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Rahm, the artless dodger

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Rahm retreats "this much." “Now that the mayor is starting to listen to parents, teachers and research regarding the pitfalls of the longer school day program being pushed in school districts acros...
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A Leader of Schools Is Indicted for Fraud

nytimes.com - When state investigators demanded last year to see personal tax returns filed by Eddie Calderon-Melendez, the founder and chief executive of a troubled network of charter high schools in Brooklyn, ...
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Parents, here’s the truth about Stand for Children!

pureparents.org - Tomorrow is Stand for Children’s “kickoff” event at Roosevelt University, but you would have a hard time finding out where and when it is from their web site, which says that registration is “close...
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IEA President Klickna’s statement on TRS. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Many of my friends have found much to applaud in IEA President Klickna’s recent statement. Klickna’s statement follows the recent leak from TRS Executive Director Dick Ingram about retiree benefit ...
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- Wait, What?

jonathanpelto.com - Apr 13 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Wyman Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Governor Dannel Mal...
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Why Are McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Intuit Fleeing ALEC?

businessweek.com - The American Legislative Exchange Council describes itself as a nonpartisan champion of free markets. But if you spend some time at an ALEC conference (Bloomberg Businessweek did, for an article la...
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Why Labor Organizing Should Be A Civil Right

shankerblog.org - Our guest authors today are Norman Hill and Velma Murphy Hill. Norman Hill, staff coordinator of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, is president emeritus of the A. Philip R...
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Critics expose 'bill factory for corporate wish lists'

m.kpho.com - By Elizabeth Erwin Apr 12, 2012 10:30 p.m. (C) CBS 5 PHOENIX (CBS 5) - It's been called a "bill factory for corporate wish lists," one a report claimed has more than 50 Arizona lawmakers in its bac...
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Lawyer for Phone-Hacking Victims Is Coming to America

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - April 12, 2012, 1:22 pm By AMY CHOZICKLefteris Pitarakis/Associated PressMark Lewis, the lawyer for many victims of phone-hacking, outside court in London in November.The lawyer at the center of th...
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Obama Likely Paid Higher Tax Rate Than Romney in 2011

democraticunderground.com - Source: ReutersObama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011 By Andy Sullivan Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:29pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama released tax forms on Friday that rev...
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Governor tells lawmakers to 'man up'

sfgate.com - (04-13) 13:46 PDT San Francisco -- Republicans may have hoped Gov. Jerry Brown's Friday comments that lawmakers should "man up" and make budget cuts sooner than later would spark an intra-party war...
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23 protesters arrested at Woodlawn clinic - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - sun-times media April 13, 2012 2:13AM Updated: April 13, 2012 5:21AM Twenty-three people were arrested early Friday after barricading themselves inside a South Side mental to protest Mayor Rahm Ema...
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A Leader of Schools Is Indicted for Fraud

nytimes.com - When state investigators demanded last year to see personal tax returns filed by Eddie Calderon-Melendez, the founder and chief executive of a troubled network of charter high schools in Brooklyn, ...
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23 protesters arrested at Woodlawn clinic - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - sun-times media April 13, 2012 2:13AM Updated: April 13, 2012 5:21AM Twenty-three people were arrested early Friday after barricading themselves inside a South Side mental to protest Mayor Rahm Ema...
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We have one thing she hasn’t got. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - The story of the Detroit charter school teacher who was fired for allowing and encouraging her students to organize a fund raising event for Trayvon Martin is another lesson in why I treasure my un...
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BL Poets: 100% Mexican-American

beinglatino.us -   Photo: Salvatore Vuono 100% Mexican-American By Christina Ortega Phillips Say what you want, but I love the trumpets’ blare, paired with the bass, I can hardly wait for the right time to let mi g...
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- Wait, What?

jonathanpelto.com - Apr 13 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Wyman Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Governor Dannel Mal...
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jonathanpelto.com - Apr 12 jonpeltoEducation, Malloy, State Politics Education Reform, Malloy In a meeting with local officials Dan Malloy made it clear that if he doesn’t get an “education reform” bill that eliminate...
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Modern School: UC Davis Guilty at All Levels in Student Pepper-Spraying Incident

Modern School: UC Davis Guilty at All Levels in Student Pepper-Spraying Incident:


UC Davis Guilty at All Levels in Student Pepper-Spraying Incident

by Michael Dunn

According to a report released this week, the pepper spraying of student Occupy protesters at the University of California, Davis last November, should never have happened. Students had been protesting rising tuition, privatization, and declining student services.

