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: women
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.
The Monuments Men
…is being brought to the big screen this December.
Here is a page that briefly explains who they were and what they did.
I was happy to discover they did not neglect Capt. Rose Valland. When they called the operation “Monuments Men” , the name implies that there were only men helping the effort. As with most of history, women’s contributions are ignored or downplayed, and unfortunately, that seems to have been the case for Rose, as well. She died without acknowledgement of her enormous contribution to the success of the operation. Why is that?
Why did I have to learn in college that if it were not for women gathering nuts, berries, and seeds, human beings would not have survived….because men were not that good at hunting, because at that time, there were no tools? I should have learned this in the history classes I took in elementary, middle, and high school. Nope.
Why are women’s contributions to history and to sustaining civilization not seen as important or consequential? It would take nothing away from men’s contributions….so I’m at a loss to explain it.
More on my blog here.
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
Speaking Truth to Weiner
I saw this a few days ago and wanted to get it posted.
Let’s pick this story, as reported, apart, shall we?
As someone says in the comments, this wasn’t a “heckler” this was someone speaking the truth. She is a voter, she has every right to call him on his criminal behavior.
“You’ve got little kids here” Is he kidding me? He puts his penis out in cyberspace, and he’s now worried about cuss words in front of kids?!
And then…the word that will piss off even the most even-tempered woman who is speaking her mind….he tells her to “relax”. Grrrr.
Then he accuses her of putting on “a show”….degrading her opinion as less than valid. She’s just out for attention instead of speaking out publicly. Where else would she be able to voice her opinion to his face? In some structured town hall meeting? I think not.
See…politicians just can’t handle all that freedom.
Anyway, back to the Weiner saga, this part of the story was disturbing:
“Oh, take is easy. Lighten up. You put your show on. Why don’t you beat it? Beat it!” Mr. Weiner shot back, strutting in front of his sign-holding volunteers.
“Beat it?” Ms. Borock, incredulous, said back.
Several men to the side yelled encouragements for Mr. Weiner.
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This just sent chills down my spine. Several men to the side yelled encouragement for Mr. Weiner. Kind of like a verbal gang assault. Bullying, anyone? And they wonder why kids bully?
And then Weiner just dismisses her after she tells him that she voted for him. Just plain dismisses her instead of humbling himself and apologizing for his behavior.
But one would have to admit to himself that his behavior was unacceptable and even criminal.
I still don’t believe Weiner has done that:
Not long after, Mr. Weiner seemed to revel in the sparks. “I love how crazy I make some people,” he said, grinning.
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He still thinks it’s a joke.
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.
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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