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Monthly Archives: August 2013
When will the civil rights community wake up to your propaganda?
Dear Bill, I’d like to believe that everyone who’s interested in education has a common goal: to ensure that each child in America, regardless of race, creed, or circumstance, has access to great public schools. However, it’s becoming increasingly clear … Continue reading
Recent Audits of “Gates-led” Ed Reform Spending
Bill, On August 27, 2013, Mercedes Schneider posted on her blog – deutsch29 – a thorough, eye-opening audit of your Common Core spending. The following day, Diane Ravitch linked to it, and her readers’ comments reflect the outrage that so many of … Continue reading
Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill chapter 6
Chapter 6: Like a Family Dear Mr. Gates, Microsoft’s “stack ranking” management practice has been in the news lately, most recently on Valerie Strauss’ blog The Answer Sheet (Microsoft’s lesson on what not to do with teachers, Washington Post, 8/26/13). … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Gates, Collaboration, Common Core High Stakes Testing, Diane Ravitch, Anthony Cody, Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, Freedom to Learn: A Year At Mission Hill, Freedom to Teach, High Stakes Testing, Junk Science of High Stakes Standardized Testing, Measuring Effective Teaching, Microsoft, Mission Hill school, Stack Ranking, Teacher Evaluations, Testing
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Bill and Melinda Gates, You “Lever Pullers” Have Written the Civil Rights Communities a Bad Check
Dear Bill and Melinda, This morning many Americans watched Representative John Lewis [D-Georgia] speak about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s memorable “I Have a Dream” speech on Face the Nation. Lewis is the last surviving speaker at the 1963 March … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Corporate Education Reform, Social Justice
Tagged AFT Union, Asean Johnson, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Billionaires, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Communities, Corporate Education Reform, Diane Ravitch, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Equity, I Have a Dream, John Lewis, Justice, March on Washington, Melinda Gates, NEA, Private Schools, Social Justice, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
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Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill
Chapter 5: The Eye of the Dragon As we saw in chapter three of A Year At Mission Hill, knowledge and skills are taught – in part – through school wide themes, which involve the community. At the beginning of … Continue reading
“You have shackled me as a teacher.” – says Kentucky BAT.
Dear Mr. Gates, You have shackled me as a teacher. My shackles consist of pre-, post, diagnostic, proficiency, state, and district assessments. These shackles are held together by ‘review for The Test’, ‘prep for The Test’, ‘administer The Test’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, School has become testing facility
Tagged Badass Teachers Association, BATs, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Community Schools, Corporate Education Reform, Full Day Preschool, High Stakes Testing, Kentucky, Neighborhood Learning Centers, Public Education, teachers, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, testing, Vo-Tech
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Is success for America’s children REALLY your goal, after all?
Dear Bill and Melinda, One of our readers, a colleague, and friend — Katie Osgood commented on our blog. Katie is a special education teacher in Chicago. She responds to Beniko Mason’s (a teacher in Japan) letter, “A Reader From … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, Finland Education, Global Competition, Japan Education
Tagged Beniko Mason, Best and Worst, Bill and Melinda Gates Administration, Chicago, Corporate Education Reform, Finland, Finnish Education, GERM, Global Education Reform, Global Education Reform Movement, High Stakes Testing, Japan, Japanese Education, Jeff Bryant, Katie Osgood, Pasi Sahlberg, Professionalism, Public Education, Relationships, School Choice, Special Education, Teacher Autonomy, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, Teaching Profession, Trust, Trusting Teachers
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Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill
Chapter 4: Love and Limits Chapter 4 of A Year At Mission Hill gave me anxiety. As a teacher of ELLs (English-language learners), some of whom have significant special needs, I pictured myself trying to teach NYS and NYC Common Core … Continue reading
Can you explain yourselves as human beings?
Originally posted on Critical Classrooms, Critical Kids:
August 10, 2013 An open letter to all the policy makers, business leaders and think tankers responsible for the horror show that is the Common Core in New York State, Yesterday, I attended…
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A Reader from Japan Sounds Alarm Bells
Dear Bill and Melinda, We recently received a comment from Japan, which we feel deserves greater visibility and consideration in light of your recent corporate education reforms in the US. Please read it. How do you feel about the prospect … Continue reading
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Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates 