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| • http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/20/986970/-Exposing-ALECupdate-3-+-Petition-for-your-State-Lawmakers | | • http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/20/986970/-Exposing-ALECupdate-3-+-Petition-for-your-State-Lawmakers |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ==Jun 20, 2011 — Detroit Announces New Authority For Failing Schools== |
| + | |
| + | <pre> |
| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
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| + | HUPO -- Detroit Announces New Authority For Failing Schools |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
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| + | Detroit Announces New Authority For Failing Schools (June 20, 2011) |
| + | |
| + | • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/detroit-announces-new-authority_n_880757.html |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 1 |
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| + | Anyone with a working long-term memory knows where this agenda to “Starve Public Schools Out Of Existence” came from. |
| + | |
| + | Good thing there's web search for the rest of us — |
| + | |
| + | Richard DeVos Advocates “Stealth” Strategy Against Public Education |
| + | • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-fTAhc4QC4 |
| + | |
| + | Blackwater In-Law DeVos Outlines “Stealth” Plot Against Public Education |
| + | • http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/04/972949/-Blackwater-In-Law-DeVos-outlines-stealth-plot-against-Public-Education |
| + | |
| + | Strategy for Privatizing Public Schools Spelled out by Dick DeVos in 2002 Heritage Foundation Speech |
| + | • http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/5/3/12515/58655/Front_Page/Strategy_for_Privatizing_Public_Schools_Spelled_out_by_Dick_D |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
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| + | Comment 2 |
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| + | The following Facebook page is a good resource for learning how communities across the nation are dealing with the ongoing degradation of their public education systems. |
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| + | Wear Red For Public Ed • http://www.facebook.com/wearredforpubliced |
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| + | Many people across the country are beginning to realize that there is a coordinated campaign by corporate-dominated State governments to turn back the clock on American education to the days and ways of private privilege we once had the good sense to revolt against. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 3 |
| + | |
| + | Just in case anyone thinks these Educational Privateers are relics of bygone days, here's a number of recent stories on their ongoing program to destroy one of democracy's most precious resources — |
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| + | Daily Kos • “The United Gates Of America” |
| + | • http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/22/978218/-The-United-Gates-of-America |
| + | |
| + | Business Insider • “Rupert Murdoch, Who Bought 90% Of An Education Software Provider, Launches Initiative ‘To Make Education A Top Issue In 2012 Presidential Campaign’” |
| + | • http://www.businessinsider.com/rupert-murdoch-news-corp-education-2012-presidential-campaign-2011-5 |
| + | |
| + | Jim Hightower • “Billionaires' Front Groups Attack Workers, Public Schools, and Young Voters” |
| + | • http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/2680 |
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| + | Michigan Populist • “Snyder’s Plan for Public Schools Defies Voters Wishes” |
| + | • http://www.michiganpopulist.org/?p=40 |
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| + | Michigan Populist • “Kids are Collateral Damage in Mackinac Center’s War” |
| + | • http://www.michiganpopulist.org/?p=177 |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 4 |
| + | |
| + | The Broad Axe Falls Again … |
| + | |
| + | Seattle Education Blog • “The Broad Foundation” |
| + | • http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/race-to-the-top/the-broad-foundation/ |
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| + | Seattle Education Blog • “Eli Broad’s Last Hurrah In Detroit?” |
| + | • http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/eli-broad’s-last-hurrah-in-detroit/ |
| + | |
| + | Don't sweat the details of their sales pitch. One thing we've learned about the Corporate Privateers is that it doesn't really matter what their PR says — the agenda is always the same. |
| + | |
| + | Say hello to the East India Teaching Company ! |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 5 |
| + | |
| + | Waiting For SuperFraud |
| + | |
| + | Here's a good article that will help Michiganders and other observers understand the brand of PR blitz — bankrolled by the Billionaire Boys (and Betsy) Club — that we can expect to see broadcast all over Detroit and Michigan in the upcoming year: |
| + | |
| + | Michael T. Martin • “Waiting For SuperFraud” |
| + | • http://ksdcitizens.org/2010/12/22/waiting-for-superfraud/ |
| + | |
| + | The invasion of cash from so-called “philanthropists” is what is known in the Biz as a “Loss Leader”. Big bucks will be pumped into the system to make it look like the reforms are a smashing success. If that strategy works the way it has in other States and Washington, DC, a lot of data will get cooked and lot of Agenda-Driven Statistification (ADS) will get trumpeted all over the Corporate Air Waves in order to make it look like there was any improvement at all. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 6 |
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| + | Waiting For SuperFraud (cont.) |
| + | |
| + | Never mind the small stuff, the truth won't matter. More big bucks will be pumped into rah-rah ads and corporate media “documentaries” to cover up the facts. By the time the Public figures out what is really going down, the school system will be so far down the road to privatization for corporate cash, command, and control that it will take the People all they can do to keep any shred of equal opportunity education at all. |
