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Isn’t it about time to demand a Congressional investigation of Pearson?
Which organizations are willing to call for or demand a Congressional investigation of Pearson? Let’s give Pearson’s abuse of power the national media attention it deserves. Let U.S. senators and...
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Pearson: Who scores your child’s tests?
Who are the experts that score your child’s state mandated high stakes tests from Pearson? (Remember that these test scores determine your child’s future, the school’s funding and rating, the...
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I DARE YOU TO TAKE A MANDATED READING TEST FOR A NINE YEAR-OLD.
“We took tests when we were kids, and…” – commonly said by legislators and people who repeat TV talk show blather STOP!!! I DARE YOU TO TAKE A MANDATED READING TEST FOR A NINE YEAR-OLD. Are you sick...
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High Stakes Testing? It’s all about the power and the money – again.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the state legislature continue to play power games with high stakes testing while pretending to save the children and all of public education from testing harm. This...
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NPE and the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate
The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate has interfered with my being able to attend the Network for Public Education Conference in Chicago on April 25 & 26. I paid my fee, had my panel accepted, and then…...
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NPE Lessons LIVE and the Raw Truth: What do we need to do?
Viewing the LIVE coverage of the Network for Public Education Conference is an enlightening experience to say the least. The vast differences of experiences from teacher to teacher, age category to age...
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Opt-Out Movement and Teachers: Opportunity Lost?
When Lily Eskelsen Garcia (NEA) and Randi Weingarten (AFT) both turn their backs on parents who oppose the corporate education scam of mandated high stakes testing, it is time to question why they are...
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Memorial Day: public schools, standardized tests, corporate profits and...
On Memorial Day those who sacrificed their lives for our country are honored for their sacrifices and their shared belief in American values. ————————————————————— We did not sacrifice our lives for...
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A billionaire walks into a bar…
NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia publicly announced that NEA would not take money from Billionaire Bill Gates and his foundation. Then the NEA, with her consent, took money from Gates. She and NEA...
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Bad tests by any other name are bad tests. Enough is enough.
Several governors now find it to their political advantage to oppose Common Core State Standards, but they want to continue awarding the contracts for hundreds of millions of education tax dollars to...
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TEACHER EVALUATIONS: WHERE IS THE RAGE?
Refuse to be a willing victim. There is a point where teachers themselves must stop arguing about some finely worded minutia in their evaluations. The argument had been framed beforehand by people who...
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Teachers: Who’s on your side? Where can you go for people dedicated to...
There are times when a teacher needs to have the facts, simple or complex. For complex information, very often there are multiple facets that need to be examined from different points of view. Who can...
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I stand with Gus Morales and all of the political/corporate victims of the...
I, Ken Previti, stand with Gus Morales and all of the political/corporate victims of the mass firings of excellent teachers at Holyoke Public Schools in Massachusetts. I am a retired teacher from both...
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A Challenge for Campbell Brown’s 74: Investigate This Fresh, NOLA Charter...
Ken Previti:74 Shades of Grey: Brown, Rhee and Johnson. Originally posted on deutsch29: Privileged Louisiana native and notably-telegenic former CNN anchor Campbell Brown has started a new venture,...
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Trump distracts to make Jeb’s horrific record on education, etc. appear “normal”
Donald Trump serves a vital role for the corporate attacks against public services, especially public education, elderly and disabled people, children with special needs, earned and paid-for pensions,...
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Christie, the bully who picks on gals, is the distractor who uses the “rhythm...
Chris Christie is the second Republican mean-buffoon to distract us from the vast amount of corporate education reform money possessed by Jeb Bush. The Donald guy who listens to the voices from that...
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“Children have the capacity to see the wonderful in the ordinary.”– Prof....
“He believed in creating school experiences that provided children access to wonderful lives, because he believed children have the capacity to see the wonderful in the ordinary,” said Catharine Bell,...
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Christie with the teacher and the baseball player: Two Photos
Chris Christie for President? How does he behave with a teacher? How does he behave with a baseball player? A picture is worth a thousand words. Two side-by-side pictures are worth ten thousand words....
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Who supports public schools for all? Who opposes high stakes testing and...
Which candidate and party to vote for? Who supports public schools for all? Who opposes high stakes testing and corporate education reform? Who supports raising the minimum wage? Who supports food...
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The Hunger Games, Race to the Top, ECAA Bells & Whistles
Peggy Robertson and the leaders of United Opt Out National realize the political gambit, a minor exchange of a small compensation to gain full advantage, intended to make compromise appear reasonable...
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