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→Jun 21, 2011 — New Start For Detroit's Worst Schools
New start for Detroit's worst schools (June 21, 2011)
New start for Detroit's worst schools (June 21, 2011)
• http://www.freep.com/article/20110621/NEWS01/106210383/New-start-Detroit-s-worst-schools
• http://www.freep.com/article/20110621/NEWS01/106210383/New-start-Detroit-s-worst-schools
Seattle Education Blog • “The Broad Foundation”
Seattle Education Blog • “The Broad Foundation”
• http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/race-to-the-top/the-broad-foundation/
• http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/race-to-the-top/the-broad-foundation/
Seattle Education Blog • “Eli Broad’s Last Hurrah In Detroit?”
• http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/eli-broad%E2%80%99s-last-hurrah-in-detroit/
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.
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 !
Say hello to the East India Teaching Company !
I know, I know, you wish that political ads had to obey Truth in Advertising …
Sorry, you can't take your vote back, but you can do this —
Recall !
Recall !
• http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/06/15/35activists_ep.h30.html
• http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/06/15/35activists_ep.h30.html
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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.
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.
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.
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• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-ratigan/america-for-sale-is-goldm_b_877285.html
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-ratigan/america-for-sale-is-goldm_b_877285.html
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In Chicago, it's the sale of parking meters to the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. In Indiana, it's the sale of the northern toll road to a Spanish and Australian joint venture. In Wisconsin it's public health and food programs, in California it's libraries. It's water treatment plants, schools, toll roads, airports, and power plants. It's Amtrak. There are revolving doors of corrupt politicians, big banks, and rating agencies. There are conflicts of interest. It's bipartisan.
In Chicago, it's the sale of parking meters to the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. In Indiana, it's the sale of the northern toll road to a Spanish and Australian joint venture. In Wisconsin it's public health and food programs, in California it's libraries. It's water treatment plants, schools, toll roads, airports, and power plants. It's Amtrak. There are revolving doors of corrupt politicians, big banks, and rating agencies. There are conflicts of interest. It's bipartisan.
And it's coming to a city near you — it may already be there. We're talking about the sale of public assets to private investors. You may have heard of one-off deals, but what we'll be exploring with the Huffington Post is the scale and scope of what is a national and organized campaign to shift the way we govern ourselves. In an era of increasingly stretched local and state budgets, privatization of public assets may be so tempting to local politicians that the trend seems unstoppable. Yet, public outrage has stopped and slowed a number of initiatives.
And it's coming to a city near you — it may already be there. We're talking about the sale of public assets to private investors. You may have heard of one-off deals, but what we'll be exploring with the Huffington Post is the scale and scope of what is a national and organized campaign to shift the way we govern ourselves. In an era of increasingly stretched local and state budgets, privatization of public assets may be so tempting to local politicians that the trend seems unstoppable. Yet, public outrage has stopped and slowed a number of initiatives.
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Comment 12 (Reply)
Let's not pretend to be infinitely open-minded. We all have a spam trapper on our email these days that puts any mention of the Irish Sweepstakes or a Long Lost Libyan Inheritance in a place where the sun don't shine unless we actually go looking for it before its expiration date.
We do that because we have so much experience with some brands of scams that we can pretty safely store that experience in a database and turn the job of acting on it over to some bot.
If we take the trouble to use our society's resources of experience with these same brands of come-ons, I think we can safely classify them under the broad heading of “Something For Nothing”, and that should always sound a few warning sirens to anyone of common sense and practical experience.
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Comment 13
And Now For Something Completely Different —
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcZf2CLxbgA
When I'm feeling blue about education today, that always cheers me up again.
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