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Thursday, April 5, 2012

A war with Canada? « Fred Klonsky

A war with Canada? « Fred Klonsky:
A war with Canada?

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Charter school boss Geoffrey Canada is part of the group raising $50 million to wage war on teacher unions and the parents who support them.
Did you see the article in the New York Times about StudentsFirstNY?
What a bunch.
StudentsFirst is the corporate education mouthpiece that the disgraced, former Chancellor of DC Schools, Michelle Rhee, founded.
On the board are some of the most well-known and polarizing figures in public 

 It seems lately that each day brings news of the passing of an artist who has touched my life in profound ways.

Earl Scruggs was a banjo picker who became a master of a joyous instrument created by African slaves brought to country in chains.