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“Elections shouldn’t exist”: The new
war on school boards
The new education "reform" fight is
over who chooses school boards: the mayor or the people. One city fought back
Salon.com BY JOSH EIDELSON MONDAY, DEC 31, 2012
05:00 PM EST
On Election Day 2012, as
voters around the country chose between two presidential candidates who both
touted policies that would make it easier to fire teachers, voters in
Bridgeport, Conn., rebuffed a referendum backed by Michelle
Rhee, Michael Bloomberg and the local Democratic Party.
By a seven-point margin, Bridgeport Bridgeport ’s multi-year
battle over a below-the-radar front in America
Five Questions to Ask about the Common Core*
Yong Zhao’s Blog 2 JANUARY 2013
If you are reading this, you know the world
didn’t end in 2012. But the world of American education may end in 2014, when
the Common Core is scheduled to march into thousands of schools in the United
States and end a “chaotic, fragmented, unequal, obsolete, and failing” system
that has accompanied the rise of a nation with the largest economy, most
scientific discoveries and technological inventions, best universities, and
largest collection of Nobel laureates in the world today. In place will be a
new world of education where all American children are exposed to the same
content, delivered by highly standardized teachers, watched over by their
equally standardized principals, and monitored by governments armed with
sophisticated data tools.
Why schools used to be
better
It’s one of the ironies of education reform that despite wave
after wave,
schools are seen by many as in worse shape as before all the changes. Here’s a
look at why from Marion Brady, who was a classroom teacher for years, has
written history and world culture textbooks (Prentice-Hall), professional
books, numerous nationally distributed columns (many are available here), and courses of study.
This is How Democracy Ends
— An Apology
Middle Grades Mastery Blog DECEMBER 18, 2012
Now, the Common Core
State Standards has one goal: to create common people. The accompanying
standardized tests have one purpose: to create standardized people. Why?
Because the movers and the shakers have a vested interest in it.
It’s about money and it’s about making sure all that money stays in one
place.
Deferring Six Figures on Wall Street for Teacher’s
Salary
Four
years after the financial crisis, Wall Street hiring has remained weak, and
many college graduates have searched for jobs and even careers in other fields.
In the last several years, hundreds of such would-be finance professionals and
management consultants have taken their high-powered ambitions and spreadsheet
modeling skills to the classroom.
Teach
for America, the 22-year-old nonprofit organization that recruits
high-achieving college graduates to teach in some of the nation’s poorest
schools for two years, in particular has garnered renewed interest among the
business-oriented set. Teach for America
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