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Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... A BUSY DAY | The latest news and resources in education since 2007
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007
2019 Medley #10 | Live Long and Prosper
2019 Medley #10 | Live Long and Prosper
IT COSTS A LOT TO POISON OUR CHILDREN
2019 Medley #10
IT COSTS A LOT TO POISON OUR CHILDREN
American children are regularly exposed to lead at higher than safe levels, which, according to the Centers for Disease Control is ZERO [emphasis added]!
…There are approximately half a million U.S. children ages 1-5 with blood lead levels above 5 micrograms per deciliter (ยตg/dL), the reference level at which CDC recommends public health actions be initiated. No safe blood lead level in children has been identified.
In some places, the exposure is long term due to governmental neglect.
Kids living in two of the contaminated neighborhoods actually were nearly three times more likely to suffer lead poisoning during the past decade than if they lived in other parts of the heavily industrialized northwest Indiana city, according to a report unveiled last week by an arm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Written in dry, bureaucratic language, CONTINUE READING: 2019 Medley #10 | Live Long and Prosper
In Florida’s Tangled Mess of School Privatization, Students Rights Are Trampled, Tax Dollars Wasted | janresseger
In Florida’s Tangled Mess of School Privatization, Students Rights Are Trampled, Tax Dollars Wasted | janresseger
In Florida’s Tangled Mess of School Privatization, Students Rights Are Trampled, Tax Dollars Wasted
In Florida’s Tangled Mess of School Privatization, Students Rights Are Trampled, Tax Dollars Wasted
An old friend in Florida recently asked me why I haven’t been writing about the challenges posed by the explosion of marketplace school choice in Florida. I’ll confess the reason: The problems have felt overwhelming to me—seemingly impossible for someone from outside the state to follow.
Here are just some of the headlines in the past three months: “Florida’s Charter-School Sector Is a Real Mess,” “Florida Really Is the Worst,” “Republicans Want to Turbocharge Privatization of Florida Public Schools,” Charter School Companies Feast at the Public Trough,” and “Why Florida Is Struggling to Fill More than 2,000 Teaching Positions.”
One must remind oneself of the purposes of public education as one considers what’s happening in Florida.
Public schools are established by law and democratically governed. Because public schools are responsible to the public, it is possible through elected school boards, open meetings, transparent record keeping and redress through the courts to ensure that public schools provide access for all children. While the public schools are certainly not perfect, these public institutions are the optimal way society can work to balance the needs of each particular child CONTINUE READING: In Florida’s Tangled Mess of School Privatization, Students Rights Are Trampled, Tax Dollars Wasted | janresseger
Bill and Melinda Gates have spent billions to drive their agenda on education and other issues. Now, they have created a lobbying group to push even more. - The Washington Post
Bill and Melinda Gates have spent billions to drive their agenda on education and other issues. Now, they have created a lobbying group to push even more. - The Washington Post
Bill and Melinda Gates have spent billions to drive their agenda on education and other issues. Now, they have created a lobbying group to push even more.
Bill and Melinda Gates have spent billions to drive their agenda on education and other issues. Now, they have created a lobbying group to push even more.
You’ve got to hand it to them: Bill and Melinda Gates don’t give up.
For a few decades now, the Gateses have spent billions of dollars to push pet education projects they believed would improve public schools. Bill Gates has conceded that none worked as he had hoped — and critics say some have been counterproductive.
But the couple keeps trying — and now they have found a new way to try to push their agenda and have even more influence on public policy.
The Hill has reported that the couple has created an entity they are calling the Gates Policy Initiative, a lobbying organization headed by Rob Nabors, a director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation who served as White House director of legislative affairs under President Barack Obama.
The initiative, the Hill said, will concentrate on global health and development; education — specifically improving educational achievement of black, Latino and rural students; and lifting people out of poverty and into jobs.
The policy shop will be independent from the foundation, which they have used to further education projects including support for Common Core State Standards. The Gates Policy Initiative will be a 501(c) (4) initiative under the U.S. tax code, which is different from the couple’s foundation, a 501(c) (3).
Both 501(c) (3) and 501(c) (4) organizations are tax-exempt from federal income taxes, but they can’t do the same things. According to the IRS, a 501(c) (3) organization is considered “charitable” and “may not attempt CONTINUE READING: Bill and Melinda Gates have spent billions to drive their agenda on education and other issues. Now, they have created a lobbying group to push even more. - The Washington Post
Red state teacher revolt. Why did the NEA hide the support page? – Fred Klonsky
Red state teacher revolt. Why did the NEA hide the support page? – Fred Klonsky
RED STATE TEACHER REVOLT. WHY DID THE NEA HIDE THE SUPPORT PAGE?
RED STATE TEACHER REVOLT. WHY DID THE NEA HIDE THE SUPPORT PAGE?
2018 was the year of the Red State Teacher Revolt.
Tens of thousands of teachers across the country in right-to-work states, where collective bargaining is illegal, took to the streets.
It was inspiring.
One of those who was inspired was Evanston teacher, Clare Kelly.
Clare and her teacher colleague Trisha Connolly, NEA members and delegates to last years NEA Representative Assembly had this idea where rank-and-file union members could demonstrate material support for their striking comrades.
Their idea was for the RA to direct the NEA leadership to establish a fund and members could contribute. The minimum contribution would be $3 a year. The NEA has three million members.
Do the math.
If only a third of the members signed up for the contribution then the NEA would have a three million dollar strike fund.
The 2018 delegates voted in favor of the idea.
Now for those teachers who walked out in 2018 things are CONTINUE READING: Red state teacher revolt. Why did the NEA hide the support page? – Fred Klonsky
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