The INCONVENIENT TRUTH behind WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
“The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For “Superman”” highlights the real-life experiences of public school parents, students and educators to show how these so-called reforms are actually hurting public education. The film discusses the kinds of real reform – inside schools and in our society as a whole – that we urgently need to genuinely transform [...]
What No Child Left Behind Actually Leaves Behind (via COLORLINES)
Reblogged from Teacher Under Construction: source: http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/01/10_years_later_no_child_left_behind_ignores_plenty.html This is an interesting way to view things, for the sake of experimentation. I would like to see how corporate education reformers would respond to this.
Book Sale in East Greenwich for St. Cecilia Choir
There will be a book sale on February 3rd from 9 am to 3 pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Greenwich. Proceeds from the sale will go to support the St. Cecilia’s children’s choir, of which my daughter is a proud member. While the rest of the world is obsessing over what snacks [...]
Kmareka Supporting Blackout Tomorrow to Protest SOPA and PIPA
To support Blackout Wednesday and in congruence with WordPress.com, Kmareka will be unavailable tomorrow for regular viewing. The settings will be turned to private so that it can’t be viewed. We will return on Thursday. To learn more about SOPA and PIPA and the threats they pose to internet communication and free speech, please see [...]
Reading My Tea Leaves About Achievement First
If I had to call it, my call at this point would be that the Board of Regents will vote to approve one, and only one, Achievement First School to start up in Providence. I have followed this issue closely for the past year, though I am by no means an insider to the process. [...]
Letter to Treasurer Raimondo
A group of civil rights and advocacy organizations in Rhode Island is calling Treasurer Raimondo’s attention to some of the extreme political positions taken by The Manhattan Institute and demanding that she return the award she recently received: January 11, 2011 Hon. Gina Raimondo, General Treasurer State House, Room 102 Providence, RI 02903 Dear Treasurer [...]
Petition Chafee to Say No to Achievement First
There are many reasons why I believe Achievement First is not the answer to our social and educational problems in Rhode Island. I’ll let the petition speak for itself: Go here to read and sign.
Amend the Constitution Now, Before Elections Get Even More Distorted by Corporate Money
Senator Whitehouse and others have introduced legislation to amend the constitution so that corporations can not qualify as people who can give unlimited cash to campaigns. From Whitehouse’s press release: In 2010, the Supreme Court concluded in a highly contentious 5-4 ruling that corporations deserve the same free speech protections as individual Americans, enabling them [...]
Interviews with Parents from Achievement First New York
There are two of these. This first one is very good. There is some unfortunate noise in the background for the first 10 minutes or so, but you can still hear the parent, and what she has to say confirms a lot of my suspicions about the way corporate-run charter schools with extreme disciplinary policies [...]
5,000 Nurses in Ten Years
That’s the estimate of what Rhode Island will need for the health care work force. A new charter school is focused on vocational training… PROVIDENCE – They are the nurses of the future in a classroom setting that’s unique. The Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College, a new charter school in Providence, opened Monday with [...]
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