tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post2516247376054245741..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION: TEACHERS MISSING AT THE TOPed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-25880768895873965112009-06-04T11:29:18.658-04:002009-06-04T11:29:18.658-04:00As the Republicans pass the gauntlet of power in e...As the Republicans pass the gauntlet of power in education to the Democrats, they have taken care to demonize Linda Darling-Hammond because she was seeking an apolitical solution. Real educators cannot hold this power. It is too filled with goodies for that to happen. Our schools are heading toward a parallel crash to that of the financial world having been controlled by those motivated only by greed. However, when this avoidable crash happens, it will be much worse.<br /><br />I had heard about the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart, but just watched it today. It is a story about what happened to us in teaching - anyone who did not check their ideals outside the door when they entered that system became a target. Education closes out honest educators, the Jimmy Stewarts of the education world, in the same way. How can we be so foolish to think that it can only happen in Washington, DC? Didn't the priest abuse saga teach us there are no boundaries for evil? Everything is in place in education so no one will hear the good people as it was in place to block Stewart. Only in the movie one of the bad guys eventually felt guilty. White Chalk Criminals are ensconced in arrogance, confident that no one will listen to the good guys, including a Linda Darling-Hammond who actually cares about the purpose of our schools. (She knows about White Chalk Crime; we told her. Did she raise this and now must be crucified as was Stewart?)<br /><br />It is political suicide for an individual to go up against these organized crooks. The public must learn about the out of control power to bully all involved or nothing will change. I have not seen a movie so on point. It was exactly what those of us with ideals for educating children experienced when we got in the way of the graft in education. Tactics to silence Stewart - sending him off for the day so he would miss the discussion on an illegally planned dam; controlling the media so no truth was printed; forging Stewart's signature on a document to create a trumped up case against him; having "expert" witnesses testify that a fake signature was his; and strong arming those who tried to help Stewart - were identical to what we experienced in education. It blew my mind that there is a 70 year old movie out there that tells our story. Most get that Washington is corrupt but do not consider that the same template applies to our schools. I do know that even if I had watched that movie before experiencing this, I would not have considered it possible in a school system. But when it did happen to me, I would have had a scaffold upon which to walk as I described what they did to me. Although I knew to locate others who could document White Chalk Crime, this movie offers much more. It lays out how political gangsters own a system. You must watch that movie. It is a brilliant lesson. And then go to EndTeacherAbuse.org, WhiteChalkCrime.com.<br /><br />This movie is a bridge that can link outsiders to the truth so we can fix our schools. Without the truth, all we have is gauntlet passing and power redistributing while our schools implode. More children will commit suicide as they are literally and figuratively dying to tell the world about the bullying that starts at the top and pierces their souls. The choice is: become educated about White Chalk Crime or expect more of the same. Reform will start when those who really care learn to not trust ANY part of a system that has stood by and allowed White Chalk Crime.<br /><br />Follow me at Twitter@teacherkh as I work to lift us from the EducRAT$ sinisterly constructed vault buried beneath tax subsidized propaganda.<br /><br /><br />Karen HorwitzKaren Horwitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-82180151441411349512009-06-02T17:12:30.186-04:002009-06-02T17:12:30.186-04:00It is a pity that educators have no power in Tweed...It is a pity that educators have no power in Tweed and scary that retaliation is the name of the game if one questions Bloomberg and Klein on education policy.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.com