Choosing Democracy

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

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Pearson Educational Publishing: No Profit Left Behind

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A POLITICO investigation has found that Pearson stands to make tens of millions in taxpayer dollars and cuts in student tuition from d...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Teaching About Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and the UFW

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By Duane E. Campbell Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.  You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read.  Y...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference

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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Teaching About Cesar Chavez

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Let me tell you about this man.  Cesar Chavez, Union Organizer.  4th. and 5th. grade. Available from CFT.org  http://cft.org/images/committ...

The Schools We Deserve - Los Angeles

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UTLA rally draws thousands in call for 'the schools LA students deserve' February 26, 2015—Today thousands of educators fro...

Teachers life

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Teach The Students Well- Their Own History !

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Write Chicano/Mexican American History into California State Textbooks By Duane Campbell Mexican American/Chicano history is substan...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Vote for Eric Guerra- April 7

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Eric Guerra has made District 6 his home since he first attended Sacramento State University nearly 20 years ago. Eric and his family ...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Charter Schools are Not Educational Reform

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by David Hornbeck As Philadelphia's Superintendent of Schools, I recommended the approval of more than 30 charter schools because I ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The 3 most important parts of Obama's emotional speech in Selma

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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Eric Guerra for City Council

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The Sacramento Progressive Alliance supports Eric Guerra for Sacramento City Council, District 6. Special election.  April 7, 2015. The...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

Screw State Universities

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How Republicans Chose Tax Cuts over Education   by Ed Kilgore- TPM.  12130  Views Scott Walker- Wisconsin  The last time we h...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Students need more funds, not more tests.

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As a teacher of more than 20 years at an inner-city high school in Los Angeles, I saw the value of federal dollars sent to our local publi...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Elect Eric Guerra

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The Sacramento Progressive Alliance supports Eric Guerra for Sacramento City Council, District 6. Special election.  April 7, 2015. The...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Violence Against Children and Teachers

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by Steven Singer  She was smiling and laughing, but her eyes were terrified. Sitting in class among her fellow middle school students...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

CSU hurts students by relying upon part-time lecturers

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Lilian Taiz, It’s bad enough that the California State University is using more part-time than full-time professors . Dig a little d...
Monday, February 16, 2015

What has NCLB wrought ?

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Lily Ekelsen Garcia, President NEA I have a pop quiz for you. In 2001, before No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was passed, there were six ...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Schooled for Failure: California's k-12 Crisis

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Bill Raden “You can see a big difference between students who have gone to preschool and who have not,” Jones told Capital & Main in ...
Saturday, February 07, 2015

It is Time for Civic Education for All

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by Duane Campbell The Sacramento Bee editorial board was correct in their Friday Feb.6, 2015,   piece, “Civic Education is Essentia...
Monday, February 02, 2015

Sen.Rand Paul Criticizes Common Core History Standards- duh There aren't any

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Cailin Macneal. Talking Points Memo. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tore into Common Core in a fundraising email on Thursday, lambasting the way t...
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