Duncanisms

Reforming public education

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INDEX OF DUNCANISMS

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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

Last Bell - Suspended in Seattle - We Stood Up to Unfair Testing
Ohanian Comment: Gee whiz, I don't want to sound bitter here, but the NEA steadfastly opposed the Educator Roundtable Petition to end NCLB. They even did this in print. ...
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INDEX OF RTTT & NCLB OUTRAGES

 NCLB In Your Face

Oh, so now you see? Thanks a lot, Diane!
State School News Service School Policy Updates are provided in the interest of informing citizens who care about the Illinois education system on issues of school policy that ...
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 Yahoo, Good News! 

Never to Old to Raise a Little Hell.
Surely it's unusual to post an obituary as "good news," but this is in tribute to a life well lived. May we all be able to say Never to Old to Raise a Little Hell.
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 Quotes

"Since the symptoms of lead poisoning are irritability, distractibility, impulsivity, aggression and a loss of over seven IQ points, we should not complain when lead poisoned children are irritable, distractible, impulsive, aggressive and do not do well on academic tests. . . . It's not the parents' indifference that is the problem, it is society's indifference. "

—Michael Martin, Research Analyst, AZ School Boards Assn.

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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

 Resisters' Letters

 Outrages

An Open Letter to NCTE Members
Ohanian Comment:It is clear the NCTE Common Core Review team worked hard. The question is whether they should have done it. I would just suggest that Jeff Williams and ...
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INDEX OF FEATURED OUTRAGES

 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

 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

The Keys to a Successful Education System
<br> <span class="red"><b>Mark Crockett Comment:</b> Kevin Huffman won the <i>Post's</i> next great pundit contest. A pundit is an expert, a learned pe...
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INDEX OF RESEARCH THAT COUNTS

 The Eggplant

Sure-fire Budget fix
by Dan Bernstein News Of The Near Future: After months of delaying the inevitable, all Riverside County school districts have now closed their budget gaps by adoptin...
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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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 Cartoon

Ed Reform
By Dan Wasserman, March 8, 2010

INDEX OF CARTOONS

 NCLB Cartoon

It's me, Arne.
Hey there, Business Roundtable. Put away your big guns. It's me, Arne. I've given you everything you asked for.

INDEX OF NCLB CARTOONS

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