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Monday, August 11, 2014

8-11-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

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Rich Gibson Encourages Teachers in LA to Confront Bullies and Rene Diedrich on Conflicted Interests By Building Resistance from the Bottom Up
LA Struggles over Education quality -- and equality .This is a political - economic struggle of wider conflicting interests being fought out  in various ways, tactics,  some nasty etc . You cannot deal with this  'hubris' or megalomania of large bureacracies without countervailing  human social forces   marching with  you !THIS has to be BUILT , consciously from the bottom -up from inside the
Mathew Taylor Haunts LAUSD and UTLA Treacherous Lecherous
Unknown Author I don't believe in ghosts, but if there ever was a troubled spirit trying to right some wrongs in the afterlife it would be Mathew Taylor.  Please note the timeline of events in Mathew's life.  First, he outs the Union Power Slate for conspiring with Deasy.  Next, he is placed in teacher jail at Beaudry.  Finally, he is stressed out to the point of death.I was browsing Mat Taylor's


Fact-checking Campbell Brown: What she said, what research really shows - The Washington Post
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A strange definition of a ‘bad’ teacher - The Washington Post
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Fwd: CPS starving its schools to justify privatization - Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/21628237-452/cps-starving-its-schools-to-justify-privatization.html#.U-IH7mt5mK3 BY TIMOTHY MEEGAN July 30,

Trial Set to Begin in Atlanta Cheating Case - Education Week
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Voter Guide: 5 Differences Between LAUSD Candidates Alex Johnson and George McKenna | The Informer | Los Angeles | Los Angeles News and Events | LA Weekly
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Chicago Teachers’ New Political Awakening | Living in Dialogue
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Ranking and Sorting: The Sordid History of Standards and Tests | Living in Dialogue
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Fwd: “A Farewell to Arms” – Take a deep breath. Get ready to face school closure, displacement , kill sites and lots of broken promises
,"A Farewell to Arms" – Take a deep breath. Posted on May 30, 2011 by savehphs Things are winding down. For those of us who have been in the fray of battle for many months, but will now find ourselves in the hinterland of displacement, hearing those hints that we should seek placement in one of the other reconstituting schools, yet breathing a sigh of both
8-10-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Ben Austin on Parent Triggerhttp://youtu.be/VaR-XrIw7SUby Rene Diedrich / 1h  8-9-14 Hemlock on the RocksHemlock on the Rocks: Simpsons Full Episodes - The Ned-Liest Catch - The Simpsons Long Episodes - Video DailymotionSimpsons Full Episodes - The Ned-Liest Catch - The Simpsons Long Episodes - Video Dailymotionby Rene Diedrich / 10h Fwd: Common Core is the Most Dangerous Dom