10 Reasons Why Corporations Aren’t People | Addicting Info

10 Reasons Why Corporations Aren’t People | Addicting Info

10 Reasons Why Corporations Aren’t People

August 13, 2011

By Michael Hayne

10 Reasons Why Corporations Aren’t People

1. People generally pay their annual income taxes.

2. People generally don’t have spreadsheets in place of a soul.

3. People generally have to make their own breakfast, wipe their own asses, and drive themselves to work in a vehicle that’s cheaper than the mini bar on

Wisconsin Wire: ALEC Chair and Representative Robin Vos Killing Recalls

August 13, 2011

By Segway Jeremy Ryan

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Alright folks, here is the next attack from the Wisconsin GOP. They’ve attacked our elections. They’ve attacked our schools and our jobs. And now, there is Robin Vos, State Chair of theAmerican Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, for short, the shady corporate-run organization responsible for writing much of the voter suppression, Medicaid killing, education killing,

It Pays to Be Connected to Florida’s Ed Reform Cabal | Scathing Purple Musings

It Pays to Be Connected to Florida’s Ed Reform Cabal | Scathing Purple Musings

It Pays to Be Connected to Florida’s Ed Reform Cabal

by Bob Sikes

AP’s Gary Fineout reports:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida doesn’t have one, or even two education commissioners earning a paycheck right now. Try three.

This month, newly hired Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson began his $275,000-a-year job in Tallahassee. Robinson, who now is one of the highest-paid people in state government, was lured away from Virginia after Commissioner Eric Smith resigned under pressure from the administration of Gov. Rick Scott.

But Smith – whose last official day was in June – will keep drawing a state paycheck until Sept. 20. Smith, who was also earning $275,000 a year as commissioner, had 548 hours of unused

My response to Brill’s ‘Super Teachers’ – Divide and Conquer… oldest trick in the book. #Don’tFallForIt « Continuing Change

My response to Brill’s ‘Super Teachers’ – Divide and Conquer… oldest trick in the book. #Don’tFallForIt « Continuing Change

My response to Brill’s ‘Super Teachers’ – Divide and Conquer… oldest trick in the book. #Don’tFallForIt

by gatorbonbc

My response to Brill’s ‘Super Teachers’ ?

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Oldest trick in the book… Divide and Conquer.

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Pit public teachers against charter.

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Charter school teachers are posed as ‘Superstar’ teachers?

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Really? Almost every teacher I know fits this category, whether charter or public. … and burn out is

Dedicate The Dream THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL

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WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. NATIONAL MEMORIAL!

The Dedication of the Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC will take place at 11 a.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2011, and this site is your official information resource.

The Dedication promises to be a historic event for the U.S. and nations around the world, as Dr. King’s vision and timeless beliefs continue to resonate with people of all lands. World leaders, civil rights pioneers, citizens who remember the hard days of segregation and those leading the next generation closer to Dr. King’s dream, will assemble together for the long-awaited celebration and remembrance.

This ceremony will be the culmination of a week of events, inspired by the establishment of a permanent honor to one of our nation’s greatest citizen leaders. Dr. King was a profound teacher, whose lessons were anchored in the primacy of human dignity. He enacted irreversible social change and led our country forward, relying exclusively on non-violent means. The Memorial will be a lasting tribute to Dr. King’s legacy and will forever serve as a monument to the freedom, opportunity and justice for which he stood.

Whether you live in the Washington, DC area, or are planning to visit for this momentous occasion, this website will offer the latest available information to help you plan. Please visit often, for it will be updated frequently as Dedication planning progresses.

We look forward to sharing with you a joyous and historic day for our nation.

Sincerely,

Harry E. Johnson, Sr.
President & CEO
Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.

THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL

The Memorial will officially open to the public on Monday, August 22, 2011.
Location:	The intersection of West Basin Drive SW and Independence Avenue SW
Time:	Monday, August 22, 2011: 11 am - 10 pm Tuesday, August 23, 2011: 9 am - 10 pm Wednesday, August 24, 2011: 9 am - 10 pm Thursday, August 25, 2011: 9 am - 10 pm

Texas Failure: Gifted Education | Special Needs in Education

Texas Failure: Gifted Education | Special Needs in Education

Texas Failure: Gifted Education

While billions of dollars are spent on low performing and bilingual students in Texas, our top students and gifted students are being thrown to the curb. Schools brag about being recognized or exemplary because they raise low kids to the minimum standards while our top kids sit bored in class and remain stagnant. How exemplary is that?

Wis. district launches new #gifted-education efforts http://t.co/HM3r370#gtchat – by PiecesOLearning (Pieces of Learning)

Daily Kos: Not for the first time, I am really ashamed of my country

Daily Kos: Not for the first time, I am really ashamed of my country

Not for the first time, I am really ashamed of my country

by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)

I have just finished read How America criminalised poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich.

I have seen the effects of poverty when I volunteer in free health and dental clinics, not just in the mountains of SW Virginia, but also in Springfield VA, in the DC metro area.

