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Not based on the best example of WW2 prop, but I think this captures #scrapthemap
February 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Consider crowd funding occupy the doe 2.0, coming up this April @unitedoptout
February 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
UOO is trying to fund trips for students to attend the event in Washington, DC this April. Click the picture to access the GoFundME page and think about making a contribution. Plus, you get some serious swag depending on how much you give.
Michelle Rhee is a terrible comedian
February 8, 2013 By 13 Comments
Something was brought to my attention just yesterday and I thought I’d investigate. Emperor Rhee Palpatine is all over the place because of her new book. I was told that she impersonated an African-American student during a welcome speech to DCPS teachers a couple of years back. As it turns out, Bill Turque for DC […]
Will return to the classroom once again in a few weeks, check in with my post @insidehighered
June 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Round up of anti-test and #education #activism tales from around the country
May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Congressman Joe Baca of CA (D) is calling for a national moratorium on NCLB-style standardized testing. Here’s his website as well. Here’s an interesting op-ed in South Carolina that rails against testing. Finally, a group of roughly 600 families in Snohomish County, Washington are going to opt out of their state tests this year. Some […]
#Saveourschools March
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So much to #read and #write in #education
February 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So, so much to do, and so little time. Let’s get started with a review of Whitmire’s tall tale of former schools, uh, galactic emperor Rhee (again, no link for the book itself on purpose, find it yourself). It’s funny, being so familiar with DC, I know the politics surrounding gentrification have been sensitive for […]
From the Rick Smith Show, Part I of Live Interviews from Occupy 2.0
11:00 Galen Munroe, Teamsters Press Secretary on why so many Teamsters are setting up picket lines against Republic Services 33:04 Matt Farmer, Chicago Parent on the current wave of community destruction and how Arne Duncan started the process years ago 48:54 Kris Neilson on how we can fight for equitable education outside the classroom 1:02:46 […]