Betsy DeVos Is Coming For Your Children : Betsy DeVos Is Coming For Your Children Even among all the billionaires, ideologues, and straight-up racist goons Donald Trump has nominated for his cabinet, Betsy DeVos, who was confirmed earlier this week as the Secretary of Education, stands out for how seemingly unqualified she is. As the doomed critics of her nomination were quick to say, she has nev
You said no to DeVos, this is how you can say yes to students : You said no to DeVos, this is how you can say yes to students Things you can do to support public education You called, emailed, marched and told everyone on Facebook how much you care about public education. Now it's time to take that energy/frustration/inspiration and stand up for your local public school. And since we are educator
Charter Schools Blur Line Between Religious, Public Education - The Atlantic : Does Religion Have a Place in Public Schools? “The question of what to do with religion in school-choice programs is how, or whether, to keep the baby while ditching the bathwater. ” From the standpoint of democratic theory, the basic problem with school choice is this: Religious belief and affiliation can be vital sit
CURMUDGUCATION: DeVos Staying The Course : DeVos Staying The Course Betsy DeVos granted her first interview as Secretary of Education, or even Secretary-nominee, to Ingrid Jacques at the Detroit News. Jacques could be counted on to treat DeVos with warm, soft, friendly gloves. The deputy editorial page editor has previously told readers that DeVos is all about children , that the EAA is working ,
ACSE Agenda February 22-23, 2017 - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education) : ACSE Agenda February 22-23, 2017 Advisory Commission on Special Education (ACSE) meeting agenda. ACSE Agenda February 22-23, 2017 - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education) : ACSE Agenda February 22-23, 2017 - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education) : Advisory Commission on Special Education Member
About That Bill Abolishing The Department Of Education : NPR Ed : NPR : About That Bill Abolishing The Department Of Education Tuesday was a busy day for education policy. Betsy DeVos, you may have heard , was confirmed as Secretary of Education with an unprecedented tiebreaker vote. The House of Representatives also voted to throw out a lot of rules that were decided on just last year. These rul
CURMUDGUCATION: Reformsters Contemplate Race (Part I) : Reformsters Contemplate Race (Part I) Last week the American Enterprise Institute hosted an afternoon of reformy navel gazing, featuring an all-start lineup and centered around the general topic of race and the specific issue of whether the Great Reform Coalition was about to fall apart because (I'm paraphrasing) there's an actively racist a
2/9/2017 – Progressives Lost The Vote On DeVos But Won Something Else : Progressives Lost The Vote On DeVos But Won Something Else February 9, 2017 Subscribe THIS WEEK: Why Dislike DeVos … Closing USDoE … Ending ESSA Rules … School Segregation … Civics Education TOP STORY Progressives Lost The Vote On DeVos But Won Something Else By Jeff Bryant “Betsy DeVos may have won her contest in the Senate
How DeVos Plans To Change The Department Of Education : How DeVos Plans To Change The Department Of Education Betsy DeVos was confirmed by a 51-50 Senate vote Tuesday to run the Department of Education. Here’s how President Trump’s controversial cabinet pick plans to change the nation’s education policy: Relax unrealistically strict standards for secretary of education Modify Title IX to allow in
Betsy DeVos Has Been Confirmed. Now the Fight Really Begins. | The Nation : Betsy DeVos Has Been Confirmed. Now the Fight Really Begins. DeVos will have significant influence over how civil-rights protections for students are enforced, and how the for-profit college and student-loan industries are regulated. Several years ago, billionaire Republican donor Betsy DeVos wrote that she’d “decided to
DeVos, Obama, Booker, Trump – All Enemies Of Public Education | PopularResistance.Org : DeVos, Obama, Booker, Trump – All Enemies Of Public Education Betsy DeVos barely won confirmation as the next secretary of education, so dreadful is the performance of the charter schools she promotes in Michigan. But the educational atrocities of the DeVos schools are inseparable from the larger war against p
UTLA Writes a Letter to Eli Broad about Betsy DeVos | Diane Ravitch's blog : UTLA Writes a Letter to Eli Broad about Betsy DeVos The United Teachers of Los Angeles sent this letter to billionaire Eli Broad. Broad has been a major funder of privately managed charter schools in Los Angeles, Detroit, and other districts around the nation. He currently is promoting a $450 million plan to put half of
The battle over public education is raging, but it's immoral to use students as pawns - LA Times : The battle over public education is raging, but it's immoral to use students as pawns Nationally and locally, the war for control of public schools has escalated. Betsy DeVos was confirmed as President Trump ’s Education secretary Tuesday, despite having displayed a shocking lack of knowledge about
Ed Notes Online: Why DeVos Vouchers May Be Dead Issue - Republican Women Senators : Why DeVos Vouchers May Be Dead Issue - Republican Women Senators In voting against DeVos, Collins and Murkowski are remaining true to their long-standing positions on vouchers. In July 2015, both voted against student vouchers, three times.... Monkey Cage It wasn't totally surprising that the 2 Republican defector
