Choosing Democracy

A discussion of major issues facing our democracy with an emphasis on public schooling.

Monday, June 12, 2006

The Democratic Party we should have: Borosage

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The Turning? by ROBERT L. BOROSAGE [from the June 26, 2006 issue] What comes next? The catastrophic conservatism of George W. Bush and the D...
Friday, June 09, 2006

Union field staff position available

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Staff Recruitment Announcement California Faculty Association Field Campaign Director CFA is affiliated with:...
Thursday, June 08, 2006

Harold Meyerson on California election

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Clarifying Issues in California By Harold Meyerson Thursday, June 8, 2006; Page A23 LOS ANGELES -- Lord, but California is election-weary. A...
Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Barbara Ehrenreich on class

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A Guided Tour of Class in America Barbara Ehrenreich on the prey and the predators by Tom Engelhardt Mother Jones - June 05 , 2006 http://ww...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

NCATE bows to pressure from the Right

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Accreditor of Education Schools Drops Controversial 'Social Justice' Language By PAULA WASLEY . The National Council for Accreditati...
Friday, June 02, 2006

This dirty election campaign

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This dirty election campaign I have spent the last 34 years teaching young people to be social studies teachers. We start with the concepti...

Organizational statement against NCLB

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Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act October 21, 2004 (list of signers updated May, 2006) The undersigned educa...
Thursday, June 01, 2006

Ravitch and Meire : a neo con finally sees part of reality

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An important essay in Ed Week. Click on the title. It is a link. "Almost all the usual intervening mediators—parent organizations, uni...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

Voter recommendations

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Sacramento Progressive Alliance Progressive Voter Guide Recomendations for California Primary Election -- Tuesday, June 6, 2006 State Office...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Wesley vrs. Angelides

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I find the Wesley ads against Angelides outrageous and dishonest. In the most recent one featuring land in the Sacramento basin, you would ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Democracy and schools

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Choosing Democracy : a practical guide to multicultural education There are at least two alternative views of democracy to consider. Advocat...
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Spring Graduation: bilingual teachers

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Spring Graduation. Bilingual/Multicultural Teacher Preparation Program. CSU-Sacramento. Shasta Hall Auditorium. 3 .P.M. May 20,2006. Spea...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Mayors and school governance

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Antonio Villaraigosa, (D) Mayor of Los Angeles, has proposed having the Mayor’s office take over the governance of the Los Angeles school di...
Monday, May 15, 2006

Prop.82 and the Gap

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Prop. 82: Initiative backers threaten Gap boycot By Laura Mecoy -- Bee Los Angeles Bureau
Published 2:15 am PDT Friday, May 12, 2006 LOS ANG...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Education and poverty

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What the politicians refuse to understand. From the Children's Defense fund. EDUCATION: THE PATH OUT OF POVERTY An essential tool for ch...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

CTA on Budget deal

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Students and Schools Win as Governor’s Budget Revision Repays Schools and Settles Lawsuit Over Education Funding Schools and Students with G...

Dan Weintraub on the school budget deal?

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Here is the Bee's Dan Weintraub on the proposed school funding deal. From: California Insider School spending If the Legislature approve...

Democrats: What does full funding mean?

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Dan Weintraub of the BEE makes this statement on his blog after the recent debates: "Anyway, both candidates are still talking a lot ab...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Fools Paradise

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It looks as if the Governor is going to allocate to the k-12 schools some of the money owed. See prior post. And then, they expect to be pr...

Gov. may pay money owed to schools

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Governor to settle school funding dispute By Clea Benson -- Bee Capitol Bureau Published 1:55 pm PDT Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Gov. Arnold Sch...
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