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| + | You have to understand that these people are not philanthropists — “lovers of humanity” — they are investors. They don't give money away — they invest money for the sake of making more money, acting in tandem with their ego-driven need to force their personal ideology on the rest of the world. It does not make an ounce of difference to them if they have to destroy the American way of life — it's just so much collateral damage in their war on public education. |
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| Seattle Education Blog • “Eli Broad’s Last Hurrah In Detroit?” | | Seattle Education Blog • “Eli Broad’s Last Hurrah In Detroit?” |
| • http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/eli-broad’s-last-hurrah-in-detroit/ | | • http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/eli-broad’s-last-hurrah-in-detroit/ |
− | • http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/eli-broad%E2%80%99s-last-hurrah-in-detroit/
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| Don't sweat the details of their sales pitch. One thing we've learned about the Corporate Privateers is that it doesn't really matter what their PR says — the agenda is always the same. | | Don't sweat the details of their sales pitch. One thing we've learned about the Corporate Privateers is that it doesn't really matter what their PR says — the agenda is always the same. |
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− | Say hello to the East India Teaching Company? | + | Say hello to the East India Teaching Company ! |
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| Many people across the country are beginning to realize that there is a coordinated campaign by corporate-dominated State governments to turn back the clock on American education to something like the systems of private privilege we once had the good sense to revolt against. | | Many people across the country are beginning to realize that there is a coordinated campaign by corporate-dominated State governments to turn back the clock on American education to something like the systems of private privilege we once had the good sense to revolt against. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 4 |
| + | |
| + | And Now For Something Completely Different — |
| + | |
| + | • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcZf2CLxbgA |
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| + | When I'm feeling blue about the state of education today, that always cheers me up. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ==Jun 22, 2011 — Michigan Groups Sue Governor Snyder== |
| + | |
| + | <pre> |
| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | HUPO -- Michigan Groups Sue Governor Snyder |
| + | |
| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Michigan Groups Sue Governor Snyder Over Emergency Manager Law, Calling It A Power Grab (June 22, 2011) |
| + | |
| + | • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/22/michigan-groups-sue-gov-s_n_882442.html |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 1 |
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| + | Here's a good update on some of the things that educators, parent activists, and others will be doing over the Summer to protect our system of democratic education from hostile takeover by corporations, ideologues, and other private interests. |
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| + | Education Week • “Frustrated Educators Aim To Build Grassroots Movement” |
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| + | • http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/06/15/35activists_ep.h30.html |
| + | |
| + | <quote> |
| + | Thousands of educators, parent activists, and others are expected to convene in the heat and humidity of Washington next month for a march protesting the current thrust of education policy in the United States, especially the strong emphasis on test-based accountability. |
| + | |
| + | Organizers say the effort aims to galvanize and give voice to those who believe policymakers, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and state governors, have gone astray in their remedies for improving American schools. |
| + | </quote> |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 2 |
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| + | Public rallies are good — it gives you hope for the future of the country to find out that a whole lot of other people still care about democracy and the crucial role that equal opportunity education plays in keeping democracy alive. And a good-sized rally tells our so-called Leaders that they need to clean the private interest buzz-whiz out of their ears and start listening to the people again. |
| + | |
| + | That may work a while as a wake-up call, but our Hear-Less Leaders will just punch the snooze button as soon as we go home, and they will just keep punching it every time we raise the alarm again. |
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| + | It was probably a mistake to think that anyone would ever do the work of democracy for us. And it was sure a mistake to think that the Struggle for Independence, or Emancipation, or a New Deal, or Civil Rights, or all the rest would ever be finished, a one-off deal. The ideas that enslaved us before 1776 still permeate our society, they flare up time and again like some virus that won't be cured, and we have to keep returning to our core values if we want to live out another day. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 3 |
| + | |
| + | See — |
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| + | Ann Arbor Dems Who Supported Governor Rick Snyder Get Some Recognition |
| + | • http://www.a2politico.com/?p=7761 |
| + | |
| + | Snyder Tied For Title of Most Unpopular Governor in the United States |
| + | • http://www.a2politico.com/?p=8408 |
| + | |
| + | Influential Right-Leaning Political Analyst Declares Snyder’s Governorship A “Failure” In Washington Post Op-Ed |
| + | • http://www.a2politico.com/?p=8596 |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 4 |
