Occupy This: US History exposes the 1%’s crimes, then and now. 2a of 6 | Dailycensored.com

Occupy This: US History exposes the 1%’s crimes, then and now. 2a of 6 | Dailycensored.com:

Occupy This: US History exposes the 1%’s crimes, then and now. 2a of 6

Written by Carl_HermanPolitics, War and PeaceOct 13, 2011

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Occupy Wall Street (and nationwide) has three emerging objectives:

1. Public recognition of the 1%’s crimes, centering on war and money.

1. End war and money crimes that annually kill millions, injure billions, and loot trillions of our dollars.
2. Build a brighter future for 100% of humanity, centering on full constructive employment and the creation of money that maximizes public good.

My Open proposal for US Revolution: end unlawful wars, parasitic economics explains and documents

• war and money crimes so they are “emperor has no clothes” obvious,
• Gandhi and Dr. King’s strategy for victory, with recommendation for a window of Truth and Reconciliation to encourage criminals’ peaceful surrender,

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If you are wondering why so many Americans are taking to the streets, the first grievance listed by the General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street is the illegal theft of homes. If you want to know more about illegal foreclosures, check out the Mortgage Justice Seminar in Sarasota, Florida on Saturday, October 15. If you [...]

A cautionary charter school tale - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

A cautionary charter school tale - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

A cautionary charter school tale

by Valerie Strauss

Some public charter schools do wonderful work. Some don’t. This is what can happen when officials who allow charter schools to open don’t pay enough attention to what happens after the doors open to students.

In a trendy area of Dade County called Coconut Grove, controversy is swirling around the Academy of Arts & Minds and how one man dominates the school’s operations.

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Are we seeing glimmers of hope?

by Valerie Strauss

This was written by George Wood, principal of Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio, who this year is also taking on the role of superintendent of his small school district. He is executive director of the non-profitForum for Education and Democracy, a collaboration of educators from around the country.

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Which Path to Excellence in Education? « InterACT

Which Path to Excellence in Education? « InterACT:

Which Path to Excellence in Education?

by David B. Cohen

This blog post was co-authored with Rachel Norton, a school board member for San Francisco Unified School District. Earlier this year she also contributed to this site by sharing her thoughts about school turnaround models. A slightly shorter revision of this blog post was also posted at Beyond Chron, a progressive alternative media site.

San Francsico (photo: David B. Cohen)

It’s not often San Francisco hosts Jeb Bush and Rupert Murdoch, let alone on the same day, but it’s happening this week. Bush is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. The Foundation brings its National Summit for Education Reform to San Francisco on October 13-14, with Bush and Murdoch among the keynote speakers (agenda here).

We hope they enjoy their stay, but reject their approach to education reform. Will their speeches include disclosures of their personal and family financial stakes in charter schools, educational publishing, and testing

Jeb Bush’s ed reform show in San Francisco | Thoughts on Public Education

Jeb Bush’s ed reform show in San Francisco | Thoughts on Public Education:

Jeb Bush’s ed reform show in San Francisco

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Former Fla. gov's summit seeks choice, tests and tech

Posted on 10/14/11 • Categorized as Common Core standards, Technology

By Kathryn Baron

You could say that the only folks missing from the National Summit on Education Reform at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel were teachers, but that would be wrong, on a technicality; they were outside protesting. Teachers might have had a vested interest, or even an interesting viewpoint, in the issues raised during the two-day conference. Stuff like tenure, seniority, testing, Common Core standards, and using technology in education.

Governor Jeb Bush, Chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. (Photo from Foundation website)

But, no, they weren’t invited into the inner sanctum of power brokers, policy makers, and politicians brought together for two days of learning and lobbying by former Florida governor Jeb Bush’sFoundation for Excellence in Education. It might have been awkward for them be in the room when Idaho’s schools chief praised his state legislature for eliminating teacher tenure, or when Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction described the “herd mentality of

Turning teaching upside-down - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Witty, brilliant, self-effacing, a seeming agnostic in the education wars over school choice and performance pay, Salman Khan is an unlikely revolutionary. But Khan, the former hedge-fund manager turned online tutor, first for his East Coast nieces and nephews and now for the world, is flipping education upside-down. Many teachers and their unions have been [...]

Emanuel – Preckwinkle power grab of teacher pension fund. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Emanuel – Preckwinkle power grab of teacher pension fund. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

Emanuel – Preckwinkle power grab of teacher pension fund.

by Fred Klonsky

She ran as a progressive for County Board Prez. Now she’s close pals with the teacher union hating Mayor.

This news pissed off my friend Tim Furman this morning. And why wouldn’t it?

Preckwinkle, who ran for County Board President as a progressive, has linked arms with the union-hating Mayor

Geaux Teacher!: Sharon Hewitt Campaign Bows to Pressure

Geaux Teacher!: Sharon Hewitt Campaign Bows to Pressure:

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by noreply@blogger.com (Lee Barrios, M.Ed., NBCT)

You can imagine my surprise when teachers began calling me Tuesday to ask if I had dropped out of the campaign for BESE District 1.

All teachers in St. Tammany Parish Schools found the first issue of "The St. Tammany Notebook," official publication of the St. Tammany Federation of Teachers and School Employees, that had been published in a long time. You see, the local union President, Elsie Burkhalter, had been conspicuously "absent" for quite a long time.

