Category Archives: Social Justice

Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

Chapter 8 – The World of Work What “college and career ready” really means Bill, “College and career ready” is one of your ed reform slogans that’s repeated ad nauseam.  Your way of achieving this goal is to use the … Continue reading →

Posted in 826 Boston, Bill Gates, College and Career Ready, Common Core, Freedom to Learn: A Year At Mission Hill, Freedom to Teach, Mercedes Schneider, Mission Hill school, School has become testing facility, Social and Emotional Learning, Social Justice, Standardized Testing | 2 Comments

Recent Audits of “Gates-led” Ed Reform Spending

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

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 →

Posted in Bill Gates, Billionaires, Capitalism, Civil Rights, Common Core, Corporate Education Reform, Democracy, Diane Ravitch, Anthony Cody, Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, Edreform, High Stakes Testing, Mercedes Schneider, Privatization, Social Justice, Standardized Testing | 4 Comments

Bill and Melinda Gates, You “Lever Pullers” Have Written the Civil Rights Communities a Bad Check

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

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 →

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