Choosing Democracy

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

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Strike vote in the Calif. State University

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Mammoth Faculty Strike Looms Many Californians know the concept behind rolling blackouts, most commonly seen during summer heat waves, in wh...
Sunday, February 25, 2007

NAEP study: Schools not doing better

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Study says students are learning less By Mitchell Landsberg Times Staff Writer 7:52 PM PST, February 22, 2007 U.S. high school students are ...
Friday, February 23, 2007

Apple's Steve Jobs: anti union

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Don’t Confuse Me With Any Facts Filed under: General — Leo Casey @ 1:27 pm Apple Computers CEO Steve Jobs and Dell Computers CEO Michael Del...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Latino Teacher reduces dropouts

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Good story on a local teacher, and a graduate of our Bilngual /Multicultural Education Dept. at CSU-S. http://www.news10.net/display_story.a...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

NCLB controversy

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Back to Article SCHOOLS Educators ponder who gets left behind Renewal of federal education law sparks debate over testing Nanette Asimov, Ch...

Legislature and high school dropouts

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Yesterday's report on SB 1209 was picked up by the California Progress Report. Today: Dropout deluge alarms officials! Bills target sta...
Monday, February 19, 2007

Imposed school reforms cost students $, do not improve schools

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We know that the politically imposed school reforms have not worked, but the legislature does not. Unfortunately the legislature usually wi...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

A radical change in education

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-utla15feb15,0,6296109,full.story?coll=la-home-local A radical change for two union militants The for...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Testing the limits of NCLB

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Testing the Limits of No Child Left Behind By James Crawford Hispanic Link News Service, 25 February 2007 A grassroots rebellion against...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Republican incompetence: again

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Would You Buy a Used Law from This Woman? U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings made headlines last summer when she declared that t...
Monday, February 12, 2007

California legislative meddling and pandering

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About each decade someone in the legislature decides to re-write the rules for teacher preparation. They write in response to a view that ...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Strange events in NABE

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See the edjustice link to the right. Bilingual Education at a Crossroads? A Divided NABE meets in San Jose; Board Further Discredits Itself ...
Friday, February 09, 2007

California Legislatures and bureaucrats

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In conflicts such as the imposition of an unfunded mandate in SB1209 (Scott), I have re learned a lesson which I will share with you. In ma...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

More need for fact checkers; The California State of Education

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The State of Education in California, and the real state of education in California. President Bush is famous for being in denial about the ...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Who needs fact checkers ? We're writing about education

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THE WHO NEEDS FACT CHECKERS ANYWAY AWARD, II: FORTUNE MAGAZINE AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES1 The cover of the July 25, 2005 issue of Fortune ...
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...
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