Friday, March 9, 2012

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thenation.com - On Monday, March 6, when Anne Braden died, the South lost one of its most dedicated, courageous and feisty fighters for racial justice, civil liberties and economic rights. I met Anne Braden in the...
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Let’s roll. « Fred Klonsky

Let’s roll. « Fred Klonsky:


Let’s roll.

by Fred Klonsky
I drove over to the Skokie office of the IEA last night. There was a Region meeting followed by a meeting for delegates to next week’s state convention, the Representative Assembly.
The delegate meeting was encouraging to an old guy like me. There were quite a few first-time delegates going to the RA from our Region this year.
Region Chair, Cathy Borge, went over some of the issues that she thought would be coming up: A dues increase, an increase in voluntary contributions to political action and a campaign for a progressive state income tax.
We will probably vote on adding a second retiree to the state Board of Directors. It is our fastest growing area, assisted by me in June.
I announced that I will be moving a New Business Item directing the board to create an on-line, opt-in, password 
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State Board of Ed draws QEIA line in sand | Thoughts on Public Education

State Board of Ed draws QEIA line in sand | Thoughts on Public Education:


State Board of Ed draws QEIA line in sand - by Kathryn Baron

by Kathryn Baron
Administrators from Stockton Unified School District went home about $3 million poorer yesterday. They had traveled to Sacramento to appeal to the State Board of Education for waivers from the academic requirements of the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA). All five of the district’s K-8 schools receiving QEIA funds had failed to meet their [...]

San Francisco Unified blazes civil rights path for California districts to follow - by Arun Ramanathan

by Arun Ramanathan
As an education civil rights organization, we are far more accustomed to seeing school districts violate the rights of underserved students to a quality education than protect them from harm. But sometimes a school district’s leadership takes such a strong and courageous stance on behalf of their most vulnerable students that it takes your breath away. This was the type of courage shown by Superintendent Carlos Garcia and five members of the San Francisco Unified School Board when they [...]
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The Washington Teacher: Mayor Gray Plans to Close More Schools!

The Washington Teacher: Mayor Gray Plans to Close More Schools!:


Mayor Gray Plans to Close More Schools!

by Candi Peterson

MAYOR GRAY PLANS
TO CLOSE MORE SCHOOLS!
YOUR SCHOOL MAY BE AT RISK!

DC commissioned a study of our public schools by a Chicago organization called IFF, that was funded by private money from the Walton Foundation (Walmart).

The study ranks all schools into 4 Tiers by Test scores (Tier 1 being the highest performing and Tier 4 being the lowest performing).  The study recommends that all Tier 4 and some Tier 3 schools be Closed or undergo a Turnaround

38 SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR CLOSURE
 OR TURNAROUND/TURN OVER TO A CHARTER OPERATOR

JOIN EMPOWER DC FOR A MEETING ON
 SATURDAY MARCH 10TH FROM NOON-1:30 PM
 AT THE BENNING LIBRARY (3935 Benning Rd, NE)
 TO FIGHT SCHOOL CLOSURES!

Hope to see you there!
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