Choosing Democracy

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

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Educational hucksters - Sacramento

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Public schooling for students in California is underfunded and for many students it is  failing.  The role of privatized ...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Civil Rights Leaders meet with Obama

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antiracismdsa: Civil Rights Leaders meet with Obama : Plan for March on Washington. Daily Kos Some 15 civil rights leaders emerged from a...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Why California textbooks ignore Chicano/ Mexican American history

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 And what you can do about it. Textbooks for  California schools are selected by the State Board of Education based upon ...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Closing Schools, Faulting Teachers in Sacramento

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July 25, 2013 By  Seth Sandronsky and  Duane Campbell Seth Sandronsky's ZSpace Page Officially, a budget shortfall for the Sacr...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

antiracismdsa: What Real Immigration Reform Would Look Like

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antiracismdsa: What Real Immigration Reform Would Look Like : WHAT REAL IMMIGRATION REFORM WOULD LOOK LIKE Clue:  It's Not a New Guest W...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Willful Defiance ?

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T alk It Out: A Community Conversation to Fix School Discipline   (a short play based on real life stories about school discipline in ...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

What do parents want from schools ?

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by Jeff Bryant A mantra recited by those who pride themselves as adherents to a movement known as “education reform” is that for too lon...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Sacramento District Insists on closing public schools

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The   Sacramento City school district is  closing  seven elementary schools, disproportionately hurting students in low-inc...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Chicago Fires More Than 2,000 School Staff as Crippling Cuts Deepen

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Why Charter Schools Are Tearing Public Campuses Apart | California Progress Report

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Why Charter Schools Are Tearing Public Campuses Apart | California Progress Report

The War on public school teachers

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Michael D. Yates July 22, 2013 The Bullet   If those who are prosecuting this onslaught against our public schools succeed, they wil...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Barack Obama, public schools, and the oligarchs

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The several crises in Chicago schools have been recorded here; the teachers’ strike, the closing of schools, the crisis of ...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Michelle Rhee's group takes in $28.5 million

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Michelle Rhee’s group tripled its budget By:  Byron Tau July 2, 2013 02:01 PM EDT Former Washington, D.C., schools Chancellor Michelle...

AERA 2013 Speech on Teacher Leadership

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Friday, July 12, 2013

Taking the Caring Out of Teaching

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  From In These Times. BY SARAH JAFFE It's not like tests themselves are inherently evil. Almost every teacher give...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Steve Zimmer (LAUSD) on Why Class Size Matters

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Monday, July 08, 2013

On closing schools

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By  Josh Eidelson and Sarah Jaffe  -  Summer 2013       In 2010, a slate led by Karen Lewis ousted the incumbent leadership of th...
Sunday, July 07, 2013

A new civics framework ?

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Posted by  Stephen Lazar  on May 16, 2013 Our guest author today is Stephen Lazar, a founding teacher at Harvest Collegiate High Schoo...
Friday, July 05, 2013

Shutting Down the School-To-Jailhouse Pipeline in California | California Progress Report

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Shutting Down the School-To-Jailhouse Pipeline in California | California Progress Report
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

July 4, 1776

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The Declaration of Independence: IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of ...
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