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Children and Hedge Fund Profits
Once people realize that their own children are being experimented upon and used for profits, the greed grab will end. The testing craze, the corporate education reform industry, the for-profit and...
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A Word from the Cripples (repeated and shared)
A child simply and eloquently states the meaning behind school cuts, replacing the arts with expensive testing, and school closings. Please share and re-post her insights. Prepare to feel what is an...
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Vulture Capitalism in Education with ALEC
Joni Lindgren, Guest Blogger It is surprising that people are still unaware of the secretive dark-money organization that is behind the climate change denial movement, the assault on women’s rights and...
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Quality control at the NEA RA by Fred Klonsky
“That with the defeat of collective bargaining in states like Michigan and Wisconsin, the NEA will focus less on those kind of issues and focus more on issues of teaching quality, particularly the...
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Pres. Dennis Van Roekel’s embrace of Common Core State Standards is...
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel’s embrace of Common Core State Standards is wrong on so many levels that it is difficult to know where to start. Even though many teachers know only what has been given...
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NFL to follow Common Core State Standards?
Imagine if the Common Core State Standards were followed by the National Football League and the National Education Association. The NFL follows the lead of Arne Duncan and parts of the NEA? Well, a...
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What would happen if other tests were standardized?
What would happen if other tests were standardized? Cartoonist Dave Coverly says it all. See his great speedbump.com site HERE. Race to the Top and Common Core demand high stakes tests from companies...
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England, America and Shakespeare: Education Reform Absurdity
England is undergoing the same corporate education reform takeover attempts that America is undergoing. Billionaires are making huge profits with high stakes testing and charters. Experienced and fully...
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Test: ALEC, Legislation, and the U.S. Constitution
Test: ALEC, Legislation, and the U.S. Constitution 1. Who is authorized by the U.S. Constitution to write legislation? A) Only elected legislators may write major legislation. B) ALEC, the American...
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What is behind the high stakes testing failure rate?
The Education-Industrial Complex is not a future threat to our children. It is here and now. In full cooperation with state and federal legislators of both political parties, our tax money pays for...
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Diane Ravitch’s new book was preemptively attacked. Wow!
Peter Cunningham, a professional spin-doctor, today attacked Diane Ravitch and her yet to be published book, The Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s...
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The school with no name. The child with no name.
The school with no name The child with no name The parent with no name The library with no name The community with no name The community center with no name no longer exists. It was intentionally...
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Education Reform Sociopaths: Diagnosis and Cure
When people are told craziness by elected officials and have it repeated on established media outlets on a regular basis, reality recedes and craziness becomes the norm. Does your state have elected...
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Money for public schools and children? Sorry, we are broke – sort of....
The Sequestration does not apply to bombs in Syria, but American schools are closed, police escort children to school, state employee pensions are raided, teachers are fired, and hundreds of millions...
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More to come from… but speaking of Arne Duncan, CCSS and testing
Expect more insights to come with Diane Ravitch’s new book, Reign of Error. Arne Duncan’s machinations must be substantially updated considering how damaging he and his leadership have been to public...
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NYT: Ravitch is anti-free-market? Nonsense.
Diane Ravitch’s new book, Reign of Error, has even the New York Times alluding to her crusade against the corporate education reform powers as “anti-free-market-based.” The writer, Motoko Rich, is...
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Parents – Now, as the school year begins, is the time to protect our children...
We parents protect our children against abuse from any source. Why should a flood of propaganda paid for by multinational mega-corporations stop us from protecting our children? We are the parents; we...
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Diane Ravitch’s new book has one full chapter dealing with Michelle Rhee –...
Many people now realize the extent of damage done to students and all of public education by Michelle Rhee. Where can a clear, data filled picture of this “face of corporate reform” be found in ten...
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Do NOT underline important parts of Diane Ravitch’s new book, Reign of Error.
WARNING: Do not attempt to underline the important parts of Diane Ravitch’s new book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools. Why? All that...
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100 Bloggers and Diane Ravitch
On Sept. 18, 2013 between 7:30 and 8:30 pm, about a hundred bloggers listened to and spoke with Diane Ravitch in a Shindig Video Chat event that was historical. Never before has an author launched a...
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