According to the report, the use pepper spray on seated protesters was not justified nor authorized, the Bay Citizen reported. The spraying was carried out at close range, though it is not supposed to be used at a range of less than six feet. Furthermore, the pepper spray used by the police was a high potency variety that was not approved for use on peaceful protestors. 
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Yudof stands by Katehi through pepper-spray fallout | Davis Enterprise

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Yudof stands by Katehi through pepper-spray fallout | Davis Enterprise: Yudof stands by Katehi through pepper-spray falloutHE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT …to the distress of some and the elation of others, it’s clear from the statement of University of California President Mark Yudof that he plans no change in the status of Chancellor Linda Katehi in light of the just released pepper-spray report …Although many are calling the conclusions of the Reynoso and Kroll reports “devastating” for both ... more »

Top 5 Ways Educators Can Stop Bullies | ED.gov Blog

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Top 5 Ways Educators Can Stop Bullies | ED.gov Blog: Top 5 Ways Educators Can Stop BulliesPosted onApril 13, 2012byCameron BrenchleyA new documentary film, “BULLY,” follows several students to show how bullying happens in schools—and how educators often struggle to put a stop to it. A safe and supportive school climate can be one of the best tools in preventing bullying. Whether it’s the classroom, the cafeteria, the library, the restrooms, on the bus, or on the playground, children need ... more »

Professors Hit Common Core on Anti-Liberal Arts Stance | Truth in American Education

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Professors Hit Common Core on Anti-Liberal Arts Stance | Truth in American Education: Professors Hit Common Core on Anti-Liberal Arts StancebyJames BellThere is a new proliferation of momentum against the Common Core by Professors determined to defend the liberal arts from the anti-liberal arts onslaught of the Common Core.As Shane already pointed out, first English Professor Mary Grabar of Emory hit Arne Duncan in a Roll Call article “The Gradgrinds of the Common Core”:How good a player would Arne Duncan, ... more »

Shanker Blog » Jobs And Freedom: Why Labor Organizing Should Be A Civil Right

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Shanker Blog » Jobs And Freedom: Why Labor Organizing Should Be A Civil Right: Jobs And Freedom: Why Labor Organizing Should Be A Civil RightbyNorman HillOur guest authors today areNorman HillandVelma Murphy Hill. Norman Hill, staff coordinator of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, is president emeritus of theA. Philip Randolph Institute. Velma Hill, a former vice president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), is also the former civil and human rights director for the ... more »

RheeFirst! » PR blitz continues: Rhee on WNYC this morning to promote her new lobbying outfit

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RheeFirst! » PR blitz continues: Rhee on WNYC this morning to promote her new lobbying outfit: PR blitz continues: Rhee on WNYC this morning to promote her new lobbying outfitbyadminMichelle Rhee will be on the Brian Lehrer show today at 10AM EST. NYC residents suggest that you ask her about demonizing teachers, Koch links, and her DC testing scandal:212-443-9692Here’s whatone New York City parent had to sayabout Rhee’s newest front group:“I couldn’t help but notice that “Students First NY” actually ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm, the artless dodger

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm, the artless dodger: Rahm, the artless dodgerbyMike KlonskyRahm retreats "this much."“Now that the mayor is starting to listen to parents, teachers and research regarding the pitfalls of the longer school day program being pushed in school districts across the country, it is now time he used both ears to hear everything we are saying about the types of schools our children deserve.” It is not the length of time but the quality of time that ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm, the artless dodger

