Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee in the poor house? – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee in the poor house? – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:

Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee in the poor house?

by Timothy D. Slekar

I hate it when I do this.  I hate when I write about Queen Rhee.  She get’s more time than any reform charlatan deserves but she opened her mouth (for how much $) at the Center for Leadership Development and Research at Stanford’s graduate business school and then decided to write about her profound insights into how she manages to keep up the struggle while constantly being attacked by ruthless union thugs, nasty bloggers and pesky investigative reporters.

Bear with me while I wipe the tears from my keyboard.

While I want to take her little “poor me” reflection and dissect it word by word, I refuse to give her more time than needed.  But her new twist in her struggle to fight for the rights of 
kids billionaires is a new low for the queen.  She claims that:

The special interests are very good at what they do — preserving their political influence. My operation, in comparison, is tiny. Even if we put ourselves together with every other education reform 

Mercedes Schneider Reviews Dr. Steve Perry

by Chalk Face, PhD

Reblogged from Diane Ravitch's blog: Dr. Mercedes Schneider decided to review Dr. Steve Perry's dissertation. Dr. Perry, until recently, was CNN's education expert. She was not impressed. Read more… 10 more words This is an amazing takedown, I absolutely love it. Love IT!! Dr. this, Dr. that, the emperor has NO clothes.

Pearson history text mimics art history textbook in same controversy, with UPDATES

by Chalk Face, PhD

UPDATE: I have some new pictures and information about this text for you. Thanks Laura for these. Here’s a link on Amazon to the actual text: Global History and Geography: Prentice Hall Brief Review for the NY Regents (2013). So, to prepare for the test, you are encouraged to purchase this handy preparation manual with a […]

“V” is for Victory #commoncore

by Chalk Face, PhD

More “propaganda” Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: ccss, common core, Curriculum, propaganda, standards, victory