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Another Reason Why Public School Teachers are Silenced: They Might Expose the Wounds of Poverty
A disinterested observer, coming from another place or time, would find it odd that the voices of American public school teachers are systematically excluded by those making education policy. No better example of this is the "Education Reform" gathering sponsored by NY Governor Andrew Cuomo- Camp Philus- where the admission fee is $1,000, guaranteed to assure that public school teachers

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A Committee to Restore Childhood- Some Principles
Everywhere we look, self-titled "School Reformers" are driving every ounce of joy and spontaneity out of the childhood years.*They are evaluating teachers as early as Pre K and Kindergarten on whether their pedagogy contribute to their charges "college and career readiness."*They are putting so much emphasis on testing in rating schools and teachers thatrecess is disappearing i