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm, the artless dodger: Rahm, the artless dodgerbyMike KlonskyRahm retreats "this much."“Now that the mayor is starting to listen to parents, teachers and research regarding the pitfalls of the longer school day program being pushed in school districts across the country, it is now time he used both ears to hear everything we are saying about the types of schools our children deserve.” It is not the length of time but the quality of time that ... more »

The newest problem with graduation rates - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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The newest problem with graduation rates - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: Friday the 13th: Things you should knowValerie StraussatThe Answer Sheet-5 hours agoToday is the day for people who suffer from *paraskevidekatriaphobia* to try to keep their cool — but it won’t be easy. Why? The condition is a deep, blinding fear of Friday the 13th. And however irrational the fear may seem, it has some concrete consequences. Read full article [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add ... more »

Why You Should See “Bully” – and What We Should All Do in Response

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Why You Should See “Bully” – and What We Should All Do in Response: Why You Should See “Bully” – and What We Should All Do in ResponsebySamBully,the new film that opens today in theaters across the country, begins with the image of a heavy-diapered toddler named Tyler, happily staggering across the wet grass in front of his family’s Oklahoma home.Moments later, we learn of Tyler’s painful path in the adolescent years that followed – years that were marked by ...more »

Legislators consider reforming student suspension practices | California Watch

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Legislators consider reforming student suspension practices | California Watch: Legislators consider reforming student suspension practicesbySusan FerrissAnonymousMedill News21/FlickrPersuaded that school discipline policies are far too harsh, California lawmakers are moving closer to enacting reforms aimed at stemming a rising tide of suspensions and expulsions in the nation’s largest state.“I have seen too many children removed from school under the mandatory suspension and expulsion regime, when an application of common sense and an alternative punishment or appropriate intervent... more »

A necessary rewind on a woman’s right to choose | Davis Enterprise

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A necessary rewind on a woman’s right to choose | Davis Enterprise: A necessary rewind on a woman’s right to chooseThis photo of Davis families was published Jan. 22, 1987, in The Davis Enterprise as part of an ad honoring the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision. The ad reads: "Pro choice is pro family. No one loves their children and families more than we do. And no one understands more than we that a ... more »

NYC Public School Parents: Is DOE's Turnaround Fair Play? The NYS Assembly doesn't think so

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NYC Public School Parents: Is DOE's Turnaround Fair Play? The NYS Assembly doesn't think so: Is DOE's Turnaround Fair Play? The NYS Assembly doesn't think sobyLeonie HaimsonAssemblymembers Cathy Nolan of Queens and Jim Brennan of BrooklynYesterday, the NY State Assembly Education Committee held a rare hearing in NYC on the state and city's implementation of the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, the so-called “turnaround” schools, and how the entire program is in complete disarray.The big news is that the ... more »

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The State of States Preschool—and Round Two of the RTT-Early Learning Challenge | U.S. Department of EducationBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-11 minutes agoThe State of States Preschool—and Round Two of the RTT-Early Learning Challenge | U.S. Department of Education: The State of States Preschool—and Round Two of the RTT-Early Learning ChallengeRemarks of Arne Duncan at the National Institute for Early Education ResearchAPRIL 10, 2012Contact:Press Office, (202) 401-1576,press@ed.govThank you, Steve [Barnett], for that kind introduction—and for the important work ... more »

Citizens of Utah Can Speak Out Against the Common Core | Truth in American Education

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Citizens of Utah Can Speak Out Against the Common Core | Truth in American Education: Citizens of Utah Can Speak Out Against the Common CorebyShane Vander HartAnew petition websitehas launched in Utah to rally its citizens against the Common Core State Standards being implemented in that state.Here is the language of the petition:Based uponthe factual evidencedocumented atwww.UtahnsAgainstCommonCore.comI ask the Governor, State Board of Education, and State Superintendent to immediately take the steps necessary to rescind Common Core adoption, SBAC membership, ... more »

