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Gerald Bracey tributes
SALF-gate? 49,000 questions for Education Secretary Arne Duncan
The Cincinnati Beacon is the latest paper to pay tribute to Jerry Bracey--and reprint his last column, with full comment on the column and tribute to Bracey. As this wri...
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INDEX OF GERALD BRACEY TRIBUTES
RTTT & NCLB Outrages
Soldier Waterboards 4-Year-Old Daughter
Ohanian Comment: Whether you call it Common Core or National Standards, when you decree that kindergartners must know upper and lower case alphabet letters and how to fo...
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INDEX OF RTTT & NCLB OUTRAGES
NCLB In Your Face
What Will You Be Doing on March 4th?
March 4th is a Day of Action and Strike in Defense of Public Education.
You can find a letter to parents explaining why this strike is necessary
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Yahoo, Good News!
10 Qualities of a Great Teacher
Writing in Education Week, Feb. 2, 2010, James D....
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INDEX OF YAHOO, GOOD NEWS!
Outrage of the Day
Chicago's Public Schools Seek a Bit of Serenity
Ohanian Comment: The outrage here is two-pronged, sparked by the non-coverage of the Chicago public school chief executive's new venture called the "culture of calm." ...
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INDEX OF OUTRAGES OF THE DAY
Commentaries
Teachers should graduate with a resume, not a transcript
This is from Daily Koz, Feb. 6, 2010.
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INDEX OF COMMENTARIES
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Militarization of Our Schools
Youth Served: Military Recruiters Pin Hopes on High School Students
Ohanian Comment: We need to protect our youth. Seattle is making an effort. They break up their student directories, giving parents the opportunity to opt out solely from ...
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INDEX OF MILITARIZATION OF OUR SCHOOLS
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Resisters' Letters
To the editor
ABANDONING NO Child Left Behind’s impossible goal of 100 percent proficiency by 2014 would be a refreshing first step toward reality, and a needed overhaul of the destructive and despised fede...
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Outrages
Worker: School banned Spanish
Ohanian Comment: Usually I refrain from posting single stupid acts by individuals--unless they are a Secretary of Education or a governor, whatever. But this tale bespea...
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INDEX OF FEATURED OUTRAGES
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Sarah's Notes
Baaaaccckkkk To School
Ohanian Comment: For a glorious combination of sound and sight and wonderful teaching, read A Day in the Life for Septemb...
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INDEX OF SARAH'S NOTES
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Stupid Test Items
California History-Social Science Standards Test
A student teacher comments: The correct answer was a). That the word relocated in a question could possibly be paired with an answer that has freedom in it is a...
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Research that Counts
Will Science Take the Field?
Read this in the light of the current mania for data-driven classrooms, with the teacher basing her every move on the results of crappy test scores. Consider our world if we had data...
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INDEX OF RESEARCH THAT COUNTS
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The Eggplant
Dear Type-A Parent
Ohanian Comment: I put this in Eggplant because it is written as humor. I admit I'm not laughing. Humor is an oddball thing. I suspect most of my subscribers aren't amus...
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WOO News
Congratulations, WOO!
Ohanian Comment: The hometown newspaper that has studiously ignored the WOO finally pays tribute to accomplishment. On July 29, The WOO held its 2006 GED Graduation & St...
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