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Obligatory Cute Little Kids Reciting Poetry
I have some regrets that memorizing poems is a lost art, but seeing some of the YouTube performances below rather smothers that regret. ...
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INDEX OF COMMENTARIES

Duncanisms

Education secretary Arne Duncan: headmaster of US school reform

I know what's possible. This isn't theory for me.... No one can tell me what kids can't do. ---Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 30...
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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

Teachers for Coverups
The Subhead here is: The Wall Street Journal applauds the L.A. Times's decision to publish evaluations of public school teachers. I like this reader observat...
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INDEX OF RTTT & NCLB OUTRAGES

 NCLB In Your Face

Ask About the Administration's Suggestions to Revise the ESEA
You can borrow Stephen Krashen's fine questions for the Administration. Send them in! Use them for newspaper op eds. Share them with your PTA. by Kent Will...
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 Yahoo, Good News! 

Balloons Invade Berkeley for Oct. 7th Strike!

This agitation is good news.

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Conduct a Freedom School on Oct. 7.

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INDEX OF YAHOO, GOOD NEWS!

 Outrage of the Day 

High Poverty Rates or Not, All School Districts in the Texas 28th Congressional District Lose Title I Funds to Number Weighting

If you can stand to read about more injustice dished out by the Feds--with OUR tax dollars--go to the Formula Fairness w...
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INDEX OF OUTRAGES OF THE DAY

 Quotes

"Politicians are like diapers. They need to be changed often and for the exact same reasons."

—Tom Dodd, from the movie Man of the Year

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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

Declining Infrastructure, Declining Civilization
Our corporate politicos have money for bombs but not for bridges. We live in a war economy. For their 10th-anniversary issue, Chronicle Review asked asked scholars a...
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INDEX OF FEATURED OUTRAGES

 Sarah's Notes 

Mrs. Puglisi's 100 National Standards
by Sarah Puglisi I just read a nice editorial about HOW RELIEVED a newspaper is if we have National Standards. In the New York Times, you can read it
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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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MORE TESTITEMS

 Research that Counts

Michigan neo-liberalism: creating the material conditions for privatization
I have had personal experience with the K-12 curriculum. Here is a list of topics for the K-12 history curriculu...
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INDEX OF RESEARCH THAT COUNTS

 The Eggplant

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Seeking Partnership with Twitter
Press Release As a precursor to the launch of Tweet Tweet Publishing, Inc., the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has entered negotiations with Twitter to develop a new state-of...
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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

Access to Education Policy
Here's who gets a seat at the table.

INDEX OF CARTOONS

 NCLB Cartoon

He Who Knows All He Wants to Know About Public Schools and the People In Them
No one can tell me what kids can't do.
--Arne Duncan, Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 30, 2010
Substance photograph, George N. Schmidt

INDEX OF NCLB CARTOONS

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