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 Gerald Bracey tributes

SALF-gate? 49,000 questions for Education Secretary Arne Duncan
The Cincinnati Beacon is the latest paper to pay tribute to Jerry Bracey--and reprint his last column, with full comment on the column and tribute to Bracey. As this wri...
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INDEX OF GERALD BRACEY TRIBUTES

 RTTT & NCLB Outrages

Soldier Waterboards 4-Year-Old Daughter
Ohanian Comment: Whether you call it Common Core or National Standards, when you decree that kindergartners must know upper and lower case alphabet letters and how to fo...
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INDEX OF RTTT & NCLB OUTRAGES

 NCLB In Your Face

What Will You Be Doing on March 4th?
March 4th is a Day of Action and Strike in Defense of Public Education. You can find a letter to parents explaining why this strike is necessary
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 Yahoo, Good News! 

Do Schools Kill Creativity

Take a look at this upbeat talk on TED. You'll be glad you did. Below are just a couple of sound bites.

by Sir Ken Robinson

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 Militarization of Our Schools

Youth Served: Military Recruiters Pin Hopes on High School Students
Ohanian Comment: We need to protect our youth. Seattle is making an effort. They break up their student directories, giving parents the opportunity to opt out solely from ...
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INDEX OF MILITARIZATION OF OUR SCHOOLS

 Resisters' Letters

To the editor
Keep Duncan out of Detroit school issues

I hope our state legislators and others ignore the wish of Arne Duncan, the federal secretary of education, that Michigan grant state-appointed Emer...
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INDEX OF LETTERS

 Outrages

Worker: School banned Spanish
Ohanian Comment: Usually I refrain from posting single stupid acts by individuals--unless they are a Secretary of Education or a governor, whatever. But this tale bespea...
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INDEX OF FEATURED OUTRAGES

 Sarah's Notes 

Baaaaccckkkk To School
Ohanian Comment: For a glorious combination of sound and sight and wonderful teaching, read A Day in the Life for Septemb...
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INDEX OF SARAH'S NOTES

 Stupid Test Items

California History-Social Science Standards Test
A student teacher comments: The correct answer was a). That the word relocated in a question could possibly be paired with an answer that has freedom in it is a...
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MORE TESTITEMS

 Research that Counts

Will Science Take the Field?
Read this in the light of the current mania for data-driven classrooms, with the teacher basing her every move on the results of crappy test scores. Consider our world if we had data...
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INDEX OF RESEARCH THAT COUNTS

 The Eggplant

Dear Type-A Parent
Ohanian Comment: I put this in Eggplant because it is written as humor. I admit I'm not laughing. Humor is an oddball thing. I suspect most of my subscribers aren't amus...
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 WOO News

Congratulations, WOO!

Ohanian Comment: The hometown newspaper that has studiously ignored the WOO finally pays tribute to accomplishment. On July 29, The WOO held its 2006 GED Graduation & St...
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 Cartoon

Baby Blues
By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

INDEX OF CARTOONS

 NCLB Cartoon

Getting Reading for PreNatal Provisions of the LEARN (sic) Act
HOOKED ON PHONICS: Discover Reading Baby Edition Deluxe, $29.95

For Ages 3 Months to 18 Months

Helps you stimulate your 3- to 18-month-old’s budding vocabulary and memory skills.

Also Available: Toddler Edition: 18 Months to 36 Months Also available: PreK Super Workbook $12.95

INDEX OF NCLB CARTOONS

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