Friday, February 06, 2015

K12NN Wire: Ref Rodriguez doesn't get to claim he's never heard of California Charter Schools Association

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First published on K12NN Wire on February 2, 2015 "There's never a short supply of People of Color willing to tokenize thems...
Thursday, February 05, 2015

Millionaire extremist David F. Welch's reactionary lawsuit hurts kids, educators, and sticks CA taxpayers with his bills!

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For more on anti-public-education extremist David F. Welch, see Capital & Main 's David Welch: The Man Behind Vergara v. Californi...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Read NPE's Full Statement on NCLB Reauthorization Draft

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Dear Robert D., Yesterday was the deadline for public comment on the  NCLB reauthorization draft bill  Sen. Lamar Alexander, Chair of ...

Schools Matter: Turns out Caprice Young has been working for Gülen's charter network all along

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First published on Schools Matter on February 01, 2015 "What's important here isn't which kind of religious group runs t...
Tuesday, February 03, 2015

A District 5 LAUSD debate forum not ruled by Eli Broad's United Way Greater Los Angeles PR firm

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"To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie."— Paulo Freir...

Jersey Jazzman: Howard Dean's Reformy Scream for TFA

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Jersey Jazzman: Howard Dean's Reformy Scream for TFA : There was a time I really admired Howard Dean. Alas... In the debate over educ...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Want the best turnout of candidates? Hold community, rather than corporate, LAUSD debate forums!

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"I have also observed and experienced how these organizations, in order to protect their non-profit status and marketability to libera...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Robert D. Skeels cited twice in Education and Capitalism: Struggles for Learning and Liberation

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Noted social justice writer, public education advocate, and immigrant rights activist Robert D. Skeels cited twice in Education and Capital...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Join NPE’s letter writing campaign to Sen. Alexander and the HELP Committee

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Friends, I  wrote a letter for the Action Network letter campaign "Urge Senator Lamar Alexander and the members of  Health, Educa...

SKrashen: 21st Century Skills Requires a 21-Hour School Day

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SKrashen: 21st Century Skills Requires a 21-Hour School Day : Sent to the Oregonian, June 23. Re: "With trepidation, state school board...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Statement on Gates and Broad Foundation funded United Way Greater Los Angeles running LAUSD forums

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"Philanthropy is not progressive and never has been."— Tiffany Lethabo King and Ewuare Osayande "The United Way of LA is...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Corporate education reform privatizer Tamar Galatzan's greatest neoliberal hits at LAUSD

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Although much was initially promised to gain buy-in to school choice campaigns, most teachers, parents and communities of color have not exp...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Schools Matter: Center for American Progress (CAP) caught passing off propaganda as legitimate research, again

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First published on Schools Matter on January 13, 2015 "In the US, teachers are paid poorly and treated even worse by having thei...

Stop corporate charter school greed, stop Ref Rodriguez!

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Revenue Hungry Charter School Executives Like Puc's Ref Rodriguez Use Money For Kids' Classrooms On Advertising! Ref Rodrigue...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

A reader asks about Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Community Coalition's education record

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"Deceptively, the masquerade of “choice” has served to reinscribe former segregationist and mainstream notions, which have worked effe...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) January General Assembly

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Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) General Assembly Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:30-6:30PM St. Marks Lutheran Church 36...
Monday, January 12, 2015

SKrashen: A common core for community colleges?

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SKrashen: A common core for community colleges? : Sent to the New York Times, Jan 11, 2015 The President's plan to fund community co...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Antonio Villaraigosa: The Myth of The Progressive Mayor

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First published in a slightly edited form by LA Progressive on July 5, 2013 Statuesque in a six thousand dollar suit, Los Angeles Ma...