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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Modern School: Human Need or Capitalist Greed #ows

Modern School: Human Need or Capitalist Greed:

Human Need or Capitalist Greed


It is not only absurd, but dangerous, to believe that jobs are good just because losing a job is undesirable (See the Cry For Jobs, Ruthless Criticism). Of course it is terrible to lose ones income and material security. But simply demanding jobs generally results in compromises and sacrifices in order to get that paycheck rolling in again. Workers accept lower wages, longer working hours, more dangerous conditions, less autonomy, longer commutes just to get back to work.

Jobs do not even necessarily provide material security, particularly if the wages aren’t sufficient to cover living expenses. Even when times were “good” and unemployment was low, prior to the start of the economic crisis, wages and living standards had been spiraling downwards for

Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg's Mansion.

Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg's Mansion. Liberty Square to be Occupied with Voices of Immigrant Women and Elders from the Civil Rights Movement | OccupyWallSt.org:

Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg's Mansion. Liberty Square to be Occupied with Voices of Immigrant Women and Elders from the Civil Rights Movement

Posted 1 hour ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 7:03 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Sunday, November 20th:

12:00pm: Liberty Square -"We, Spanish-speaking immigrant women of New York City, call on all women to join us ... to stand up, speak out, assemble and make our diverse voices heard with dignity and strength as we demonstrate in solidarity with the Occupy movement for democracy, dignity and equality for all people." Details Here

2:00pm: 24 hour "Occupy Bloomberg's Mansion Drum Circle Protest And Love-In Art Show " in front of Mayor Bloomberg's massive mansion on 17 East 79th Street. Details Here

3:30pm: Liberty Square - "Elders from the Civil Right's Movement will be sharing the torch of social justice and equality with our movement, a symbolic act by which they recognize OWS as the transformative movement of the 21st Century." Details Here

#ows Davis Faculty Association » Blog Archive » DFA Board Calls for Katehi’s Resignation

Davis Faculty Association » Blog Archive » DFA Board Calls for Katehi’s Resignation:

DFA Board Calls for Katehi’s Resignation

The DFA Board calls for the immediate resignation of Chancellor Katehi. The Chancellor’s authorization of the use of police force to suppress the protests by students and community members speaking out on behalf of our university and public higher education generally represents a gross failure of leadership.

Given the recent use of excessive force by police against “occupy” protestors at UC Berkeley and elsewhere, the Chancellor must have anticipated that, by authorizing police action, she was

Big Education Ape: 11-19-11 PM Rocketship incorporated is blasting off EDition #ows #edreform

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How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools

thenation.com - As attendees stood up to leave the hall, the phalanx of lobbyists surrounding the room converged, buttonholing legislators and school officials. On a floor above the main hall, an expo center had b...

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Rocketship soars to Common Council approval

jsonline.com - Milwaukee's Common Council easily passed a deal with a California-based, tech savvy charter school network to set up a city-sponsored charter elementary school in Milwaukee. The vote was 14-1, with...

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MoveOn.org Civic Action: Save Social Security

civic.moveon.org - Save Social SecurityA report in The New York Times suggests that the "Super Committee" in Congress—which has the power to fast-track it's recommendations to reduce the deficit—is close to backing m...

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Charter schools: public in form but private in essence

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - "With these charter schools, people are trying to say, ‘I want a custom-tailored education for my children, and I want you, as my neighbor, to pay for it.’ ” -- Matthew Stewart, resident of up...

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Believing the reformers

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - 140 Chicago schools targeted Columnist Gene Lyons, posting at Salon.com, warns us: "Don’t believe the education “reformers.” Public schools, he says, are better than we think and efforts to quant...

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From Gingrich, an Unconventional View of Education

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - November 19, 2011, 1:37 pm By TRIP GABRIELNewt Gingrich has some unconventional ideas about education reform. He wants every state to open a work-study college where students work 20 hours a week d...

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Vilifying Rival, Wall St. Rallies for Senate Ally

nytimes.com - The warning has ricocheted around the financial world in recent weeks, in conversations at Midtown restaurants and Washington fund-raisers, carrying urgent appeals for money from financial executiv...

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Personalized Assesment Part 2

ideasandthoughts.org - It might help to read Part 1. I've been teaching a course at the University of Regina for over 5 years. I've taught it for roughly 12 sections over that time. I really don't enjoy the assessment pr...

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Saturday coffee + Old school . « Fred Klonsky #ows

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:Saturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyThis morning Anne and I headed over to Peets for coffee and a bagel. My Thanksgiving week off has begun.The week before Thanksgiving m...

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Agricultural program helps keep youth out of gangs

boston.com - WOODLAKE, Calif.—When Manuel Jimenez first set eyes on the land below a levee, thick with brush and weeds, the one-time field worker envisioned a place where youngsters could escape the temptations...

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UPDATE: State of Seized Library

peopleslibrary.wordpress.com - by Michael | November 16, 2011 · 11:22 (This post is being updated as news comes in, check back regularly.) We’re getting our first report back from the folks who went to the Sanitation Garage. May...

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City crews remove Occupy San Francisco tents, protesters

latimesblogs.latimes.com - San Francisco city crews are removing an Occupy encampment near the city’s financial district Saturday afternoon, an area newspaper is reporting. The crews, in blue disposable jumpsuits and paper m...

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