School Tech Connect: More Mishigas in Michigan

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School Tech Connect: More Mishigas in Michigan: More Mishigas in Michiganbynoreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman)More Mishigas in MichiganMore from Michigan from Rachel Maddow. Every state has far-right fringe groups but Michigan seems to be run by them. There's probably only about two or three unconnected dots between the guys in this particular story and the basement-dwelling professional stalkers that have tried unsuccessfullyto intimidate an Illinois teacher.Visit msnbc.com forbreaking news,world news, andnews about the economy

Edwin Flores, Mike Miles and the future of the Dallas ISD's teacher evaluation system overhaul | Dallas ISD Blog | dallasnews.com

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Edwin Flores, Mike Miles and the future of the Dallas ISD's teacher evaluation system overhaul | Dallas ISD Blog | dallasnews.com: Edwin Flores, Mike Miles and the future of the Dallas ISD's teacher evaluation system overhaulbyRobert WilonskyLikeI was saying yesterday,I was talking to outgoing Dallas ISD trustee Edwin Flores earlier this week about the ongoing teacher-evaluation revamp, which he's been working on for, oh, two years now. Reason it came up: The board received yet another update on the redo ... more »

ALEC's 2009 IRS Form 990

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ALEC's 2009 IRS Form 990: ALEC's 2009 IRS Form 990xx

Modern School: Failing Schools? Record Number of Americans Have Bachelor's Degrees

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Modern School: Failing Schools? Record Number of Americans Have Bachelor's Degrees: Failing Schools? Record Number of Americans Have Bachelor's DegreesbyMichael DunnEver since the Nation at Risk report came out, pundits, politicians and corporate education profiteers have been decrying the abysmal state of public education in this country, including the claim that we aren’t preparing people for college. Yet according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, for the first time in history,more than 30% of Americansaged 25 or ... more »

Hechinger Report | Report highlights lagging Latino college achievement state by state

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Hechinger Report | Report highlights lagging Latino college achievement state by state: Report highlights lagging Latino college achievement state by statebyNick PandolfoA student receives help at Bronx Community College in New York City (photo by Ryan Brenizer)It’s no secret that the growing Latino population in America will have large implications for the U.S. educational landscape over the next generation. By 2020, Latinos are projected to account for 25 percent of the nation’s population aged 18-29. Government officials, policymakers and teachers ... more »

Chicago parents win a round over better v longer school day « Parents Across America

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Chicago parents win a round over better v longer school day « Parents Across America: Chicago parents win a round over better v longer school daybypureparentsChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuelannounced yesterdaythat the district’s new longer school day will be 7 hours, not 7.5, as he had previously demanded. Though not the 6.5 hours that many parents have been asking for, this is clearly a major victory for the newly-formed coalition, Chicago Parents for Quality Education (of which PAA’s Chicago affiliate, Parents ... more »

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Reynoso pepper-spray report Long-awaited reports are no whitewash | Davis Enterprise #owsBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-30 minutes agoLong-awaited reports are no whitewash | Davis Enterprise: Long-awaited reports are no whitewashbyBob DunningAN AVOIDABLE TRAGEDY… while there’s plenty of blame to go around in the long-awaited Reynoso pepper-spray report that was released Wednesday, the very first paragraph of the report, under the simple heading “Introduction,” said it all … noted the report: “Our overriding conclusion can be stated briefly and ... more »
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We have one thing she hasn’t got. « Fred Klonsky

We have one thing she hasn’t got. « Fred Klonsky:


We have one thing she hasn’t got.

by Fred Klonsky
The story of the Detroit charter school teacher who was fired for allowing and encouraging her students to organize a fund raising event for Trayvon Martin is another lesson in why I treasure my union.
The firing is outrageous.
Brooke Harris sounds to me like a wonderful teacher and should be reinstated without delay. And protests are mounting to demand it.
But I couldn’t help being reminded of the scene in the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly 
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