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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Assault on Kansas City Teachers: Many To Be Replaced by TFA Newbies

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If you haven't noticed yet, Teach for America and the charter school movement has one major purpose: destroy the teacher union movement....

Another Charter School Outrage - This Time in LA

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The minute I read about Diane Ravitch's shared video link of a charter co-loco in LA I decided to blog it. I put up the entire thread at...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Gardening Glory

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I spend a lot of time in the winter months just staring out the window. Just waiting for the sign. The sign of spring. My pals in the garden...
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New DOE Program to Boost Grad Rates: Tweeting for Credit Recovery

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There has been a lot of criticism over the credit recovery program where high school students short on credits to graduate can spend a littl...
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Friday, April 22, 2011

Students Are Not Consumers

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.. the fact that Republicans are demanding that we literally stake our health [or education system] , even our lives, on an already failed...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Must See Video: Honduras to New Orleans to New York

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Film report from The Nation. Naomi Klein connects the dots - Special Report: Honduran Teachers get Shock Treatment Here are some comment...
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Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman House/School Parties

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The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman is finally here! Have a Movie Party and show the film Get a group of friends and ...

Donna Nevel: The Slow Death of Khalil Gibran International Academy

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"What does the story of Debbie Almontaser and KGIA tell us? The story is about Islamophobia and racism. But the story is also about a ...
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Brooklyn Teacher Reacts to Teacher Data Report in Letter to UFT Leader Mulgrew

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...were teachers to be rewarded for their classroom's performance on the state test or alternatively, sanctioned for low performance m...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Education Deformers Ignore "The Street"

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The NY Times story of a student who was everyone's favorite - teachers, parents, church - and ended up in an exclusive out of town prep...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

There's an April Brizard Hitting Chicago

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When news reports surfaced late last year about his wife angling for a role in the all-girls charter school, Superintendent Brizard said ...

Seung Ok on Social Promotion

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If there is a grey area involving a medical decision, I would hope that  a specialist in that field makes it.  So if a teacher who knows ...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Ed Deform Hypocrisy: Class Size - share with your anti-teacher Seda Relatives, Tchr Eval at Schools they pick for their kids, and Brizzard Resigning Today in Rochester

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UPDATE: Poor Chicago parents, teachers and kids!  Brizard received a nearly unanimous no-confidence vote among Rochester folks.  For more o...

Washington TU protest at WAPO - LInks to Kaplan Test Prep and Virtual Schools Push as Critical Blog Post is Rejected by WAPO

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Updated, Monday, April 18, 10AM- This blog keeps changing every 10 minutes, so check it out again even if you read it. mport84 Comment Th...