Choosing Democracy

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

Friday, June 27, 2014

Fight Back to protect public education

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EduShyster interviews Barbara Madeloni , the recently elected president of the 110,000 member Massachusetts Teachers Association, and she ...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Billionaires Behind the Attack on Public Education in California Tenure Suit

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Billionaires Behind the Attack on Public Education in California Tenure Suit
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Local Control Funding and Sac City Unified Board

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Sacramento City Unified Board meeting tonight.   6 PM. Serna Center. At the June 5 meeting, the Community Priorities Coalition present...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Separate and Unequal continues

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Sixty Years after Brown v. Board, Segregation Ensures That Schools Are not only Separate, but Sharply Unequal M inority students are m...
Monday, June 16, 2014

We Won't Give Up- Attacks on Teachers

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National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel is angry at people who would treat our children as commodities in order to yie...

Tenure important for teachers

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Due Process Prevents Capricious Firings: Diane Ravitch Diane Ravitch, a historian of education, is the author of several books, includin...

Frankenstein Fears His Monster: The Gates Foundation Wants You To Boycott High-Stakes Tests | Common Dreams

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Frankenstein Fears His Monster: The Gates Foundation Wants You To Boycott High-Stakes Tests | Common Dreams Interesting. And Common Core As...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Why The California Tenure Decision Is Wrong and Will Hurt Disadvantaged Students

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Why The California Tenure Decision Is Wrong and Will Hurt Disadvantaged Students
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Vergara v. State of California Decision |

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Vergara v. State of California  is a meritless lawsuit brought by Students Matter, an organization created by Silicon Valley multimillio...

What the media avoids about the Vergara decision

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Diane Ravitch. http://dianeravitch.net/2014/06/11/were-the-vergara-trial-teachers-grossly-ineffective-no/
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

A victory for the corporate "reformers" in the Vergara v California case

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California judge Rolf Treu ruled Tuesday   in the Vergara   v.California case that California teacher tenure laws deprive students of t...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Corporate Democrats win first round against teachers in California

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Jennifer Medina June 10, 2014 The New York Times The decision, which was enthusiastically endorsed by Education Secretary Arne Dunc...

Local Control FF and Parent Engagement in LAUSD

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The video shows parent engagement in the Local Control Budget Funding in Los Angeles. In Sacramento a community coalition has formed and ...
Monday, June 09, 2014

Did Bill Gates fund an "educational coup?"

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Valerie Straus,    The Answer Sheet.  The Washington Post. Education historian and activist Diane Ravitch, in a post on her blog ab...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

How Wall Street Skims Higher Education

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To join the Drop Student Debt campaign go here.  http://www.dsausa.org/drop_student_debt
Thursday, June 05, 2014

antiracismdsa: Latino Lawmakers Unveil Legislation to Repeal Un-...

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 Latino Lawmakers Unveil Legislation to Repeal Un-... : SACRAMENTO – Announcing a campaign to erase the stain of Proposition 187, the most ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

A New Teacher Union Movement is Rising | Common Dreams

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A New Teacher Union Movement is Rising | Common Dreams
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

The Lighter Side of Teacher Evaluation

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Sunday, June 01, 2014

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: June 3 Voter Guide

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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: June 3 Voter Guide : Sacramento Progressive Alliance Voter Guide SAC PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE ENDORSEMENTS...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Vote for Torlakson - Important to vote on Tues.

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From the LA Times. In the June 3  contest to lead the state's public schools, the two front-runners represent opposing forces withi...
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