Diane Ravitch has a link up to a daily kos piece on the non-coverage of issues Americans care about…
**edited to add this link.
Category Archives: schools
Cloaking Inequity
Julian Velasquez Heilig has a post up on the laughable (or not) edumucation mis-counting of school scores…um, yeah, if the Keystone cops could be Keystone Analysts….this is what they would look like–bumbling over themselves.
It’s a miracle…
well, wait a minute…it isn’t…
…yes, yes, it is….
No, no, it isn’t….
Oh, just stop paying attention to facts and think what we tell you to think…!
…oh, and yes, we in Indiana are certainly trying to keep up with Texas….
The heart of the neighborhood
Diane Ravitch posted a touching observation by a reader.
More letters to Bill and Melinda Gates **edited
This has got to be one of the most profound letters I’ve read to date. It is truly a great assessment of the misinformation campaign being run by the Gates Foundation and the others profiting off of our children. No educators were included in creating Common Core!! Red flags right there. Be sure to follow the link that begins “entire body of social science…” –it leads to a Washington Post article by Valerie Strauss. In it there is a link to a protest letter signed by educators and other professionals against Common Core—lots of good information there.
Megalomaniacal Gates seems to think that every child should be manipulated towards a career in the technology field….everyone should be just like himself…? Probably thinks he’s the new Messiah, too. God help us.
**edited to clarify
New York State Test Outrage
From Diane Ravitch: Peter DeWitt Is Outraged by New York State Tests.
This is such a compelling letter–how can anyone claim that teachers are not dedicated?
I’m angry that I continue to have teachers step outside of the box…very brave teachers, and get pummeled because their children did not do well on state tests…that they were never supposed to do well on in the first place.
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Exactly. The game has been exposed–kids were never supposed to pass these tests. It was designed to fail them and their schools.
…just so some hedge fund manager, bankers, etc. could make a fast buck.
Forty Years of ALEC
They’re protesting ALEC in Chicago as I type…the tweets are keeping tabs on what is going on. Badass Teachers Association is there. Others have reported rough treatment by Chicago Police.
https://twitter.com/aaroncynic/status/365556308516151297/photo/1
Hedge Funds sucking public schools dry
Well, now, there is much more to the story than just the unethical toad Daniel Loeb’s millions towards charter schools. The creeps on Wall Street see a gold mine in Charters….they can’t lose. And it’s not just unethical investors in the U.S., but foreign investors looking to make a fast buck off of American children. and get a green card to the U.S.
Why does it not surprise me that Bill Clinton allowed this to happen by signing into law effing tax breaks for these monstrosities?? Good God, how does this creep get away with soo much? Is there no one who will stand up to him and HIllary? WTH?!
What’s that giant sucking sound…?
It’s millionaire bankers, hedge fund managers, the Walton family, and foreign investors draining our public schools dry.
Loeb putting millions into charter schools
Sometimes I wish my hunches weren’t right, then I wouldn’t have to see the workings of unethical toads like Daniel Loeb. (hat tip to Diane Ravitch).
Yep. He’s a union buster. And is putting millions towards destroying them and the public school system.
It’s clear to me with the new information that Loeb is a conservative who probably sees the movie industry as supporting liberals, and wants to destroy it. He puts money into schools that seek to destroy the creative by micromanaging them, so it’s not a big leap that he wants to destroy the creative in movies. Just my guess.
PR Watch
…has a few links up:
ALEC anniversary being celebrated in Chicago. A few folks thought they’d drop by….
MOVIE SCREENING: On Wednesday, August 7, at 6 p.m. Common Cause, the Center for Media and Democracy, and others will host a screening of the Bill Moyers documentary the “United States of ALEC” followed by a panel discussion. The screening will be held at the University Center, 525 South State Street in Chicago.
RALLY: At noon on Thursday, August 8, a coalition of groups, spearheaded by the Chicago Federation of Labor, is calling on people to gather outside the ALEC conference at the Palmer House Hotel, located at 17 East Monroe Street for a march and rally. You can tell them you are coming here.
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Public Television pulls funding for documentary on the Kochs…because the Kochs are million dollar contributors. Selling their soul doesn’t come cheap, you know…
The Rhee Op-Ed you didn’t get to see…
John Merrow wrote an Op-Ed about Michelle Rhee that was rejected by three national newspapers…claiming that she was not national news. Um-hmmm…
If you’re wondering why, please see previous blog on how much media has been controlled by Bill Gates and friends…
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