Teaching in the Trump Years (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : Teaching in the Trump Years (Part 1) *”A kindergarten teacher in Tennessee says that a Latino child asks every day, ‘Is the wall here yet?’ He was told by classmates that he will be deported and blocked from returning home by the wall proposed by presidential candidate Donald Trump.” *A high school princi
Betsy DeVos' School Choice To-Do List | National News | US News : Decoding the DeVos To-Do List The new education secretary is a champion of school choice, but may need to take a piecemeal approach to expansion. President Donald Trump pledged on the campaign trail to direct $20 billion in federal education spending to school choice policies . On Tuesday evening, he took a first step toward fulfil
‘Students first’: New Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seeks common ground - The Washington Post : ‘Students first’: New Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seeks common ground Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday delivered her first public message since her rocky confirmation hearing, promising her new staff that she is committed to working with it to “protect, strengthen and create new world
Senator Warren Persists Sen. Warren was giving a lengthy speech. She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
DeVos’s Opponents are Definitely Not Complacent Defenders of the Status Quo | janresseger : DeVos’s Opponents are Definitely Not Complacent Defenders of the Status Quo Betsy DeVos was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday and sworn in as our new U.S. Secretary of Education. It became clear in the run up to the Senate’s closest-ever vote on a Cabinet secretary that millions of Americans value the ide
Russ on Reading: Next Steps in the DeVos Fight: Resist, Resist, Resist : Next Steps in the DeVos Fight: Resist, Resist, Resist The Republican dominated Senate has confirmed the clearly unqualified Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education. We can see this inexplicable vote as just another in a long line of votes where the government has decided to put partisan politics in front of good sense and g
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Remember the battle over the Marine Academy? Look what's happened since. : Remember the battle over the Marine Academy? Look what's happened since. Community activists like Delia Borillas, worked hard to rally neighbors against plans to turn Ames into a military academy. Back in 2014, after the Mayor and then school CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett promised not to close any
Schools Matter: White Male Protestant Elites Can No Afford Democratic Values : White Male Protestant Elites Can No Afford Democratic Values I have believed for some years that the American Republic would be safe only so long as white, male Protestant elites continued to believe they had enough influence and support to win elections. During the 2016 presidential campaign, authoritarian intellectua
Badass Teachers Association: DeVos' First Promises by Cheryl Binkley : Badass Teachers Association I listened to Betsy DeVos' opening remarks to the Department of Education staff today, and was grateful for the Masters in Euphemistic Double Speak I earned under the various prior administrations at my schools and in the greater Education world. Phil Rosenfelt, the long time Department Acting perso
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 2/8/17 Featured Post Explaining Betsy DeVos and her poor judgment on education Why I’m Saying Farewell to EduShyster – Have You Heard by mike simpson / 1h Why I’m Saying Farewell to
The Fake Frugality of the Fabulously Rich
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As a society, we simply do not want to believe that our rich may have
gained their riches through exploiting others or rigging our economy or
just finding ...
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
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Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly
useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.
You migh...
an interesting factoid on NRA and Virginia
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an explanation
I have just returned from a fundraiser for Barbara Kanninen to be reelected
to Arlington County VIrginia school board. it had a special f...
Berta Lives! Support Honduras!
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*Join us in showing our solidarity for Honduras!*
* Music Performance, Friday, April 27, 7PM *
* Film honoring Berta Caceres, Saturday, April 28, 5-7PM *
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Peter Greene: In Search of My Next Career
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Peter Greene has decided to retire and thinking about his next career,
other than Stay at Home Dad. He wonders why failed Superintendents can
always find...
My Next Career
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So, I'm retiring shortly-- June 3 will be my last day working for my school
district-- and like many retirees, I'm wondering about my next career.
For the ...
School Closures and Privatization
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*In 2016, the American Bar Association highlighted two main reasons for
school closures, low academic performance and under-utilization. These two
cat...
