Woot! Teachers taking back their classrooms! The tactics of intimidation by Barbara Byrd-Bennett did not work.
…and the teachers, bless their hearts, still taught a lesson in civil disobedience and nonviolence, a la Ghandi and Rosa Parks.
Makes me smile. 🙂
Bill de Blasio, the mayor, and Gov. Cuomo were at what could be described as dueling rallies.
Eva Moskowitz, the queen of charters with Success Academy, claims their rally was not meant to compete with Mayor de Blasio’s. Um-hmmm…
You might remember Success Academy with this post.
Meanwhile, support came far away for the Saucedo teachers in Chicago…from the big ole’ state of Texas.
Paul Ryan has not been swayed from his austerity measures, as he still advocates for the rich while seeking to starve people…
I started to watch a link to a Newseum piece hosted by Brian Williams, but five minutes of listening to Paul Ryan and I couldn’t stand any more. Him being a toadie of Kochs and Peterson just turns my stomach.
More from Mother Jones here.
I followed the link to Paul Ryan’s False Advertising Photo Op at a soup kitchen. What an opportunist.
It seems that the answer to poverty is pretty basic: jobs with livable wages; affordable housing; healthcare. That’s it. With those factors, you can’t lose, because those are the three factors that keep people off of food stamps, off the streets, and free of financial disaster when an illness hits.
My previous post on Ryan here.
Wow. This old post by School Finance 101 really drives home the utter madness of school “reform” and draws a correlation between the pitting of kids against each other that Race to the Bottom and Common Core demand in order to receive tax dollars and falsely rate students, teachers, and schools…..and The Hunger Games.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I have seen examples of the pitting of people against one another to “increase production”. Personally, I have always felt that this was just a sick game by dark ones who enjoy seeing people beat each other up or use underhanded tactics to win. Kind of like the show “Survivor” put on by “devout Christian” Mark Burnett. Tell me, Burnett, would Jesus approve of pitting people against one another to win?? Didn’t I read that he fed everyone loaves and fishes…not feeding just a few after making them fight for it??
But, I digress…
I have never understood why business models were held up as some sort of panacea. If the business model is an elaborate pyramid scheme, how can it possibly be sustainable? It all depends on making a profit–make that bigger profit. Greed is the goal instead of sustainability. It just doesn’t make sense.
Phrase of the day: cannibalistic management practices.
As I’m reading this, I’m thinking of that gym teacher that used to punish the group that lost when we played sports games. It was punitive and counter-productive–I hated gym class because of it. It certainly didn’t make me want to exercise more or win more games. Even if one is good at a particular game, if you have folks on your team who are not, you still lose. His thinking was that you would shame or bully your teammates to perform better, but that was a stupid, thoughtless gesture that created a negative atmosphere. It did not allow for some folks being more coordinated and therefore better at sports. It totally missed the point that it was about getting exercise and making that enjoyable instead of competitive.
It is important to note Microsoft’s copying this insanity…with predictable results.
This from Fred Klonsky’s blog.
Very powerful. People have the power to change things.
Fred Klonsky has this up on the heavy handed Barbara Byrd-Bennett.
We must plan for the event that some teachers will be insubordinate and refuse to administer the test. If the teacher regularly assigned to the classroom has refused that assignment, another teacher or an administrator should be assigned to administer the test. The teacher who has refused the assignment should be given the option of going home without pay on all testing days or supervising the students who are not taking the test in silent reading activities. If there are special concerns about a teacher’s conduct, principals should immediately consult with their Talent Generalist at 773-535-2800.
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This is just unreal. This reads like a handbook for Nazi Germany and Hitler. What’s next…the police called in to administer the tests?!
Yes, folks, this is where your hard earned tax dollars are going to…not to teachers’ salaries or the unions like the education profiteers would like you to think….
Good Grief. I have no words.
Wait…yes, yes I do…how many people in this room would like to get up and walk out?
How many?
How many?
Jan Resseger has a blog up on the report of the Chicago Teachers Union strike in September 2012. This, my friends, is what a democratically run union looks like. Other unions TAKE HEED.
The teacher’s and counselor’s passion is evident in this report. They care about these kids and what the profiteers are doing to them. Note how the police, fire, parents, and community stepped up and supported them. Good for them.
Here’s the background on the rally today at Saucedo Elementary in Chicago.
It’s pretty serious when a teacher is threatened with termination if she/he refuses to subject the kids to this form of bullying.
Fred Klonsky has this up on a rally for Chicago Teachers Union and parents against the testing, testing, testing mentality of the education profiteers and their toadies.
Rally is at 3:30 p.m. at Saucedo Elementary at 2850 W. 24th Blvd. Wear red in support!
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