract Updates:

The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared. | Bob Braun's Ledger

The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared. | Bob Braun's Ledger:

The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared.

A budget ax costing Newark’s children $15 million has fallen on the city’s public schools–but not its pampered charter schools. Christopher Cerf, the new state-imposed schools superintendent, had his underlings tell public school principals the bad news late Friday to avoid disrupting Cerf’s smiling charm offensive in the mainstream media.

John Abeigon, the president of the Newark Teachers Union, called the sneak attack on school funding “the Labor Day Weekend” massacre and said it proves “Cerf is not just here to provide a smooth transition to local control–he’s here to finish the job Cami Anderson started.”

The unanticipated cuts to individual schools can be devastating. At East Side High School, for example, it will amount to $440,000 in unexpectedly loss revenue. Students and faculty at East Side rejected efforts by the state administration to have the school designated as a “turnaround” school–and their revolt helped bring down Cerf’s discredited predecessor, Cami Anderson.

“East Side is paying the price for standing up to the state,” Abeigon said.

Abeigon and other educators said cuts included: $250,000 at Wilson;  $110,000 at American History High; $100,000 at Central High school; Rafael Hernandez, $80,000; Roberto Clemente, $50,000; Ridge, $50,000.

Not all principals reported the amounts they were told to cut. The budget slashing The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared. | Bob Braun's Ledger:

#FightForDyett Hunger strikers protest school closing | MSNBC

Hunger strikers protest school closing | MSNBC:

#FightForDyett Hunger strikers protest school closing

Hunger strikers protest school closing

A school in Chicago was forced to close due to low enrollment. Now parents and students are on a hunger strike. Protesters Jitu Brown and Jeanette Taylor Ramann talk to Melissa Harris-Perry about the strike. 

A Teacher's Labor Day Plea to School Reformers | John Thompson

A Teacher's Labor Day Plea to School Reformers | John Thompson:

A Teacher's Labor Day Plea to School Reformers

Even an oil field rookie, "a worm," knows that his life is in the hands of his tool pusher. So, in my first day as a roughneck in the oil patch, it was unnerving to hear Dwayne shout into the radio, "Frack after dark! Frack after dark! Call Western! Eddy Chiles (subsequently the owner of the Texas Rangers) loves to frack after dark!"

By today's terminology, we actually were being told to perforate a well after dark, but it still placed everyone's lives at risk. It meant we would be working with explosives that could be unknowingly detonated by a trucker 100 miles away as he spoke on his CB radio. That winter, had such an explosion occurred a few seconds earlier, our entire crew would have died; even so one roughneck was pronounced dead at the scene.

My tool pusher told me, "John, I'm a high school dropout so I'll do what I'm told. But, you have a future." If we have to frack after dark, Dwight told me to quit this job and hitchhike home.

This may be the single most unnerving of my experiences in the blue collar world, but it's hard to believe how many times the bosses, in so many different workplaces, gambled with our lives. Whether it was being required to handle explosives or radioactive materials without following procedures, unloading trucks full of toxic fumes, hefting too much weight around machinery without the legally-required security protectors, or just taking the risks required to deal up with a sped-up assembly line, our health, safety, and survival was unimportant to the big boys.

As a teacher, our real danger was stress. Gangbangers threated their classmates but not authority figures. The stress from counseling traumatized students, visiting them in the hospital, attending their funerals, and worrying over unconscious teens could threaten our health, but it was nothing compared to what our kids had to handle. My last couple of years in the regular classroom, I started to get sick at my stomach when A Teacher's Labor Day Plea to School Reformers | John Thompson:

BustED Pencils Trending News: UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Day 20; 100 Day Loophole | BustED Pencils

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Are we finally at the point where people realize “charter schools” are NOT public schools.

State Supreme Court: Charter schools are unconstitutional

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/state-supreme-court-charter-schools-are-unconstitutional/

Began August 17th and still going!  Chicago public schools DON’T respect the public.

Activists to continue hunger strike over Dyett High School’s fate

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dyett-hunger-strike-met-0905-20150904-story.html

Parents find loophole to get public schools to pay for private school and all it takes is 100 days.

School choice that goes too far

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/school-choice-that-goes-too-far/2015/09/06/48678928-5288-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html

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