Some would say I should be used to it. Thank God I am not, that I am still upset when I encounter it personally, or read about it as I did today.

Ehrenreich is revisiting the topic that led to her best selling book, Nickled and Dimed. Two selections from early in this essay:

The big question, 10 years later, is whether things have improved or worsened for those in the

Jersey Jazzman: Follow The Money

Jersey Jazzman: Follow The Money

Follow The Money

by Duke

I hate to upset Matt Yglesias's delicate sensibilities, but when education is described as a $600 billion "sector,"it's time to follow the money:

In 2002, Dick DeVos addressed the Heritage Foundation in D.C. His talk contained the following quotation: “…And so while those of us on the national level can give support, we need to encourage the development of these organizations on a state-by-state basis, in order to be able to offer a political consequence, for opposition, and political reward for support of education reform issues.

“That has got to be the battle. It will not be as visible. And, in fact, to the extent that we on the right, those of us on the conservative side of the aisle, appropriate education choice

All Education Matters: Are You a "Couch-hopping," Homeless, Indebted Grad?

All Education Matters: Are You a "Couch-hopping," Homeless, Indebted Grad?

Are You a "Couch-hopping," Homeless, Indebted Grad?

by C. Cryn Johannsen

I want to expose another dirty secret about the student lending crisis, and that is the number of people who are couching-hopping and homeless. As I've said in several pieces in recent weeks, if it weren't for my gracious, loving in-laws, I'd be homeless at the moment. That is to say, if I were to try and stay in the U.S., I would not

Modern School: San Francisco Copies Repressive Middle East Protest Policy

Modern School: San Francisco Copies Repressive Middle East Protest Policy

San Francisco Copies Repressive Middle East Protest Policy

by Michael Dunn

In the wake of England’s worst street protests and riots in a generation, British PM David Cameron has called for U.S.-style “gang” policy to repress its restive youth, as well as authoritarian Middle East-style suppression of free speech by blocking cell phone and social media networks.

In San Francisco, famous for its liberal politics and advocacy of civil liberties, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) actually did shut down cell phone transmission in its train stations for three hours Thursday in order to preemptively squelch a threatened protest, the SF Chronicle reported today.

In England, the riots erupted in response to the police killing of an unarmed black man in a poor neighborhood

Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber: UK Turns To U.S. To Solve Unrest

by Michael Dunn

Several news media reported yesterday that British Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain to look to the United States for solutions to gang violence after nights of riots and looting.

The first problem with this, of course, is that the rioting was not caused by gangs and the destruction bore no similarity to gang violence. There are substantial differences in both quality and quantity between drive by shootings, assassinations of competitors and street brawls on the one hand, and looting, arson and vandalism on the other. There are also significant differences in motive.

But let’s ignore all that, since the politicians have and they will do what they wish anyway. What they want is

Virginia and the NCLB mess Congress left behind - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Virginia and the NCLB mess Congress left behind - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Virginia and the NCLB mess Congress left behind

By Valerie Strauss

If we needed more proof — and we really didn’t — that Congress abrogated its responsibility by allowing No Child Left Behind to continue as the law of the land, we only have to look at Virginia.

Virginia is the latest state to experience the huge gap between what test scores actually say and what the law says they say. In newly released scores of the 2011 state Standards of Learning exam, 62 percent of of its public schools failed to meet benchmarks in math and reading, compared to 39 percent the year before.

Did the state’s schools suddenly get worse? Of course not. Overall passing rates, as my colleague Michael Alison Chandler noted in this

Teachers are my Heroes Mike Roche | Crime Novelist

Mike Roche | Crime Novelist

Teachers are my Heroes

Posted on August 12, 2011 by mike

School is on the precipice of resuming and another summer vacation season is closing. The bells ringing, will announce the start of a new school year, sad parents will wave goodbye to their children and chaos will resume in the hallways. Teachers will stand tall with enthusiasm, despite a constant assault on their pay and benefits. Once again, they will face the burden of additional administrative duties, while we ask them to assume the role of a surrogate parent. If you think about it, they spend more time with our kids than most parents.

Teachers are the front-line warriors in the war against physical bullying. Many schools assign teachers to stand outside their classrooms like gargoyle soldiers safeguarding students from prowling bullies. These passionate educators, who love their students and

Saturday coffee. + Old school « Fred Klonsky's blog

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Saturday coffee.

AUGUST 13, 2011

by Fred Klonsky

Gaylon Alcaraz of the Chicago Abortion Fund.

The plan was for Leigh, Anne and I to go kayaking on the north branch of the Chicago River today. But a threat of rain is forcing us to consider a plan B.

A fresh pot of coffee is in the thermos. Some steel-cut oatmeal is on the stove. Fresh peaches are cut up to go in the oatmeal with some honey and milk. It’s a hearty breakfast at home this

Old school.

by Fred Klonsky

Miriam Makeba.