Education: A transformative force worldwide
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We must do much more to ensure that public schools and colleges all over
the globe have the resources to provide a high-quality education to
everyone. Stud...
What the Teacher Strikes Mean
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What the Teacher Strikes Mean:
*What the Teacher Strikes Mean*
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Around seven years ago, I had a s...
Where Do Poems Come From?
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The quaint euphemistic way we once talked around having “the talk” with
children about the birds and the bees is at least metaphorical, even poetic
in its ...
Don't forget about reading
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Sent to the Taipei Times, April 22,2018
I was surprised to discover that the Taiwan Ministry of Education will
prioritize “listening and speaking skills” i...
This week.
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. This weeks drawings: . This week’s Hitting Left with the Klonsky Brothers
podcast with Mark Miller and Dexter Voisin. . This week’s tweets: Chicago
stude...
Why I Am So Dangerous
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When it comes to transforming this country, I am much more dangerous than
George Soros, even the George Soros of Fox News imagination! That George is
tran...
Cartoons on Teaching English
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For this month I have turned to cartoonists who draw on their experiences
in English, reading, and language arts lessons. Enjoy!
Adve...
On the Road, Singing the Dark Times
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SINGING in DARK TIMES Sunday, April 29 | 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Comfort Station
| 2579 N Milwaukee Ave Motto In the dark times, will there also be singing?
Yes, t...
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
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Wednesday Metro Nashville Public Schools presented their proposed budget
for 2018 – 2019. Just for reference, I went back and watched the
presentation from...
Neo-Confederates, Monuments, and Flags
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By Paul Horton. Although advocacy groups like the United Daughters of the
Confederacy have made statements disavowing any groups that promote hate,
many ...
This Week in Education Organizing - April 20, 2018
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*Books, Not Guns*
Today is another day of protest, as tens of thousands of students and
supporters are expected to walk out of schools and rally for stri...
The Best Stick Collector
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"I'm the best stick collector." He said it to me earnestly, as if telling
me something I didn't already know. His cubby, the place designated for his
p...
What Feeds Bias in the Education World?
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I'm not naïve enough to think that schools could turn hearts and minds in a
K-12 generation. But could they do significant good, given the right tools
and ...
2018 Medley #10
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Teacher Activism, Retention-in-Grade, Charters, Testing, First Amendment,
Science TEACHER ACTIVISM The 9 states where teachers have it worst
According to C...
Educators have no business supporting war
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Damascus after the attack. War is the enemy of education, of children and
families. Education leaders have no business supporting war or encouraging
war-m...
A Rotten Peach Poisoning Atlanta Public Schools
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Sadly, the Atlantic Public Schools (APS) are careening from one destructive
tragedy to the next. On the heels of the great cheating scandal of 2009,
APS hi...
Heartbroken
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She was brilliant in high school. I admired her so much. She traveled to
our not so great school in the Bronx from Manhattan because of our honor
prog...
Featured Author @ Palmdale Book Festival
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Join me for a captivating book signing & storytelling! Get your very own
signed copy of 5 stars Chike the Invincible! and Oma the Faithful
Daughter! ...
Terrorism?
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Could somebody explain to me why acts like the unprovoked and senseless
attack by Salman Abidi in 2017 on an audience of predominantly innocent
children wa...
Expanding "No Excuses" Models is a Bad Idea
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An organization called The Future of Children came out recently with a
report titled* Charter Schools and the Achievement Gap* by Sarah Cohodes,
an assist...
ELA Assessment: Dear Board of Regents,
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Dear Members of the Board of Regents,
Thank you for your service as leaders in public education in New York
State. I am writing as a parent of two public ...
Advocating for Schools to City Leaders
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Dr. Robert Moses, civil rights icon and education advocate, joined the
April 12 Education Town Hall, along with long-time DC education advocate
Suzanne Wel...
PAA joins Google/You Tube FTC complaint
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Today, Parents Across America joined more than 20 civic and children’s
advocacy organizations in filing a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint
against ...
Helping an ATR
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The following are real words and real life from a current ATR. The
statement below was read to the UFT executive board on March 26, 2018. Her
name has been...
A maximizing area question
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I gave this question to students as a challenge at the end of a trig unit.
A quadrilateral has perimeter = 60 and a 30º angle. What is the maximum
possible...
Welcome to the walkout, from okeducationmom
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When I marched for the passage of HB 1017 in 1990, I was hopeful and then
grateful that Governor Henry Bellmon and a bipartisan group of legislators
found ...
