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Monday, February 18, 2013
Susan Ohanian Update
Confiscated Plan Books Languish in Death Valley Repository
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by Susan Ohanian
Death Valley--At 282 feet (86 m) below sea level in the Mohave Desert, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation maintains the Substation for Confiscated Lesson Plans. It is a secure site that bears all the marks of a prison: high stone walls topped with concertina wire, uniformed guards shouting into walkie-talkies, forsaken teachers pacing the compound's edge, waiting for a sign of hope.
Jennie Worthsome, 15-year-veteran kindergarten teacher, waited as Foundation officials reviewed the seizure of her lesson plans twenty-three months ago. Ms. Worthsome's planbook indicated time for fingerpainting.
I'm late in discovering Doug Martin's remarkable work: The Truth Behind The Project School Closing: The Indiana Corporate School Complex. It was a bear to post with all the valuable hot links and having to rekey all the diacritical marks. Whine. Whine. Having done the work, I've posted it in two places--as Outrage of the Day and as Research Worth Reading. When you'll see why. Think about the work it took to dig up all this information, and here I sit griping about the work to post it.
Yes, it says 'Vermont' in the headline but this is a piece EVERYONE needs to read. Read and send to media, school boards, etc.
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Former education commissioner blasts Common Core process — update
Valerie Strauss and Robert Scott
Washington Post Answer Sheet
2012-02-13 http://susanohanian.org/core.php?id=422
Former Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott spills the beans about being asked to sign on to the Common Core before the standards were written. He's on the stump in various states fighting the Common core. In Kansas, he teamed up with Sandra Stotsky.
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Strike for America: The CTU and the Democrats
Micah Uetricht
The Chicago Teachers Union can teach the rest of the country an important lesson. . . if they have the guts to learn from it. The article documents the corrupt neoliberal education policies of the democratic party.
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Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching
Steve Kolowich
The Chronicle: Wired Campus
2013-02-18 http://susanohanian.org/outrage_fetch.php?id=1520
LOTS of students drop out of MOOCs. Here's a story about a professor who dropped out mid-course.
Here's a strong piece about a strong program from This American Life. Don't miss either!
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The Truth Behind The Project School Closing: The Indiana Corporate School Complex
Doug Martin
Common Errant
2012-07-21 http://susanohanian.org/outrage_fetch.php?id=1518
You'll find below a meticulous documentation of 'Follow the Money'. It documents a horrendous corporate takeover of community schools and community values.
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Popular Public School Loses Out to Charter School for Space in Harlem
Jeff Mays
DNA Info: NY Neighborhood News
2012-02-13 http://susanohanian.org/outrage_fetch.php?id=1517
The New York DOE gives Harlem space to charter with deep pockets instead of progressive public school with proven track record.
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The State of the Union: an old fartish complaint
Doug Henwood
LBO News: Insta-punditry on Political Economy
2012-02-15 http://susanohanian.org/outrage_fetch.php?id=1516
Henwood takes a look at the reading levels of presidential state of the union addresses.
Every teacher should occupy her/his own classroom.
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The Truth Behind The Project School Closing: The Indiana Corporate School Complex
Doug Martin
Common Errant
2012-02-08 http://susanohanian.org/show_research.php?id=512
Here is a meticulous documentation of 'Follow the Money.' It documents a horrendous corporate takeover of community schools and community values.
It shows what's likely coming to your community next.
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