| + | |
| + | If the Teadious Party ever figures out who the Real Redcoats are, they might become a coherent and even positive force. But it's kinda like getting the victims of a con to admit they've been conned. It's not unusual for stubborn pride to keep them throwing good money after bad. |
| + | |
| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 5 |
| + | |
| + | In a related story … |
| + | |
| + | Gov. Snyder: Your Child Can Be Educated For $6K Per Year, But $20K Per Year Not Enough To Educate My Kid |
| + | • http://www.a2politico.com/?p=8684 |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 6 |
| + | |
| + | When democracies run into problems, |
| + | They solve them by democratic means, |
| + | Or else they cease to be democracies. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 7 |
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| + | A Little Bit Of History Acid-Refluxing … |
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| + | Linda Darling-Hammond • “The Service of Democratic Education” |
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| + | • http://www.thenation.com/article/160850/service-democratic-education |
| + | |
| + | <quote> |
| + | Precisely 100 years ago, nationally distributed tests of arithmetic, handwriting and English were put into use. Their results were used to compare students, teachers and schools; to report to the public; and even to award merit pay — a short-lived innovation due to the many problems it caused. |
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| + | In the view of these brilliant managerial engineers, professionally trained teachers were considered troublesome, because they had their own ideas about education and frequently didn’t go along meekly with the plan. |
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| + | As one such teacher wrote in “The American Teacher” in 1912: |
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| + | We have yielded to the arrogance of “big business men” and have accepted their criteria of efficiency at their own valuation, without question. We have consented to measure the results of educational efforts in terms of price and product — the terms that prevail in the factory and the department store. But education, since it deals in the first place with human organisms, and in the second place with individualities, is not analogous to a standardizable manufacturing process. Education must measure its efficiency not in terms of so many promotions per dollar of expenditure, nor even in terms of so many student-hours per dollar of salary; it must measure its efficiency in terms of increased humanism, increased power to do, increased capacity to appreciate. |
| + | </quote> |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
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| + | Comment 8 (Reply) |
| + | |
| + | Mostly, they have “been there done that”. |
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| + | Most professional educators know enough about the history of education in the U.S. — or managed to survive enough rounds of Revolution, Reformation, and Restoration themselves — to know that the latest rage of bean-counter approaches to quality has occurred periodically throughout the last century, and they know what it always comes to in the end. Pretty much nada. |
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| + | I posted a hint of that history above, and a link to a very good discussion of what we can learn from that history. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 9 |
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| + | The Emergency Mangler Act is an Open Invitation to Corruption. |
| + | |
| + | It's a lot like that One Ring To Rule Them All … |
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| + | Maybe we'll get lucky and find one or two nice elves who can pass the test, do the job honestly, diminish, and ride off into the sunset, all without taking our hides with them. |
| + | |
| + | And if you believe that, I can get you a really fantastic deal on a Bridge to Mordor … |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 10 |
| + | |
| + | Related Stories — |
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| + | Rick Snyder to announce sweeping DPS reforms Monday (June 19, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110619/NEWS01/110619015/Rick-Snyder-announce-sweeping-DPS-reforms-Monday |
| + | |
| + | Governor Rick Snyder to announce sweeping DPS reforms today (June 20, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110620/NEWS06/106200359/Gov-Rick-Snyder-announce-sweeping-DPS-reforms-today |
| + | |
| + | Sweeping reform plan empowers principals, teachers in low-performing Michigan schools (June 20, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110620/NEWS01/110620027/Sweeping-reform-plan-empowers-principals-teachers-low-performing-Michigan-schools |
| + | |
| + | How new Michigan school district for low-performing schools would work (June 20, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110620/NEWS01/110620033/How-new-Michigan-school-district-low-performing-schools-would-work |
| + | |
| + | Snyder had idea for changing DPS even before he was governor (June 21, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110621/NEWS01/106210388/Snyder-had-idea-changing-DPS-even-before-he-governor |
| + | |
| + | DPS's scholarship promise is short on details and resources (June 21, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110621/NEWS06/106210390/DPS-s-scholarship-promise-short-details-resources |
| + | |
| + | New start for Detroit's worst schools (June 21, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110621/NEWS01/106210383/New-start-Detroit-s-worst-schools |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 11 |
| + | |
| + | Related Stories — |
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| + | Editorial • Stronger medicine for sick schools (June 21, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110621/OPINION01/106210320/Editorial-Stronger-medicine-sick-schools |
| + | |
