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Schools Matter: Shirlee Smith: Parent Revolution? Not really

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Shirlee Smith: Parent Revolution? Not really:Shirlee Smith: Parent Revolution? Not reallyby Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene"The idea of the Parent Revolution is to say fuck you." — Ben...

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Privatization: Turning America into K-Mart

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Privatization: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics | Library of Economics and Liberty: Driven by wrong-minded public officials and corporate greed, contracts for public services are doled out wit...

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Washington Post hosts ownership society soiree

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Katherine and David BradleySteve Brill is this year's Davis Guggenheim. His aptly titled "Class Warfare" book is this year's Waiting For Superman and has become the rallying point for a waning and ...

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Stranger in a strange land. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Guest post by North Shore Teacher. Your latest post on the late Harvard educator and his concerns about the damaging effects of central curriculum and standardized testing made me want to share som...

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Class Warfare | Edwize

edwize.org - Class Warfare: that’s the title Steven Brill gave to his recent book on the state of American education. With such a title, one might think that that Brill’s book would investigate how the deep cla...

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What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?

nytimes.com - Dominic Randolph can seem a little out of place at Riverdale Country School — which is odd, because he’s the headmaster. Riverdale is one of New York City’s most prestigious private schools, with a...

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Book Details Dissension in Obama Economic Team

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — A new book claims that President Obama’s response to the economic crisis was hampered by a White House economic staff plagued by internal rivalries, a domineering chief adviser and a T...

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Thousands of protesters to 'Occupy Wall Street' on Saturday

democraticunderground.com - Source: CNNNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Egyptians did it for democracy. So did people in Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. Now, activist groups are hoping Americans will launch their own uprising -- in ...

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Eduwonk » Blog Archive » Tough Reading

eduwonk.com - Everyone has an opinion on the Paul Tough article in the Sunday Times Magazine, and it’s a great piece of writing you shouldn’t miss. But, don’t let the focus on it allow you to miss another spect...

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Sacramento's jobless rate drops to 11.9%

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Marin County’s Efforts Against Whooping Cough Pay Off

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Autism Spectrum Disorders – The Critical Facts

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    solidaridad: Schools Matter: Eli Broad pays Parent Revolution to champion charters not to empower parents!

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    Schools Matter: Eli Broad pays Parent Revolution to champion charters not to empower parents!

    by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene
    "To support efforts to help Charter Management Organizations apply for new LAUSD schools under LAUSD's School Choice Resolution" — Broad Foundation Donation to Parent Revolution

    Eli Broad, a staunch opponent of academic freedom and intellectuals, is one of the billionaires funding the neoliberal slash and burn campaign against public education.

    My newest Schools Matter piece Eli Broad pays Parent Revolution to champion charters not to empower parents! once again exposes the astroturf fakes, phonies, and frauds of the foppish millionaire from Benedict Canyon, Ben Austin, and his posse of privatizers piloting the so-called Parent Revolution. In the essay I look at their corporate funders, and put to lie all of Austin's disingenuous bluster about a "kids-first agenda." A direct quote about the purpose of a whopping $50,000 donation to Parent Revolution from plutocrat Eli Broad reminds us that school privatization and growing charter school market share is Parent Revolution's only purpose and agenda.

    Published 2011-09-17 on Schools Matter, please read it there and share widely.
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    CRUCIAL TURNING POINT IN FIGHT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. | BAMN

    CRUCIAL TURNING POINT IN FIGHT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. | BAMN:

    Donna Stern | 08, September 2011 | Affirmative Action, Civil Rights | No Comments

    For 15 years, California’s Proposition 209 has excluded tens of thousands of Latino/a, black, and Native American students from California’s premier public colleges and universities. For five years, Proposal 2 has done the same in Michigan.

    We now have our best chance in years to reverse those attacks.On July 1, 2011, the Sixth Circuit struck down Michigan’s Proposal 2 because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Then, on July 8, Governor Jerry Brown filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit supporting BAMN’s claim that Proposition 209 violates the Fourteenth Amendment.

    The Sixth Circuit as a whole is now considering whether to review the panel decision. The Ninth Circuit will be considering the California challenge in the next six months. Either or both cases will almost certainly end up in the Supreme Court. In every court, the decision will be close.

    SIGN ON-LINE PETITION HERE!

    When former UC Regent Ward Connerly attacked affirmative action through the courts, BAMN initiated and the NAACP, the UAW and others joined in organizing a demonstration of 50,000 persons outside the Supreme Court on the day that Grutter v. Bollinger was argued. That demonstration was the culmination of years of organizing. It was the crucial factor in winning the historic victory in Grutter upholding affirmative action in university admissions.

    Proposition 209 and Proposal 2 have meant that this victory is not real in California and Michigan. To make it real, we need to organize a national campaign like the one that led to the victory in Grutter.

