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Brave New Common Core Curricula

Support for Common Core Standards (CCS), or the idea that all students across the country should be taught the same rigorous material, is growing. 40 states have already adopted the national CCS for math and English, while the…

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Added by Michael Dunn on March 9, 2011 at 12:52am — No Comments

NewTLA: Voice of Reform or Reaction Within UTLA?

NewTLA: Voice of Reform or Reaction Within UTLA?…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 15, 2011 at 9:01pm — No Comments

Left Wing Sellout in Chicago?

When the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) took over the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) last year, many teachers were hopeful that things would change, especially the horrible policies of Arne Duncan and the collaborationist policies of the old school CTU.…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 14, 2011 at 4:37pm — No Comments

SF Schools Rogues Gallery

Superintendent of San Francisco Schools, Carlos Garcia, has vowed to reform his administration and make accounting more transparent, in an attempt to clean up the image of SFUSD in the wake of the Trish Bascom embezzlement scandal. (Didn’t Arlene Ackerman do this already?)…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 14, 2011 at 4:36pm — No Comments

Brown Pays Back CTA With Felon & Lobbyist

Jerry Brown has already made several new appointments to the California Board of Education, including the re-appointment of Michael Kirst…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 8, 2011 at 5:32pm — No Comments

Myths About Public Employees

Myths About Public Employees…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 5, 2011 at 11:43pm — No Comments

Brown to Unions: Thanks for Cash, Now Piss Off

Brown to Unions: Thanks for Cash, Now Piss Off…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 4, 2011 at 11:40pm — No Comments

Losing the Right to Strike in Illinois

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Added by Michael Dunn on December 30, 2010 at 11:08pm — No Comments

Boston Teachers Union Sells Out Members

Boston Teachers Union Sells Out Members…

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Added by Michael Dunn on December 23, 2010 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Teacher Quality and Testing Don’t Mix

Bill Gates, Arne Duncan and others have been spewing the ridiculous lie that teacher experience and education do not matter very much, as…

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Added by Michael Dunn on December 23, 2010 at 5:39pm — No Comments

Parent Trigger or Corporate Bomb?

The…

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Added by Michael Dunn on December 20, 2010 at 5:04pm — No Comments

Will Firing 5-10% of Teachers Make Us Finland?

The 5-10% Solution, was written by Matthew di Carlo, and originally published on the Shanker Blog, and then reposted on Valerie Strass' The Answer Sheet.

In the world of education policy, the following assertion has…

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Added by Michael Dunn on December 20, 2010 at 5:01pm — No Comments