Who Survives Success?
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Success Academy opened in 2006 with 156 students — 83 kindergarteners and
73 first graders. Now, eleven years later, they have their first
graduating seni...
Silence Speaks At March For Our Lives
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Listen to Emma’s profound silence. Remember the silence of students
crouched in closets, hiding from the sound of an automatic weapon being
fired in their ...
Scenes for the March For Life in New York
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And so they came and came by the thousands, flooding Central Park West with
citizens of all ages, all races, all creeds, all who have had enough of
insane ...
A NATION THAT FEARS ITS CHILDREN?
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Here we are again. The murders caused by the NRA-GOP-Gun manufacturers
corruption have terrorized America for over a generation. Young people do
not see ad...
I’m voting for Chris Kennedy
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A question was posed to me last night. “At this point, does a vote for
Daniel Biss instead of Chris Kennedy help JB Pritzker?” During the last
presidential...
Amy/Andy and the Orphans
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Willowbrook. Any New Yorker of a certain age shutters at that name–and no,
not because it was Geraldo Rivera who brought it to our attention.
Willowbrook w...
Florina Rodov: The Truth About Charter Schools
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*“[W]hen teachers aren’t unionized, they’re exploited — and when teachers
suffer, so do kids.” — Florina Rodov*
This amazing piece by Florina Rodov on *S...
#NationalSchoolWalkout – Grown Ups Need to Listen
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Student activists, responding to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, organized a national walk out to
memoriali...
Letter for BCPS Parents: My Child is Not a Pipeline
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(Image courtesy of Alison McDowell) Dear County Council Members, I am
writing on behalf of concerned BCPS parents regarding the newest rounds of
BCPS polic...
3rd Grade Reading: Who is Failing?
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Education Trust Midwest has just released its study on third grade reading
and, predictably, the results aren’t great. This study uniquely compares
Michiga...
Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test)
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Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The
first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficient as they
requi...
Resurrection
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I realized it's Lent, but this blog, bless Jesus Christ, can't wait.
Ok, so with that said, I plan to discuss Class Action suits in existence,
as well as w...
Are Our Educators Prepared For Their Students?
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If there is one thing that I am sure of as an educator it is that rapid
change greatly affects both what and how we learn. If there is a second
thing that ...
Who Is Pulling The Muppet Strings?
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
Sesame Street is an iconic brand that embodies humor, acceptance, and
humanity. Who doesn’t love a muppet? So, on...
IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know the US Department of
Education (USDOE) rescinded 72 Dear Colleague and other letters of
explanation to s...
Budget Cuts To Kids Are Not Necessary!
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We’ve been hearing a lot of news from OUSD about how cuts to schools and
kids are necessary. So we’ll need to keep saying the truth… they are not
necessar...
Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
This is our Sputnik moment.
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School’s all across the nation are either starting or about to start a new
academic year. It’s suppose to be an exciting time for students and
teacher. How...
Student of the Month Nightmare
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*This is something I wrote for a monthly gathering to honor some of the
best students at our school. I figure most teachers will relate:*
I was grading pap...
99 Years of Progress Erased – unless we fight back
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Public healthcare for all? Public education for all? What is being done to
our monetized children regarding their potential healthcare and their
existing e...
You Can Be an Astronaut, but You Can't Be Black
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a question I always
imagined every kindergarten student hearing.
“I want to be a doctor!” declares Sally.
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
Don't Like Chris Christie? Blame the Democrats.
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Yesterday Diane Ravitch published a piece in The New Republic, titled Don't
Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats.
If you care about public education at al...
The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/2/2017
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/1/2017 Education Bloggers Daily
Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape A special thank you to education
blogger Mik...
Bad Hair Day
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It’s winter time. It’s cold — okay, not for anyone outside California and
Florida, but still — I’m wearing hats in the morning. Lovely knitted hats
that I’...
Capturing the Spark
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It’s been a long time since InterACT was an active education blog, though I
remain quite proud of what we did here. Those of us who wrote blog posts
here h...
Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship
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Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson
Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President
*Statements or expressions of opinions herein...
MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
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All Aboard the Opt Out Bus
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The #OptOutBus is currently traveling the country giving away free books to
children! Follow their progress at their Facebook page and donate to their
FR...
Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms
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Originally posted on Creative by Nature:
“Teaching is an art form rooted in the wise and careful use of educational
research and assessment tools. When gove...
