bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “The Sixties” Debate | Firedoglake“The Sixties” Debateby Glenn W. SmithKent State MassacreWe were idling away the evening on the balcony, drinking wine and talking about everything from the Keith R...
examiner.com - Mr. Duncan, I’ll begin with a small sample of relevant adjectives just to get them out of the way: condescending, arrogant, insulting, misleading, patronizing, egotistic, supercilious, haughty, in...
idahostatesman.com - In October 2009, Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna held a re-election fundraiser in the Capitol Hill offices of Dutko Worldwide, one of America’s top lobbying firms.Sponsors inclu...
nytimes.com - INDIANAPOLIS — A handful of outspoken teachers helped persuade state lawmakers this spring to eliminate seniority-based layoff policies. They testified before the legislature, wrote briefing papers...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The letter from assessment experts the N.Y. Regents ignored - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostThe letter from assessment experts the N.Y. Regents ignoredBy Valerie StraussHere’s the letter th...
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - “We’ve learned that school-level investments aren’t enough to drive systemic changes, The importance of advocacy has gotten clearer and clearer.” -- Gates Foundation spokesman Allan C. Golston Acc...
nytimes.com - INDIANAPOLIS — A handful of outspoken teachers helped persuade state lawmakers this spring to eliminate seniority-based layoff policies. They testified before the legislature, wrote briefing papers...
schoolsmatter.info - Sent to the Washington Post, May 21. The Post characterizes the current education law (NCLB, or No Child Left Behind) as "inflexible" and "testing-heavy," and notes that there is "bipartisan agreem...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Has "ObamaCare" Begun The Undoing Of The Republican Party? | California Progress ReportHas "ObamaCare" Begun The Undoing Of The Republican Party?Posted on 22 May 2011Printer-friendly versionSend to...
preaprez.wordpress.com - Plenty of folks showed up in Lansing, Michigan to show their anger at Governor Rick Synder’s education cuts. Barack Obama’s education plan: Just make the lowest performing kids disappear. Those fre...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - We Should Never Privatize Public Safety | MyFDLWe Should Never Privatize Public Safetyby WhyIHateCCA1 person liked this(photo: LiuTao)“We Should Never Privatize Public Safety”Florida’s legislature ...
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sacramentopress.com - The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Opening Night UC Davis Wright Hall Main Theatre Thursday, May 19, 2011 With an impressive cast of young performers, “Tommy” lives up to its past Broadway reputation in this UC D...
rosemont.patch.com - “This is it?” my boys muttered in a chorus. I can’t blame them for being grumpy and disappointed after a forceful march across the countryside of Korea to visit another temple (Haeinsa) up on a...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The School Year Will End on June ____, 2011! The School Year Will End on June ____, 2011! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!The School Year Will End on June ____, 2011! The School Year Will End on...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: A Note To Kelly CassidyA Note To Kelly Cassidyby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)Dear Kelly,Congratulations on being appointed to complete the term of Harry Osterman in Illinois...
edupln.com - …that you wouldn’t hear in any other profession! Every profession has a way of doing business that makes the profession unique; education is no different. That said, every profession can also beco...
mediaite.com - Video In the Minnesota House Friday morning, an anti-gay pastor Bradlee Dean opened the legislative session at the invitation of Republican representative Ernie Leidiger. Dean concluded his prayer ...
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - You always knew there were billions being made in the for-profit prison system, but it’s really sobering to watch the latest Brave New Films video on the immigrant detention racket. Micah Uetrich...
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 9:31 am, May 22, 2011 Photo Credits: Google censored in Argentina In an unprecedented move, an Argentine court has ordered Google, Inc. to stop having its search engine suggest any sit...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education Nation Participant: Supporting Students Means Supporting Teachers « InterACTEducation Nation Participant: Supporting Students Means Supporting Teachersby ACT Guest Blog PostsToday’s guest...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Has "ObamaCare" Begun The Undoing Of The Republican Party? | California Progress ReportHas "ObamaCare" Begun The Undoing Of The Republican Party?Posted on 22 May 2011Printer-friendly versionSend to...
Congratulations on being appointed to complete the term of Harry Osterman in Illinois' 14 Legislative District. You have said that you will run for election in March 2012. Let me suggest one thing: people will make assumptions about your competence based on little things, like their ability to contact you. Currently, I cannot find any contact information for you in all the usual places. I realize you have only been in office a week, but still, it's been a week, and you were appointed over a month ago. Are you on Twitter?
Last week I heard about a colleague who received a callback from Deb Mell from the floor of the House. I was green with envy.
I have bothered the office staff enough--- they are delightful, courteous, competent
Today's teacher can no longer afford just to be in the classroom and trust that all will be well in 'teacher world'. Teachers are not politicians I know, and had they liked policy they probably would have never been a teacher, yet the times call for them to become political, period. In fact, while we teachers have been busy teaching the nation's children, Bill and Melida Gates have been busy training pretend teacher lobbyists to help change education policy to suit their 'mission'. In this week's NYT's article by Sam Dillon entitled, Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates I read the following:
"To that end, the foundation is financing educators to pose alternatives to union orthodoxies on issues like the seniority system
”I hate teachers, you guys get the entire summer off.”
“I wish I could sit home for three months and do nothing.”
“Do you get paid when you’re off?”
And the one that really ticks me off, “You all have it easy.” HA!
What people don’t realize is that after spending 177 days, (doesn’t seem like much does it), with other people’s children, you are ready to take a year off, not just two to three months. We are drained, physically and emotionally. When you are all things to 25-30+ students, day in and day out, you are wiped out. If teachers did not get this break, we might go “ teachal”. Doesn’t quite have the same ring as “postal” does it? But, you get what I mean. And I would be remiss if
Florida’s legislature just passed a budget that will privatize the correctional services of 18 counties, basically 20% of its prison population. Though the decision has been criticized by both side of the aisle (the quote I used for the title comes from a Republican legislator, Mike Fasano), and despite the fact that private prisons in Florida, as elsewhere, have a long history of abuse and failure to perform up to contract, the deal went through. Senator Fasano described the claims of cost-savings touted by proponents, including budget chief JD Alexander, as “unconvincing and undocumented.” In fact, Alexander at one point even said he himself was not convinced of the savings, but wanted to privatize a huge portion of the state system as part of an “experiment.”
This is unrestrained Republican ideology in its most logical iteration. Governor Ric Scott and many Republicans in the state legislature, especially JD Alexander, received huge contributions from the GEO Group in campaign
LAO REPORT: The 2011-12 Budget - Overview of the May Revision“California now is in a position to dramatically shrink its budget problem with a focus on ongoing budget solutions.” smf: Mac Taylor, the LAO, is the nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor to the California State Legislature and he and his staff are ...
TEN THINGS TEACHERS NEED TO RECLAIM THEIR PROFESSIONBy Horace B. Lucido, posted on The Answer Sheet/Washington Post Education blog By Valerie Strauss | http://wapo.st/iHVZuE Horace B. Lucido is a retired physics instructor, author and educational consultant, and a founding member of Educators ...
Mathews: CLOSE BAD CHARTERS FASTERBy Jay Mathews, Washington Post | http://wapo.st/mpEUSw ●●smf: Mathews, who is the Ed Columnist for the WaPo – is the writer who discovered Jamie Escalante – if ‘discovering’ a force of nature is the right verb. DC is second only to LA in number of ...
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