| + | Eastern Michigan faculty side with teachers' unions, refuse to work in Detroit schools (June 22, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110622/NEWS01/106220413/Eastern-Michigan-faculty-side-teachers-unions-refuse-work-Detroit-schools |
| + | |
| + | Art dealer's trial to begin in DPS corruption case (June 22, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110622/NEWS01/106220383/Art-dealer-s-trial-begin-DPS-corruption-case |
| + | |
| + | Roy Roberts to cut non-teaching jobs, cancel supplier contracts in effort to transform DPS (June 22, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110622/NEWS01/110622024/Roy-Roberts-cut-non-teaching-jobs-cancel-supplier-contracts-effort-transform-DPS |
| + | |
| + | Eastern Michigan faculty side with teachers' unions, says they weren't consulted about plan (June 22, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110622/NEWS01/106220413/Eastern-Michigan-faculty-side-teachers-unions-says-they-weren-t-consulted-about-plan |
| + | |
| + | DPS spent $1.6M on travel, gave raises to consultants (June 24, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110624/NEWS01/106240431/DPS-spent-1-6M-consultants-travel |
| + | |
| + | Under Bobb, consultants got raises, perks (June 24, 2011) |
| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110624/NEWS01/106240443/Under-Bobb-consultants-got-raises-perks |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 12 |
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| + | The new and depraved, industrial strength Emergency Mangler Act goes way beyond anything any of us has ever seen before in this country, beyond Abuse of Power, Eminent Domain, and Martial Law put together. |
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| Say hello to the East India Teaching Company ! | | Say hello to the East India Teaching Company ! |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 10 |
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| + | Silly Rabbit, the Emergency Manager is the New Top Shark. |
| + | |
| + | You need to ask how many Little Fish and Middle Fish it takes to feed One Top Shark. |
| + | |
| + | Here's a hint … |
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| + | Detroit Free Press • “Under Bobb, Consultants Got Raises, Perks” |
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| + | • http://www.freep.com/article/20110624/NEWS01/106240443/Under-Bobb-consultants-got-raises-perks |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 11 |
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| + | Try to get it through your heads that the ALEC, Birch, Broad, DeVos, Fox, Gates, Heritage, Koch, Mackinac Center, Murdoch Axis is here to destroy the village schools, not save them. As go the schools, so goes the whole village. |
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| + | We are witnessing the ongoing Re-Colonization of America by the East India Corporation 2.0 — and this time you'll get to find out what it means to be an “Indian”. |
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| Unless governments use tax dollars to “Promote The General Welfare” well in advance of each individual's need, there is no public street anywhere to patch any potholes in, and there is no public school anywhere to pay for any plays in. | | Unless governments use tax dollars to “Promote The General Welfare” well in advance of each individual's need, there is no public street anywhere to patch any potholes in, and there is no public school anywhere to pay for any plays in. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | </pre> |
| + | |
| + | ==Jun 26, 2011 — Research Calls Data-Driven Education Reforms Into Question== |
| + | |
| + | <pre> |
| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | HUPO -- Research Calls Data-Driven Education Reforms Into Question |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | David Bloomfield • “Research Calls Data-Driven Education Reforms Into Question” (June 26, 2011) |
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| + | • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bloomfield/education-reform-standardized-testing_b_882718.html |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 1 |
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| + | Don't Just Teach There — Measure Something !!! |
| + | |
| + | I expect to see Phrenology and Handwriting Analysis making a comeback any day now … |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| + | |
| + | Comment 2 |
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| + | The CPAs who run our Statehouses these days love any quantity they can measure to the 5th decimal place — they couldn't care less if it has anything to do with genuine learning, much less the qualities of caring, character, citizenship, creativity, critical thinking, and culture that they have no clue how to run through their strainers. So they'll measure what's easy to measure and ignore the rest, dragging us back to the 1-dimensional mentality of behaviorist pigeons and rats that professional educators left in the decimal dust 30 or 40 years ago. But hey — What they don't know don't count as knowledge. |
| + | |
| + | Or maybe it's time for Real Teachers to wash these Amateur Bean Counters out of their hair. |
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| + | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
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| + | Comment 3 |
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| + | People who know what real research looks like will need to renew their efforts to educate the public about the difference between Agenda-Driven Statistification (ADS) and Actual Research Studies (ARS). |
| + | |
| + | The way things have been going over the last couple of decades, many super-tanker loads of cash are going into confusing the public about that very difference. Stepping back to take in the larger picture, one can see that this smudging of the line between corporate spin and genuine inquiry is just another part of what Chris Mooney called “The Republican War on Science”. |
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| o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o | | o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o |
| </pre> | | </pre> |