Tuesday, November 02, 2010

News from Susan Ohanian Nov. 2, 2010

In the Atlanta Journal Constitution blog, Stephanie Jones offers a new idea, something we don't encounter very often.

And KUDOS to those Chicago parents. Just as rare as new ideas is the fact of people standing up for children . . . Their sit-in for a library is breathtaking.

Susan

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A covert war on schools
 Melissa Benn &    By Alex Spillius
The Guardian & The Telegraph
2010-11-01
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=9524

Two British papers present two very different views of charters and of US education. . . and of Arne Duncan's visit to help promote a corporate-politico restructuring of the schools.

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Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law, ALEC part 1

NPR
2010-10-29
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=9522

The NPR exposure of ALEC is important. I review a few other outrages of this group.

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Why Jon Stewart's Speech Left Me Cold
Matthew Rothschild
The Progressive
2010-10-31
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=9521

I agree with  Matthew Rothschild that Jon Stewart's little show was juvenile as well as wrong-headed.

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Courts of Appeal respond to Roberts Court establishmentarianism
Sherman Dorn

2010-10-31
http://susanohanian.org/show_commentary.php?id=855

Last week, two federal court cases restricted the ability of both students and teachers to make decisions about what happens in school. Sherman Dorn discusses these cases.

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Why Should she Work for you?
Gary Stager

2010-10-31
http://susanohanian.org/show_commentary.php?id=854

Gary Stager asks: Are good teachers being required to behave in miseducative ways based on directives from school administrators?

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To the editor
Shannan Brown
Sacramento Bee
2010-10-29
http://susanohanian.org/show_letter.php?id=1285

This teacher's fine letter makes us realize how rarely teachers are heard.

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To the editor
Stephen Krashen
Sacramento Bee
2010-10-29
http://susanohanian.org/show_letter.php?id=1282

We need LOTS of letters with this message.

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 Merit pay could turn children into producing workforce coerced to create profit margin scores
 Stephanie Jones
Get Schooled blog Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2010-10-31
http://susanohanian.org/outrage_fetch.php?id=787

This is a must read.

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Whittier Parent Committee Declaration of Victory (Culmination of the SIT-IN)
parents
Whittier Parents Website
2010-10-30
http://susanohanian.org/show_yahoo.php?id=593

The fight isn't over, but the Whittier Parent Committee, fighting for a library at their school, have shown their grit.

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