    1. Petitions signed by tens of thousands of students and residents and resolutions of support from every student, civil rights and other organization demanding that the Regents and Presidents of the University of California and the University of Michigan end their “neutrality” and stand with us in court saying these proposals are unconstitutional. Download a hard copy of the petition here!
    2. Conferences, forums, and rallies to mobilize support from minority students, from the black, Latino/a, and Native American communities, and from every supporter of civil rights. Fill out the volunteer form and a BAMN organizer will contact you!
    3. Donate to the campaign today!

    Michigan and California are two of the greatest strongholds of the Civil Rights Movement. If we overturn Proposal 2 and Proposition 209 in these two states, the Latino/a, black, and Native American students of Arizona, Washington, Oklahoma, and Nebraska will be able to stop or overturn similar bans in their states. If we lose, we are certain to see more victories by Connerly and others like him.

    We are fighting for what kind of future minority students and the nation will have. We ask you to join with us in making sure that we have an equal and integrated future.

    We can win that future and now is the time to do so.
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    Schooling in the Ownership Society: Washington Post hosts ownership society soiree

    Schooling in the Ownership Society: Washington Post hosts ownership society soiree:

    Washington Post hosts ownership society soiree

    by Mike Klonsky
    Katherine and David Bradley
    Steve Brill is this year's Davis Guggenheim. His aptly titled "Class Warfare" book is this year's Waiting For Superman and has become the rallying point for a waning and frustrated clan of anti-teacher union busters, charter school operators, and corporate-style school reformers.

    The Washington D.C. branch of the clan, still reeling from the expulsion of last year's hero, Michelle Rhee, gathered Thursday evening, for a soiree co-hosted by Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald E. Graham at the Embassy Row home of power philanthropistsKatherine and David Bradley. The gala was called to
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    Schools Matter: Eli Broad pays Parent Revolution to champion charters not to empower parents!

    Schools Matter: Eli Broad pays Parent Revolution to champion charters not to empower parents!:

    Eli Broad pays Parent Revolution to champion charters not to empower parents!

    by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene
    "The private sector experience is important because there are business best practices which can improve the way the education organizations are operated." — The Broad Residency

    "Parent Revolution, using the trigger law as leverage, mobilizes parents, school-by-school, to vote for one of four reform efforts—firing staff, replacing the principal, closing the school or converting to a charter. Once such a change is made, there is no mechanism for parents to be organized for sustained, long-term action to improve their local schools and communities. Organizing, in this sense, is an ongoing process that develops the capacity of its own members and uses the power of their experiences and numbers to effect change." — UCLA IDEA

    Eli Broad, a staunch opponent of academic freedom and intellectuals, is one of the billionaires funding the neoliberal slash and burn campaign against public education.Recently a community based activist (as opposed to Bill Gates funded astroturf activism), asked me about where the foppish millionaire from Benedict Canyon, Ben Austin, and his posse of privatizers piloting the so-called Parent Revolution (née Los Angeles
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    An open letter to Michael Moore from Sharon Higgins « Parents Across America

    An open letter to Michael Moore from Sharon Higgins « Parents Across America:

    An open letter to Michael Moore from Sharon Higgins

    by leoniehaimson

    Dear Mr. Moore,

    I am one of the people who will have the opportunity to see you at your UC Berkeley book event this Saturday night. It’s going to be great to hear you speak!

    Yesterday, as I listed to your interview on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, I was happy to hear how you have considered doing a documentary about the American school system. I’d like to add my voice to the chorus of people who make that request of you everyday.

    It’s clear that you are aware of some of the devastating issues facing public education, such as the demoralization of teachers. I was impressed that you knew how Finland’s success is the result of great policy decisions made years ago (the type of decisions our country continues to ignore). I was very gratified to hear that you did not like Waiting for Superman.

    I believe that you are going to get more and more requests to make a documentary about public education. A lot of public school supporters are extremely upset at how public

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    Jersey Jazzman: The "Passion" of Chris Christie

    Jersey Jazzman: The "Passion" of Chris Christie:

    The "Passion" of Chris Christie

    by Duke
    Our governor just can't understand why, after two years of relentless teacher bashing, broken promises, and slashed salaries, anybody wouldn't want to go into public service:

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    I think for those people who are feeling discouraged right now, because they're going to have to pay a percentage of their health insurance premium, or they're going to have to pay one or two points more towards a lfietime pension, then I would suggest to you respectfully that those people have completely lost touch with reality, and probably didn't have the passion to begin with.
    See, all you cops and firefighters, you've got to understand that you can't expect to make salaries in the high five-figures just because you do a job where people point guns at your head or you run into burning buildings.
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    IL pension. Crunch time. « Fred Klonsky's blog

    IL pension. Crunch time. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

    IL pension. Crunch time.

    by Fred Klonsky

    The IEA has posted a video on their website reporting that meetings are now underway between legislators and union representatives regarding the future of Senate Bill 512, the pension killer.

    From the sound quality, apparently the video was recorded using a string and an empty can of Progresso minestrone soup.

    While not providing much in the way of detailed info, IEA lobbyist Will Lovett does report that the meetings will run through Tuesday.

    It appears we will know what a bill will look like at that time.

    So.

    Get ready. Get your building ready. Get your email list ready.

    It’s crunch time.
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