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MANDATORY Extended Learning Time, Duncan's dream to further the Core agenda.. COMMON CORE IS NOT ABOUT EDUCATION–IT’S ABOUT TESTING. KIDS ARE MISSING OUT ON WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION WITH CIVICS, HISTORY, THE ARTS, COMPARATIVE THINKING AND MORE, AND THEY’RE BORED.
Joseph Ricciotti Explains the War on Teachers.
Without excellent public education for all, we have nothing as a country. Privatization of schools, charters, vouchers, (for profit for those at the top) is not the answer. Real efforts to stop the escalation of poverty through great teachers, great schools, great community centers in every neighborhood is the answer.
Peter Greene: Why So Many Teachers Turned Against Common Core.
It’s not difficult to see what’s happening in this country in every area of society. Neo-liberals, neo-cons, plutocrats, many who don’t pay taxes via their multi-natinal conglomerates, want to privatize our schools for profit and for those still public, want to ram the Common Core down our collective throats as a means of testing kids non-stop rather than working on a well-rounded education for all, and judging teachers, no matter what environment they teach in, based upon those same standards. It’s confusing to some as to why Christian fundamentalist are against Common Core–it’s for a whole different reason– they don’t want any federal anything and Common Core is attempting to have one national standard for all our kids. But most of us who were/are teachers/parents dislike it for the reasons Diane Ravitch writes about all the time in herblog–just because you’ve made billions (Gates, etal) doesn’t give you the right to decide what’s best for the rest of us–particularly in education.
Peter Greene: Why So Many Teachers Turned Against Common Core
The conservative journal “Education Next” reported a poll showing that support for Common Core…
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A Call for the Next Phase in the Resistance.
It’s our country–time to take it back. Public education isn’t working? Then fix it–don’t break it even more–and blame the universities, principals, administrators as partners in this failure–not just teachers, unions, parents. Privatized charters,accountable to no one, ARE NOT THE ANSWER. Every child in this country deserves an excellent public education from pre-school through college.
Let’s skip elementary and high school and talk about the college level of education and ask ourselves a few questions: 1) there’s hypothetically no inflation–why have tuitions skyrocked; 2) banks are receiving taxpayer subsidized loans at one percent–so why are they passing it on to students and their families for 8%–usury rates; 3) why are universities still getting tax-exempt, tax-free money to keep building more buildings while firing professors and hiring adjunct professors for wages they can’t live on with no benefits while administrators of those universities are averaging over $1,000,000 a year in salary and perks; 4) why are we allowing an elitist education system even at state universities.
This business model of greed is the same one being used by the medical system, corporations, private prisons, airlines, etc. and our education system. Don’t accept it; don’t buy it. When you’re told they have to answer to the shareholders or big donors, don’t believe it. These are heartless, money-first libertarians, neo-liberals, neo-cons who care only about their own massive accumulation of profits at your expense –you don’t matter–our children don’t matter–just their profits and power. To hell with families and a lifetime of debt because of insane tuition and loan costs at a time of faculty cuts and low inflation.
It has become increasingly clear that Koch Industries is the money source behind the 2010 GOP landslide as well as behind Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, their favored Tea Party candidate.Koch Industries wants to end the strong and decades old public employees’ unions.For 30 years the GOP has mounted a concerted effort (and with extraordinary success) to get rid of unions around the country. Their target is now public employees’ unions, as we see in Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and other states.Think Progress reported a few days ago that:Koch Industries is a major player in Wisconsin: Koch owns a coal company subsidiary with facilities in Green Bay, Manitowoc, Ashland and Sheboygan; six timber plants throughout the state; and a large network of pipelines in Wisconsin. While Koch controls much of the infrastructure in the state, they have laid off workers to boost profits. At a time when Koch Industries owners David and Charles Koch awarded themselves an extra $11 billion of income from the company, Koch slashed jobs at their Green Bay plant:Officials at Georgia-Pacific said the company is laying off 158 workers at its Day Street plant because out-of-date equipment at the facility is being replaced with newer, more-efficient equipment. The company said much of the new, papermaking equipment will be automated. […] Malach tells FOX 11 that the layoffs are not because of a drop in demand. In fact, Malach said demand is high for the bath tissue and napkins manufactured at the plant.Koch Industries was one of the biggest contributors to Walker’s gubernatorial campaign, funneling $43,000 over the course of last year. In return, Koch front groups are closely guiding the Walker agenda. The American Legislative Exchange Council, another Koch-funded group, advised Walker and the GOP legislature on its anti-labor legislation and its first corporate tax cuts.It’s time to send a message to the Koch Brothers and Koch Industries that they cannot treat American citizens this way and still expect us to support their products:Koch Industry Gasoline:ChevronUnionUnion 76ConocoKoch Industry/Georgia-Pacific Products:Angel Soft toilet paperBrawny paper towelsDixie plates, bowls, napkins and cupsMardi Gras napkins and towelsQuilted Northern toilet paperSoft ‘n Gentle toilet paperSparkle napkinsVanity fair napkinsZee napkinsKoch Industry/Invista Products:COMFOREL® fiberfillCOOLMAX® fabricCORDURA® fabricDACRON® fiberPOLYSHIELD® resinSOLARMAX® fabricSOMERELLE® bedding productsSTAINMASTER® carpetSUPPLEX® fabricTACTEL® fiberTACTESSE® carpet fiberTERATE® polyolsTERATHANE® polyether glycolTHERMOLITE® fabricPHENREZ® resinPOLARGUARD® fiber andLYCRA® fiberGeorgia Pacific Building productsDense Armor Drywall and DeckingToughArmor Gypsum boardGeorgia pacific Plytanium PlywoodFlexrockDensglass sheathingG/P Industrial plasters (some products used by a lot of crafters)-Agricultural PlasterArts
Emanuel needs to remove the word “Democrat” from his name. The party itself needs to rename itself or get back to its roots–the party of the people.
Chicago slush.
– David Sirota
Chicago is the iconic example of all of these trends. A new report being released this morning shows that the supposedly budget-strapped Windy City – which for years has not made its full pension payments – actually has mountains of cash sitting in a slush fund controlled by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Indeed, as the report documents, the slush fund now receives more money each year than it would cost to adequately finance Chicago’s pension funds. Yet, Emanuel is refusing to use the cash from that slush fund to shore up the pensions. Instead, his new pension “reform” proposal cuts pension benefits, requires higher contributions from public employees and raises property taxes in the name of fiscal responsibility. Yet, the same “reform” proposal will actually quietly increase his already bloated slush fund.
But it gets worse: an investigation by Pando has discovered that Emanuel has been…
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