Educational Justice

Demonstrators Protest Michelle Rhee and corporate agenda

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:47:47 PST

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Conference: Attack on Public Education

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:07:23 PST

CONFERENCE The Attack On Public Education And Privatization January 22 (Sunday), 2012, 10:00 AM -5:00 PM Laney Theater, Laney Community College 900 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94607 Free There...

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The Death and Life of the American School System

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:41:23 PST

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Corporations Sell Out Schools

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:36:04 PST

Selling Schools Out By Lee Fang Posted on November 17, 2011, Printed on January 9, 2012 http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/investigations/corporateaccountability/1580/ If the national movement...

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Privatization & The War Against California Teachers-Fired CTC Attorney ...

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:40:12 PST

See this and other posts about how California teachers are "evaluated."

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The Assault on Teachers' Unions

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:55:56 PST

The Assault on Teachers’ Unions By Richard D. Kahlenberg Teachers’ unions are under unprecedented bipartisan attack. The drumbeat is relentless, from governors in Wisconsin and Ohio to the film...

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Romney touts dismantling of bilingual education

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:46:40 PST

by Leslie Maxwell Romney Touts Role in Dismantling Bilingual Education in Mass. The Iowa caucuses are just a few days away and Mitt Romney, at least as of this morning, appears to be the...

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A Nation's Education Left Behind | Common Dreams

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:54:45 PST

A Nation's Education Left Behind | Common DreamsDiane Ravitch

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Against National Tests - Stephen Krashen

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:02:37 PST

Against National Standards and National TestsStephen Krashento appear on: TOPed.org, Thoughts on Public Education in CaliforniaDecember, 2011The movement for national standards and tests is...

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Additional budget cuts coming this week

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:16:00 PST

Additional state budget cuts to higher education, k-12, and other services are predicted for this week. They are called Trigger Cuts. They may well reach...

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Current tests, ludicrous, dysfunctional

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:45:17 PST

Parents. Would you force your kids to take these tests? WHEN AN ADULT TOOK STANDARDIZED TESTS FORCED ON KIDS Washington Post "The Answer Sheet" Blog -- December 5, 2011 By Marion Brady A longtime...

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Why School Choice Fails

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:03:27 PST

Natalie Hopkinson. IF you want to see the direction that education reform is taking the country, pay a visit to my leafy, majority-black neighborhood in Washington. While we have lived in the same...

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How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools | The Nation

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:39:49 PST

How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools | The Nation

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Defend California public education

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:20:40 PST

Please sign and forward out widely the Open Letter to Defend CA Public Education: http://www.change.org/petitions/open-letter-defend-ca-public-education This Open Letter is an indispensable...

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California and NCLB

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:08:50 PST

State Schools Chief Torlakson Issues Statement on NCLB Waiver SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement today regarding the State Board of...

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Rally to Defend Your Education

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:07:42 PST

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Michelle Rhee takes $35,000 from students

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:47:23 PDT

THU OCT 27, 2011 AT 01:00 PM PDT Michelle Rhee takes discounted speaking fee of just $35,000 from public university +* Michelle Rhee doesn't just peddle her brand of education...

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Tell Congress to Speak Up For Kids, Support the American Jobs Act

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:24:06 PDT

Veto message SB 547.

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:03:06 PDT

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Obama Admin Waives some provisions of NCLB

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:42:48 PDT

President Obama Waives Key NCLB Provisions At a White House event in which he declared that because "Congress hasn't been able to do it. So I will," President Obama announced the long-awaited details...

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Krashen: School Success and poverty

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:42:48 PDT

by Stephen Krashen How do we explain the fact that many people did well in school even though they experienced poverty growing up? Note that it is not poverty per se but the...

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Arne Duncan's position on education and poverty

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:44:23 PDT

Arne Duncan's position on education and poverty – Stephen Krashen and Susan Ohanian "The way you end cycles of poverty is through educational opportunity …" (Arne Duncan, in "A conversation...

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How Finland became an education leader

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:04:37 PDT

How Finland became an education leader

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NCLB Waivers

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:11:22 PDT

RE: The new NCLB Waivers It is important to know that the basic rules of school program improvement, the take over, the use of yearly progress reports, the use of tests as the measure...

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The problem with Obama’s plan to issue NCLB waivers - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

noreply@blogger.com (Duane Campbell) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:08:21 PDT

The problem with Obama’s plan to issue NCLB waivers - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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