Choosing Democracy

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

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Texas Republicans oppose critical thinking skills

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Texas GOP: No More Critical Thinking in Schools By  Liana Heitin  on  June 28, 2012 5:45 PM Teachers, you may want to be sittin...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Affordable Care Act- DSA

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The DSA National Political Committee (NPC) welcomes the 5-4 Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Car...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Avoiding Their Fair Share of Taxes

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Avoiding Their Fair Share of Taxes
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

California High School Dropout Rates

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  SACRAMENTO—Graduation rates among California's public school students are climbing and dropout rates are falling, wi...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

All these links between Michelle Rhee and the far right are no coincidence

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All these links between Michelle Rhee and the far right are no coincidence

Supreme Court invites more racial profiling ; NNIRR

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In allowing the notorious "show me your papers" provision of  Arizona's SB 1070 bill , the U.S. Supreme Court effectively su...
Monday, June 25, 2012

Supreme Court strikes down most of Arizona immigration law

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  The U.S. Supreme court today struck down most provisions of the Arizona law SB 1070 while sustaining one of its most c...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Randi Weingarten, Netroots Nation

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It takes a couple of minutes for her to get started.  It is worth the wait. This is 2011, but precisely relevant today.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Layoffs hitting public workers (teachers): Recovery is hurt.

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Shaila Dewan and Motoko Rich. New York Times. June 20,2012. Companies have been slowly adding workers for more than two years. But ...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Stop this Depression Now ! Krugman

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Watch Krugman's Solution to Fiscal Stimulus? It Involves Aliens on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Are Charter Schools Public? Diane Ravitch

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Are charter schools public? by Diane Ravitch  I noted in my blog last week that the visionaries of the charter school ...

The Importance of Mexican American Studies- Acuña

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Mexican American Studies :  A Pedagogy Not Sociology By Rodolfo F. Acuña We have allowed the uninformed and ig...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Wharton Professor: Employers Want Top Skills At Low Wages and That's Why You Don't Have A Job

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Wharton Professor: Employers Want Top Skills At Low Wages and That's Why You Don't Have A Job
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

How to End This Depression by Paul Krugman | The New York Review of Books

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How to End This Depression by Paul Krugman | The New York Review of Books

Dolores Huerta receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Watch Dolores Huerta Calls Herself 'a Born-Again Feminist' on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. Dolores Huer...
Monday, May 28, 2012

The US public school system is under attack - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

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The US public school system is under attack - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Sunday, May 27, 2012

The long march for equal opportunity in education

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  The long march through the institutions has ended for the Bilingual /Multicultural faculty and students at CSU Sacramento.   On ...
Friday, May 25, 2012

DSA voter recommendations

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 Sacramento Progressive Alliance.   May, 2012- Adopted Note; the ballot is complex.  Please read it in advance. U.S...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Glen Ford: Corporate Assault on Public Education

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPACwRgw04 In the space of less than 20 years, the public school privatization movement ...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Billionaire donors drive anti-teacher, pro-testing education reform agenda

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Billionaire donors drive anti-teacher, pro-testing education reform agenda
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