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My home state, Washington, was often seen as a progressive and enlightened hotbed of education ideas; however, my state is quickly becoming much like the rest of the education world with pseudo-reformers hijacking the conversation and the direction. Even Read More...
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Who is a big fan of charter schools? Chinese investors . Charter schools lead to for-profit education, and they can be a gateway for foreign visa acquisition. Beware! Filed under: Money Read More...
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How does a kindergarten class of 40 sound to you? Or a high school class of 60? Well, in Detroit that can happen now. I’ve never met any teacher who said bigger classes will make my job easier or help students learn more. However, I have often heard from Read More...
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How do you get charter schools on the ballot in a state that has previously rejected them three times by popular vote? You buy the signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. Here are the amounts of money given to the charter school movement in Washington Read More...
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Have you seen the video where Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, expresses his strategy to destroy collective bargaining for public employees? Here it is : The way to destroy unions is to eliminate collective bargaining, which will benefit corporations Read More...
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Recently, Secretary of Education Duncan continued his push for the Obama Administration’s education policies as he provided an escape from the faulty and unrealistic mandates of the No Child Left Behind law. However, instead of simply admitting that NCLB Read More...
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With budget cuts to education and social services, schools are struggling across the nation to do more with less. However, the current approach used by the Obama Administration, Arne Duncan, and other so-called reformers is that a good teacher can overcome Read More...
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The only reason anyone listens to Bill Gates when it comes to education is because he has lots and lots of money. Here’s more proof that he’s simply funding his corporate agenda in education–sadly, through unproven methods and un-researched or disproved Read More...
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I suppose Teach for America had to respond, had to try and make itself look defensible, but TfA got it wrong. In a response to the NEA denouncing some of its practices, the group stated: “we do not and would not engage in union busting or silencing activities.” Read More...
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An interesting debate has popped up on a Seattle Times article , but most of the debate centers on the same old, rehashed, and repeated talking points which are decidedly anti-public education. Here are my quick responses to a couple topics. Responding Read More...
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Rob McKenna (R) and Jay Inslee (D) are running for Washington State’s governorship, and both will want the WEA and NEA union endorsements, but who is the true friend of education in Washington State? This Publicola article shows what we know so far, but Read More...
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I am not a fan of Arne Duncan’s or President Obama’s education agenda. I think both of these men are hurting education in this country, and it was evident from the beginning of their terms in office. I posted an article about this when I heard Duncan Read More...
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John Kuhn, a Superintendent in Texas, wrote what has become known as the Alamo Letter . It’s great, but even better is his Q & A here . I wish he was my education leader. Filed under: Administration , Lessons , Money , Testing Read More...
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A few stats from the WEA website to consider: Washington is dead last in average compensation among West Coast states. Washington’s average classroom teacher salary rank drops from 5th to 20th place. The average Washington classroom teacher has lost almost Read More...
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Previously I had posted about how education may be suffering from the loss of a generation of teachers. With few people retiring and no positions to hire, education could be losing a myriad of teachers to other professions. After all, if teaching isn’t Read More...
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