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8-15-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

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WalMart Sends Mixed Messages About Wage Slavery
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Incredibly Irresponsible Rhetoric in Response to LAUSD system glitches from CalWatchDog
http://calwatchdog.com/2014/08/14/lausd-system-does-not-compute/ LAUSD system does not compute | CalWatchDog August 14, 2014 - By John Seiler You'd think a state that's still by far the center of the global computer industry could produce government

Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by State | Asbarez Armenian News
http://asbarez.com/125967/gulen-linked-schools-in-calif-to-be-investigated-by-state/comment-page-1/#comment-8016974 Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by StateMagnolia Science Academy 6 in Palms is one of the schools cited for financial mismanagement SACRAMENTO, LOS ANGELES—The Joint


Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by State | Asbarez Armenian News
http://asbarez.com/125967/gulen-linked-schools-in-calif-to-be-investigated-by-state/ Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by StateMagnolia Science Academy 6 in Palms is one of the schools cited for financial mismanagement SACRAMENTO, LOS ANGELES—The Joint Legislative Audit Committee on
5 States With the Worst Public Schools
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/politics/5-states-with-the-worst-public-schools.html/?a=viewall&ref=OB 5 States With the Worst Public Schools Source: Thinkstock Terms like immigration and health care have really
Close to Home: Disruptive innovation in education | The Press Democrat
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/2533094-181/close-to-home-disruptive-innovation Close to Home: Disruptive innovation in education | The Press Democrat
Due Process Blues for Brown and Greene who Laments Teaching without Tenure /Ravitch
http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/15/peter-greene-what-it-means-to-teach-without-tenure/comment-page-1/#comment-2223407Referring to tenure as due process is a very simple yet effective rhetorical concession we should make as comments here confirm. For the public tenure is offensive and for good reason. As we all know, there are bad teachers, administrators and officials. The system is infested with
The War on Education
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/28/1316793/-The-War-on-Education The War on EducationI've been involved in education for over forty years. For most of that I didn't do it for a living but managed to keep at it never the less. It was actually John Holt's How Children Fail that got me involved back in
National Education Association's Lily Eskelsen Garcia on teaching, testing, and fighting back
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/27/1316368/-National-Education-Association-s-Lily-Eskelsen-Garcia-on-teaching-testing-and-fighting-back National Education Association's Lily Eskelsen Garcia on teaching, testing, and fighting back Both major teachers unions, the National Education Association
Teachers union calls for 'improvement' plan for Arne Duncan, but AFT is in Need of Improvements of its own
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/14/1313898/-Teachers-union-calls-for-improvement-plan-for-Arne-Duncan Teachers union calls for 'improvement' plan for Arne Duncan The American Federation of Teachers followed the National Education Association in passing a resolution sharply critical of
Detroit schools emergency manager raises class size to emergency levels
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/18/1314775/-Detroit-schools-emergency-manager-raises-class-size-to-emergency-levels Detroit schools emergency manager raises class size to emergency levels As Detroit struggles with bankruptcy, its public schools are struggling, too. They even have their very

Let's Be Honest: We Don't Know How to Make Great Teachers - Education Week Teacher
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/08/11/fp_fryshman_teacher_quality.html?cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS1


LAUSD says it's not subject to state's 'parent trigger' law this year - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-parent-trigger-20140815-story.html?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Feducation+%28L.A.+Times+-+Education%29 LAUSD says it's not subject to state's 'parent trigger' law this year


Wal-Mart, Don't Discount the Power of Teachers | MomsRising's Blog
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8-13-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Eli Broad on Education, DTLA, and Gun Controlby Rene Diedrich / 1h STANDARDIZED : Lies, Money, & Civil Rights: How Testing Is Ruining Public EducationFor decades, standardized testing has been a part of public education. Within the last ten years, however, education reform has promoted even more testing. Test scores, mistakenly viewed as effective assessments of student a