Mister Journalism: "Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning"
"Dedicated to the premise that no matter what 'experts' say, trends in Education really are fleeting; and that the ONLY goal of all school employees should be to work with parents to help their students become better people in June than they were in September."
Award-Winning Short About A Three-Legged Dog Is Impossibly Cute
It’s a classic story: boy receives dog in a cardboard box, dog has to win over boy’s affection, dog is adorable, etc. You know how it goes.
Watch the video here: Award-Winning Short About A Three-Legged Dog Is Impossibly Cute – Digg
Reposted from Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry commentary for Friday May 6, 2016…
If you’ve been paying attention to Lansing over the past several years, you know that the Michigan legislature seldom ever misses an opportunity to do the wrong thing.
This is due in large part to ideological fanaticism, strengthened by gerrymandering and term limits, which has given massive powers to lobbyists and special interests. In recent years, the House has been considerably worse than the Senate.
This is why, for example, the roads haven’t really been fixed. There are many other such examples, and here’s the newest: The Detroit public schools are about to run out of money.
Read and/or listen to his complete essay at the link below.
http://michiganradio.org/post/charter-school-lobbyists-blind-legislators-coming-fix-detroit-schools
Have you ever wished you had a bullet list to explain succinctly why charter schools are a terrible idea? Steven Singer has created that list. He says that “school choice is no choice.” The school chooses the student, the student doesn’t choose the school. Ask yourself: why do we need a dual school system? One gets to choose its students, the other must accept everyone. What a bad idea!
Follow this link for the full blog post:
Stuff That Needs To Be Said
My thoughts on public education and other things
A site to discuss better education for all
Revive, Rally and Recover Public Schools
Elected school boards are the bedrock of American democracy.
Bringing awareness to mental illness and sexual assault
Communications for the Godfrey-Lee Public Schools community
an indie author writing to stay sane
Just another Delaware WordPress.com weblog
Insurgent journalism. Poetry. Weaponized Mathematics.
Attacks on our public education system hurt America
Independent Thought for an Independent World
"That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most basic, promised rights of our democracy. Our chronic refusal as a nation to guarantee that right for all children.... is rooted in a kind of moral blindness, or at least a failure of moral imagination.... It is a failure which threatens our future as a nation of citizens called to a common purpose... tied to one another by a common bond." —Senator Paul Wellstone --- March 31, 2000
Speaking My MInd
Mister Journalism: "Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning" 