Sunday, November 13, 2011
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See it! Say it! Helping to End the Abuse of Our Children! - The Educator's PLN
See it! Say it! Helping to End the Abuse of Our Children!
In 1982, I worked in a Headstart center, I had only been out of college for two years. I worked in the room with the 3 and 4 year olds. One day, one of our little girls had an accident, and she didn't have any clothes in her cubby. We called the house, and the uncle agreed to bring a change of clothes.
When the uncle arrived, he was asked to change her clothes in the bathroom. As he led her to the bathroom, she began screaming, and pulling away from him. I couldn't understand why she would react this way, after all, it was her uncle. Weeks later, we found out that the uncle had been molesting her. Her screams were a cry for help, and I feel like I failed her. I use the present tense, because every time I hear a story about child abuse, I
solidaridad: Occupy United Way! Group founded and manifesto published
Occupy United Way! Group founded and manifesto published

Whereas United Way Greater Los Angeles actively lobbied LAUSD to eliminate the democratic mechanism of the PSC parent advisory vote.
Whereas United Way Greater Los Angeles CEO Elise Buik receives a staggering six figure salary to smear and slander public schoolteachers at every opportunity she gets.
Whereas United Way Greater Los Angeles commissioned the corporate reform policy paper for LAUSD from the right wing think tank National Council on Teacher Quality.
Whereas United Way Greater Los Angeles is the leading organization in the so-called Don't Hold Us Back Coalition which advocates for anti-community and anti-teacher policy positions that are nothing more than overt
Schools Matter: Parent Trigger charlatan Ben Austin booted off The State Bar of California
Apparently the right wingers at Parent Revolution are immune to cognitive dissonance. How else could we explain an organization that frequently co-hosts meetings with The Heartland Institute calling the National Educators Association (NEA) teabaggers?
In my latest Schools Matter piece: Parent Trigger charlatan Ben Austin booted off The State Bar of California I point out how absurd it is for Austin and his
East Sacramento parents seek traditional high school amid district shake-up - Sacramento Bee
East Sacramento parents seek traditional high school amid district shake-up
Bee Correspondent
Phil Pluckebaum's son went to Sutter Middle School, close to home in east Sacramento, but when it came time for high school, the parents packed their teenager in the car and made the 30-minute drive to Rosemont High School.
Now, Pluckebaum wonders where his next child will attend high school. He yearns for the days when Sacramento High was the natural choice for families in east Sacramento.
"When Sacramento High closed, they left the core of our city without a school," he said. "Now, there's a resurgence of people living in the urban core, and another generation of kids coming up, still without a high school in their neighborhoods."
The hunt for a standard public high school in
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/13/4050549/east-sacramento-parents-seek-traditional.html#ixzz1dakDh9Tn
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD HEALTHY SCHOOL MENU GETS AN UNHEATHY DOSE OF SKEPTICISM
LAUSD HEALTHY SCHOOL MENU GETS AN UNHEATHY DOSE OF SKEPTICISM
BY SUSAN ABRAM STAFF WRITER - DAILY NEWS/DAILY BREEZE | HTTP://BIT.LY/VYCY7X
Parents wait in line for school food samples during a free food tasting event at Cardenas Elementary School in Van Nuys. (Andy Holzman Staff Photographer)
< Araselia Guerrero offers up a bite of chicken to her daughter Kasandra during a free food tasting event at Cardenas Elementary School in Van Nuys, CA November 10, 2011. During the event, parents tasted healthy school menu items and learned about healthier food choices fo their families. (Andy Holzman/Daily News Staff Photographer) (
11-13-2011 - Araselia Guerrero scooped a forkful of ancho chili chicken with yakisoba into her mouth and chewed the food pensively.
Big City — While Filmmakers Flourish, Schools Sacrifice - NYTimes.com
As Schools Sacrifice, TV Shows Flourish
BRIGHT LIGHTS A set for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” in Harlem.
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Published: November 11, 2011
On Tuesday afternoon, a hundred or so parents of New York City public-school children, most of them mothers from the leafier precincts of Brooklyn, gathered outside the Manhattan office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to rally against the potential extinguishing of the so-called millionaires’ tax. With $1.4 billion for schools cut from the state budget last year, these parents wondered why the governor was so committed to helping the well-off become even better positioned. “Millionaire rhymes with fair and share,” one placard announced.
