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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

2-19-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter:









Common Core Voted Down Unanimously in Bradley County, TN
Bradley County Schools was the first school district to formally stand against linking teacher license renewal to Tennessee’s value-added assessment system, an outlandish idea that passed on October 17, 2013.  Pressure across the state built, and late last month the State Board of Education announced plans to shelve those plans. Such leadership at the local level in Bradley County, Tennessee is ve
2-18-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: The White History We IgnoreFrom Alternet:February 14, 2014  |  Schools across the country are adorned with posters of the 44 U.S. presidents and the years they served in office. U.S. history textbooks describe the accomplishments and challenges of the major presidential administrations—George Washington had the Revolutionary War, Abraham Lincoln the Civil War, Teddy Roosevelt the S