Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Legislative meddling and teacher preparation

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Senator California State Senate Dear Senator X, We are faculty in teacher preparation in State Universities in California with over 40...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Bush regime incompetence in education

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3 THE 99 AND 44/100ths PURE CRAP AWARD: SECRETARY OF EDUCATION MARGARET SPELLINGS In “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell w...

State of Delusion

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State Of Delusion Robert L. Borosage January 24, 2007 Robert L. Borosage is co-director of the Campaign For America's Future . Last nigh...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

They haven't talked to any children lately award

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THE HAVEN’T TALKED TO ANY CHILDREN, VISITED ANY SCHOOLS LATELY AWARD: MARC TUCKER AND THE NEW COMMISSION ON THE SKILLS OF THE AMERICAN WORKF...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Business model fails schools

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Forcing a Risky Business Model on Us By Robert Brower Shortly after the U.S. Department of Education awarded its first grants last fall in a...
Saturday, January 20, 2007

Netroots vis a vis the left

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An interesting exchange about the political net roots efforts and a left analysis. Start here. http://tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/jan/...
Friday, January 19, 2007

NCLB: Beyond repair

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'No Child' law is called 'beyond repair' On fifth anniversary of 'fundamentally flawed' plan, ex-Bush education offi...
Thursday, January 18, 2007

Freedom to learn

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W.E. B. Du Bois offered some valuable counsel to these young people when he wrote: Of all the civil rights for which the world has ...

Congressman George Miller

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Congressman George Miller (Democrat-California) is the new Chair of the House Education Committee. This committee will take up the re-author...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Out of Iraq bill

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JONATHAN TASINI Progressives Introduce End The War Legislation READ MORE: Iraq, Jonathan Tasini, Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters At...

Class and Schools

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“If as a society we choose to preserve big social class differences, we must necessarily also accept substantial gaps between the achievemen...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

NCLB: Time to change

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Hon. George Miller, Committee on Education Jan.11, 2007 U.S. Congress Dear Congressman Miller, On behalf of the Sacramento Progressiv...
Friday, January 12, 2007

NCLB needs change

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This is a draft letter for Congress members. Jan.11, 2007 U.S. Congress Dear Congresswoman Matsui, I encourage you to work for major am...
Thursday, January 11, 2007

News alert: Schwarzenegger does something right on schools

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Voc-ed prudence Press Enterprise Boosting vocational education is not a big, splashy initiative like reforming health care or cutting global...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

NCLB - goals are impossible

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires that all students be proficient by 2014. But some policy makers think that this goal can be achievable ...

Schwarzenegger proposes inadequate health care plan

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TESTIMONY: Here’s the truth --coming from the testimony of millions of Americans “The insurance companies are the biggest barrier to health...
Sunday, January 07, 2007

For America's Sake: Bill Moyers

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For America's Sake by BILL MOYERS [from the January 22, 2007 issue] The following is an adaptation of remarks made by Bill Moyers to a D...

Media and democracy

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Marching on Memphis: Revitalizing the Media Movement By Danny Schechter submitted to portside by the author New York, New York: 'The con...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Schools and unions: Peter Schrag carries on

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Schrag carries on. Writer Peter Schrag has an interesting commentary in the Sacramento Bee of Jan.3. Mr. Schrag, for those who do not know...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Low Pay is threat to federal courts- and schools

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How poignant. “Pay for federal judges is so inadequate that it threatens to undermine the judiciary’s independence.” Says Chief Justice Jo...