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The Shoe by Grumpy Old Teacher
Originally posted at: https://grumpyoldteacher.com/2019/04/07/the-shoe/?fbclid=IwAR0gJCMNnIpD-PYYzOAtOibVbPUnyw0AVpIeuR8CDKe4wtJ_-wY8AU13UAkAs most bloggers do, I’ve been tracking the readership stats...
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Apartheid Education and Segrenomics by Thomas Ultican
Originally published at: https://tultican.com/2019/04/07/apartheid-education-and-segrenomics/?fbclid=IwAR1g-Xc_5ahQaTvOyJ7XdI8_aYbR_TKpyQX86HbKMpiuoJChe0N_RKf5CaENoliwe Rooks new book Cutting School:...
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DEBACLE: Opt Out 2019
The drama now unfolding in New York in response to this year’s testing troubles could foreshadow a national tipping point. In the ongoing national parent revolt against high-stakes standardized...
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Dallas Chamber of Commerce Disrupts Dallas Schools by Thomas Ultican
Originally posted at: https://tultican.com/2019/02/21/dallas-chamber-of-commerce-disrupts-dallas-schools/?fbclid=IwAR0Y5xT7XIyQm7ycAikbFvZFkwhCWIwUa1bXzaYolqW_256pMn6Q7RKiVhQSince 2012, the business...
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Threats, bribes, deceit and glitches highlight another testing debacle in New...
A version of this article originally appeared at The ProgressiveIn the ongoing national parent revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, New York has had the largest test refusal movement by...
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Cower and the World Cowers With You; Stand Up and You Stand Alone
The blog post you are about to read may be painful to digest, but carries some hard truths.Teachers in public schools have been under siege since the 1983 President Reagan Report,“A Nation At Risk.”...
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Know your Rights – The Workplace Bullying You Face May Indeed be Unlawful...
In the United States there is no law that protects targets against workplace bullying. While we have seen some state and local laws addressing workplace bullying (i.e. Tennessee and Virginia parts of...
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Understanding the Need for and the Current Protections of Upstanders
If we are ever truly going to achieve the goal of eliminating workplace harassment and bullying from the American workplace, including the bullying of teachers and other K12 employees, there are a...
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Education Was An Afterthought by R.M. Reid
As Susan DuFresne noted in her book, “The History of Institutional Racism in U.S. Public Schools” [ for hyperlink https://www.garnpress.com/…/the-history-of-institutional-ra… ] education seems to have...
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Destroying Public Education in St. Louis by Thomas Ultican
Originally posted at: https://tultican.com/2019/04/18/destroying-public-education-in-st-louis/?fbclid=IwAR1zbv2d_We4K00zEdgxcMVTMnmSHlCIwyJK9YTkftT10leh7HYuouLqZWMOn April 2nd, St. Louis city voters...
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Philanthropy and Control Part II: Give Us Personalized Learning without the...
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The Forgotten Disaster of America’s First Standardized Test by Steven Singer
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2019/04/23/the-forgotten-disaster-of-americas-first-standardized-test/?fbclid=IwAR2oB0mwoAM8SlEkeY9lLhU6iUI2uLPM4tcZfNPxHbY-SmfTbYmT_4ZEm3Q“Those...
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I Want Teaching To Matter by Anca Stefan
For Teacher Appreciation Week I don't want candy and dollar-off coupons. I don't want apple-shaped lapel pins and cutesy symbolism about superheros. I don't want automated corporate emails that use my...
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Classroom Teachers are the Real Scholastic Experts – Not Education...
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Bully Targets Need Upstanders!
Much has been written on the subject of workplace bullying, with a lot of it intended to offer advice to those who have been targeted by an abusive colleague or supervisor. This is because many...
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Charter Schools Are Quietly Gobbling Up My Public School District by Steven...
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Jeb Bush’s A+ Education Reform is a Reform Disaster by Thomas Ultican
Originally published at: https://tultican.com/2019/05/15/jeb-bushs-a-education-reform-is-a-reform-disaster/?fbclid=IwAR0wrVy6lFa42bCMQtuMyADtnNRJiuPOT0G312dgs6zJRLc1LRBQ3KEvYEEDuring the 1998...
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Musings On test Taking by Grumpy Old Teacher
Originally posted at: https://grumpyoldteacher.com/2019/05/11/musings-on-test-taking/?fbclid=IwAR1qXzc77kPtE4lxBgwTdwqbCfLWrfvFekm-1UcYRN-agits86ckx2HISjwI wonder what they’re thinking.It’s that time...
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Open Letter To Educators Supporting President Trump by Laurie McGuire
The Trump administration is a symptom of substantial problems in our country and as such I generally prefer not to devote my energy into simply fighting against the President and his rhetoric. However,...
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A Wise and Witty Review of The Wisdom and Wit of Diane Ravitch by Thomas Ultican
https://www.garnpress.com/the-wisdom-and-wit-of-diane-ravitch?fbclid=IwAR2NQZK9N8_Lf3ILSGQt4HB_UiO26Y7MT1HdaGSjFPwhDdSBYUcpud9l_GUBy T. Ultican 5/27/2019Maybe not as witty and wise as I had hoped but...
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