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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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Live from New York: Is Participating in Common Core Asking Children and Teachers to Commit Educational Suicide?
Dear Bill and Melinda, Let’s stare the cold hard results of the first round of ELA and math Common Core state tests from New York right in the eye. Fewer than one third of all students who took the exams … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core as Educational Suicide, Common Core High Stakes Testing, Common Core State Standards, High Stakes Testing, New York ELA CCSS Test Results
Tagged AFT Union, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Common Core State Tests, Diane Ravitch, Failing, Failing Schools, High Stakes Testing, High Stakes Tests, Hoax of Corporate Education Reform, Hoax of Privatization, NEA, New York, New York ELA CCSS Test Results, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools - Diane Ravitch, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, Teachers' Unions, Turnaround Schools
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20x the Testing with #CCSS: Are Teachers Being Told the TRUTH About Common Core? Is the #AFT Poll More “Junk Science”? Will #CCSS be the Most Devastating Ed Policy in US History?
Dear Bill and Melinda, One of our readers commented on our recent blog post, If the Hart Research poll method is so reliable, then TEST only .09% of ALL children? : “There is a greater problem with the AFT-reported result of 75% … Continue reading
If the Hart Research poll method is so reliable, then TEST only .09% of ALL children.
Dear Bill and Melinda, There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the American Federation of Teachers’ Union [AFT] poll on their teacher’s approval/disapproval of Common Core State Standards. Some teachers have been wondering aloud on Twitter: “How many … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Data, Reliable Data, Testing
Tagged AFT, AFT Poll, AFT Poll on Common Core, AFT President, AFT Union, American Federation of Teachers, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Democracy, Diane Ravitch, Hart Research, Mercedes Schneider, Polling AFT, Randi Weingarten, Teacher Unions, teachers, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Unions
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