Honduran Teachers Strike Honduras After the Coup (by codepinkhq) Three weeks into a teacher’s strike, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is threatening to fire all teachers and dissolve their unions. The Associate Press reported that teachers who fail to show up to work today ...
Lowered Expectations: School Failure is the New Success (Image by Tinou Bao) In response to teacher concerns that school reform efforts were moving forward too quickly, without adequate discussion, analysis or teacher buy-in, an administrator suggested that it was okay to “fail forward.” The most ...
Why So Many Teachers Have Martyr Complexes Teacher Martyrs Before the Lion (Jean-Leon Gerome) In a recent posting I mentioned a colleague who said he was a “teacher first, and unionist second,” by which he meant that he would advocate for his kids and make decisions based on what he ...
Michigan: Crush the Unions and the Unemployed! Michigan Worker? (Image by AlexStaubo) Michigan has become the first state in the U.S. to cut unemployment benefits below the 26-week standard set by the federal government. Starting in January, 2012, unemployed workers will only be able to collect ...
LAUSD: Killing Student Enthusiasm With Value-Added Image by Gummo The *L.A. Times* reported today that Los Angeles school district leaders are “poised to plunge ahead with their own confidential 'value-added' ratings this spring, saying the approach is far more objective and accurate than any other ...