tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post1317406333975793321..comments2024-01-15T15:23:15.700-05:00Comments on B-LoEdScene: Unproven Methods and Unqualified Hacks - Ed Reform at WorkAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-4638645499780826892012-08-30T09:05:12.158-04:002012-08-30T09:05:12.158-04:00An arbitrator in Buffalo doesn't help change t...An arbitrator in Buffalo doesn't help change the national reform chaos orchestrated by right wing corporations and supported by selectively ignorant democrats. Buffalo schools will still be left without these funds as Cuomo and King make an example of BPS. The bad guys will be the teachers. <br />A loud national cry has to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-7353589092551041702012-08-30T08:14:24.986-04:002012-08-30T08:14:24.986-04:00Perhaps the best we can do for ourselves political...Perhaps the best we can do for ourselves politically is to attempt to get Obama to dump Arne Duncan? Check this out:<br /><br />http://dumpduncan.org/<br /><br />Of course, there are millions of other unqualified EdDeformers who would most likely be appointed in his stead, but hey, it could make us feel better?<br /><br />Anonymousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-81257890990622065712012-08-30T08:08:00.693-04:002012-08-30T08:08:00.693-04:00Here is a headline and a blurb from today's ne...Here is a headline and a blurb from today's news (Huffpo):<br />Poverty: The New Growth Industry in America<br /><br />"The percentage of people in extreme poverty, with incomes less than half of the poverty level, is likely to again hit an all-time high since the data has been collected.<br /><br />The situation is made even worse by the fact that so many of those in poverty are children. In 2010, 27 percent of all children in the country were reported as living below the poverty level. For African-American children, the share in poverty is approaching 40 percent."<br /><br />Now, here is how this plays out for teachers. Again another cut/paste from Schools Matter blog:<br /><br />"Meanwhile, the steady drumbeat of accountability for teachers, test scores and competition is deafening. Yet, the silence on increasing poverty, growing numbers of working poor, underemployed and unemployed, is just plain horrifying. <br /><br />Those who should be held accountable have successfully shifted the focus and the conversation to the teachers and education, with a promise that education is the way out of poverty and teachers and public schools are the problem. <br /><br />The smoke and mirrors are everywhere as a failed, leaderless, spineless government beholden to its corporate bosses can no longer provide its citizens with basic protections like safe streets and the necessities of life such as health care and education for its most vulnerable children."<br /><br />As teachers, we cannot hope that either political party will change or "see the light". We must fight this battle ourselves.<br /><br />Anonymousenoreply@blogger.com