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Sunday, December 8, 2013

12-8-13 Schools Matter

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Add Corruption to Arne Duncan's Shortcomings
Elizabeth Warren calls him a lapdog--I think that is very generous of her.  From HuffPo:The U.S. Department of Education risks becoming a “lapdog” as a result of recent actions toward financial companies such as Sallie Mae, Sen. Elizabeth Warren charged Thursday.The Massachusetts Democrat said she was “deeply concerned” by a Huffington Post report that the Education Department had recently told Sa

Beginning to Understand How CorpEd Came to Dominate the National Leadership of AFT and NEA
A couple of piece from the vault, one video featuring Randi and Bill at the AFT Conference in Seattle, and just below that a piece of text that provides some background on the corporate takeover of leadership in AFT and NEA.Originally posted 7/13/13:Coming to understand that NEA and AFT have been hijacked by corporate money and the insider machinations of corporate stooges is the first step in rec

12-7-13 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All Week mark as readEx Pearson "Female" Exec Joins Twitter BoardMy my, you never know what you will find by reading the business news.Pearson and Twitter, imagine the possibilities. Wall Street is all aflutter with a "woman" on the board of Twitter, how progressive.By Jessica GuynnDecember 5, 2013, 9:16 a.m.SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter has added a f