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Despite a Handshake and a Promise, Still NO Gates Foundation REPLY to #EducatingGatesRally Demands
Photo Courtesy of Alex Garland Photography, used with permission. Dear Bill and Melinda, In the summer of 2011 the seeds of this protest were planted when I read Bruce Levine’s book “Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Educating the Gates Foundation Rally
Tagged Anthony Cody, Becca Ritchie, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Corporate Education Reform, Democracy, Diane Ravitch, Doreen McGrath, Dr. Vicki Phillips, Educating Gates Protest, Educating Gates Rally, Eric Emans, Gates Foundation Protest, Get Up, Jeremy Hellman, Jonathan Kozol, Julianna Kruger-Dauble, Katie Lapham, Keitha Bryson, KPLU, Kyle Stokes, Morna McDermott, Paul Chonka, Rethinking Schools, Save Our Schools, Save Our Schools March, Stand Up: Uniting Populists Energizing the Defeated and Battling the Corporate Elite, Susan DuFresne, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, Tracey Drum, United Opt Out, WA BATs, Washington Badass Teachers Association, Wayne Au
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Public Education is NOT an Industry
Image courtesy of EdVotes.org Dear Bill, I thought of you while reading Forbes’ 30 Under 30 2014 special report, which celebrates the professional achievements of 20-somethings in a variety of industries, including education. Do you see your young self in the … Continue reading
It’s My Anniversary, But I Won’t Stop Fighting Your Reforms Until the Sun Sets on Your #ReignOfError
Dear Bill and Melinda, It’s my 20th wedding anniversary today, but on a day when I ought to be celebrating — just like every day — I found myself talking to my husband about the damages of your corporate reforms. … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, Democracy, Diane Ravitch, Reign of Error, Resistance
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Won’t Someone Please Think of the Children?
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Gates, The next time you wanted to fund a huge EXPERIMENT in America, perhaps you should consult the PARENTS of the 50 million children! And don’t ever think you will get away with stealing a decade … Continue reading
Posted in Badass Teachers Association, Common Core State Standards, Democracy
Tagged Badass Teachers Association, Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Children, Common Core National Standards, Common Core State Standards, Democracy, Education Experiment, Experimenting with Children, Experiments, Kelly A. Braun, Mammon and Morals, Ohio, Parents, Profit, Propaganda, Public Schools, Republic Democracy, Students, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Un-Americanism
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Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill
Chapter 7 – Behind the Scenes http://www.ayearatmissionhill.com/index.php/chapter7 Bill, Yesterday I met a dyslexic man who told me he didn’t learn how to read until he was 37 years old. To avoid having to read out loud in grammar school, he’d hit … 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 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
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
Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year At Mission Hill
Chapter 3: Making it Real Dear readers, I watched chapter three of A Year At Mission Hill with a heavy heart, almost tearful. The way in which educators teach and students learn at Mission Hill is exactly what I’ve viscerally yearned … Continue reading
Beginning the School Year: Building a Strong Social and Emotional Foundation
Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill Chapter 2: Beginning the Year Dear readers, As you will see in chapter two of A Year at Mission Hill, at the beginning of the school year the teachers … Continue reading
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