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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

8-13-13 SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

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@DianeRavitch speaks the language of #optout
In case you missed @the chalkface radio (special Monday episode with Dr. Diane Ravitch) here’s your chance to listen to radio brilliance. We spent the entire day getting ready for our interview with Dr. Ravitch.  However, five minutes before the show started Shaun and I realized we had no ability to contact our guest.  Guess […]


Missionary Zeal and the Paradox of Paternalism | the becoming radical
Missionary Zeal and the Paradox of Paternalism | the becoming radical.



Paul Toner, MA TURNcoat, Leads Charge for Common Core and PARCC
Lawyer, corporate stooge, and MTA President, Paul Toner has sold teachers down the river in Massachusetts with support for test score based teacher evaluations, more segregated corporate reform schools, and now the Common Core testing delivery system. Toner has a propaganda piece at the MTA site that once again applies lipstick to the pig that he […]


8-12-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Massive Document dump from @unitedoptout. How about it? #optout  The good folks at UOO are working very, very hard to give you all the information you need to take a stand. You won’t be going into this blindly. So, check out their Truth and Justice campaign, which for this phase includes a slew of new documents, toolkits, brochures, and flyers for you to […]2 by Ch