And she hasn't been in Baton Rouge during that absence. I remember seeing her one time during the last two legislative sessions, and I was there testifying on behalf of teachers and public education every day that an education related committee met.

So why the sudden interest? It seems that she was supplied by a local school board member with a private

Which Path to Excellence in Education? by David Cohen

by noreply@blogger.com (Lee Barrios, M.Ed., NBCT)

This blog was created by David B. Cohen and posted on InterACT. It was so good that I am posting it in full here rather than try to say the same thing in another way. Thanks David for this great post. Sounds like Louisiana to me!!

October 13, 2011



by David B. Cohen
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This blog post was co-authored with Rachel Norton, a school board member for San Francisco Unified School District. Earlier this year she also contributed to this site by sharing her thoughts about school turnaround models. A slightly shorter revision of this blog post was also posted at Beyond Chron, a progressive alternative media site. [Note: on that version, we stated that the Foundation for Excellence in Education had only three board members, a statement based on the contents of their website at the time we wrote that draft. Their website has since been updated to reflect a board of eight members].

It’s not often San Francisco hosts Jeb Bush and Rupert Murdoch, let alone on the same day, but it’s happening this week. Bush is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. The

Nate Easley, voucher proponent | DeFENSE

Nate Easley, voucher proponent | DeFENSE:

Nate Easley, voucher proponent

by andreamerida

A lot’s been said about the despicable, race-baiting campaign launched by the LiFERs (Latinos for Education Reform). It should be noted that these persons with Hispanic surnames don’t actually send their own kids to the zero-tolerance test prep labs that are the charter schools they promote. No, their kids get to go to cool magnets and the better schools in town, because THEY DON’T ACTUALLY LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF LATINO FAMILIES.

Turns out that the LiFERs are really just a front for the pro-voucher movement. You remember vouchers, right? It’s the experiment normally tried on low-income communities to slide out of the social contract to provide a sound and equitable public education to every child in America. You know, like the experiment in Milwaukee that never worked, not even after 20 years of heartfelt trying.

And for all the gnashing of teeth about “accountability,” LiFER’s high-powered cadre of influential folks can’t

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Geoffrey Canada asks for leniency for convicted Wall St. crook #ows

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Geoffrey Canada asks for leniency for convicted Wall St. crook:

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by Mike Klonsky

Another hedge-funder is going to prison for insider trading. Only this time, the imprisonment of convicted Wall Street crook Raj Rajaratnam could be costly to some corporate school reforms and charter school privateers.

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But one of the biggest losers is the deal will be charter operator and star of Waiting For Superman, Geoffrey

solidaridad: "Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools! #ows

solidaridad: "Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools!:

"Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools!

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene

"Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools!


Open Planning Meeting
Friday, October 14, 2011 at 5:00pm
UTLA Building
3303 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA,90010
Room 815

Reclaim and Occupy LAUSD
Begins Tuesday, 10/18/11
4:00pm Meet w/Occupy LA in Downtown LA and march to LAUSD HQ

4:45pm Rally and Protest at LAUSD HQ
333 S. Beaudry Ave. Los Angeles CA, 90017

Suggested Signs: "Bail out Schools, Not Banks," "Corporate Greed out of LAUSD," "Stop Starving our Schools" t-- t"Bring Back our Teachers, Librarians, Custodians, and More!" "We are the 99%, Lower Class sizes now!" "Classes with 42 plus? "Stop School Giveaways!" "LA School Board, Shame on YOU!"

For more information and endorsements contact: OccupyLAUSD@gmail.com or call info line at: (323) 500-0232

Website: http://www.OccupyLAUSD.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OccupyLAUSD
facebook: https://twitter.com/OccupyLAUSD

Background:
This is a call out to the 99% who live, work, play and learn in the Los Angeles Unified School District. tIt is time we Reclaim Our Schools from the 1% wealthy Billionaires and Corporate Management Companies who continue to set educational policies of school giveaways, increases in corporate charter schools, and constant school lay-offs.

Despite an LAUSD Board memo indicating a district surplus of $55-million dollars, LAUSD Supt. John Deasy has laid off 1200 teachers, hundreds of custodial and clerical staff, and untold numbers of librarians, nurses, and school psychologists. tSecondary classes routinely pack more than 40 students in academic classes, leading to further student disengagement and higher drop-out rates. tUnder Deasy's direction, the District recently laid off 80 PSA counselors in charge of stemming school drop-out rates and ensuring adequate state funding based on attendance. tSchool libraries are being closed or inadequately staffed.

It is time the LAUSD School Board listens to us, the 99%. We demand full funding of our schools, an end to layoffs that disrupt our school communities, and an end to Public School Giveaways. It is time we hire back our teachers, counselors, nurses, office workers and all others who make our school communities great. tWe demand Wall Street out of LAUSD. It is time we bail out our schools, not banks.

The information herein represents the views and opinions of the Reclaim and Occupy LAUSD committee and does not necessarily represent or reflect the opinions of UTLA. tThis has not been officially endorsed by the United Teachers of Los Angeles or it's affiliates. At least not yet.