New Content at SusanOhanian.Org!

[Susan Ohanian <susano@gmavt.net>]

As a result of my latest pleas for support of the Songs of Resistance CD, I have received $24. That's enough to mail a CD to 67 media persons.

I'll do my best to get a CD to media in the region of each people who sent a dollar.

At the rate we're going, it will take a while to buy all the needed sound studio time, but we won't give up. We WILL have a CD.

I wonder if conservatives have to work this hard to get a message out.

Speaking of money, don't miss the Deception Dollar cartoon posted yesterday.

Susan

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What's Wrong with This Picture?
Marl Towner
Teacher Magazine
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http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1547

A dozen Junction City, Oregon, men disrobed to pose for what organizers call a "discreet, yet provocative, PG-rated" 2004 calendar to benefit local schools.

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Lawyer Presses Case for State Panel on School Funding
Suzanne Sataline
Boston Globe
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1548

The lead lawyer for families suing the state of Massachusetts over education funding asked a judge yesterday to order the state to create a commission to determine how much money districts need to run public schools.

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Here\'s a Reward Program--Where the Reward Is Books
Lisa Leigh Connors
Christian Science Monitor
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1549

Students are pictured participating in the Scholastic Book Clubs ClassroomsCare. It's always nice to give away books but why can't they send a more positive message about reading? 
 



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The ACT vs. MEAP: A Debate is Brewing

Detroit Free Press
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1550

This is a puff piece for students taking the ACT instead of state exit test. On the face of it, the idea has merit. 

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Core Knowledge Dumped for FCAT Training

The Ledger
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1551

With its eye on the FCAT, the Sunshine State has lost its enthusiasm for Core Knowledge.

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Here's What's Happening in Jefferson Parish, LA

Times-Picayune
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http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_news.html?id=252

Here's a muddled account of test scores in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

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NCLB Reforms Penalize Diverse Schools
John R. Novak and Bruce Fuller
Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
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http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=291

Study finds that schools serving diverse students in California are less likely to achieve their growth targets and to be subjected to stiff federal sanctions under NCLB.

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Finn and Bennett Speak Out on Freedom--Florida Style
Chester E. Finn, Jr. and William J. Bennett
Wall Street Journal
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=292

Finn and Bennett point out that Democrats agree with Republicans on Standards; what they disagree about is Freedom.

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Bring Back the Joy of Teaching and Learning
 Sherry Posnick-Goodwin
California Educator
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http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=293

The stress of raising test scores to meet state and federal standards is changing the classroom environment from a place where learning is exciting and fun to something more like drudgery, say many educators. And teachers worry about the long-term implications for students and teachers. Some teachers are determined to bring back joy. Could this be a movement?

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The Feds Speak Out on Education Trust Report---Or Do They?

U. S. Department of Education, press release
2003-12-22
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=294

This curious U. S. Department of Education release issues a statement by Eugene Hickok. Have you ever seen a press release enclosed in quotation marks?

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NCLB A Book for Tutoring Industry--And Some People Are Beginning To Verify Quality

Star-Ledger
2003-12-22
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=295

More than 100 organizations, public and private, have signed up in New Jersey to provide tutoring programs to children in schools deemed underperforming, as mandated by the federal law enacted last year. 

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Law Needs New Name: No Chance of Looking Better
Mark Andrews, Vermont Principal
Burlington Free Press
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=296

A Vermont principal suggests that NCLB should be renamed No Chance of Looking Better.

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Standards Tougher on Diverse Schools
Nanette Asimov
San Francisco Chronicle
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=297

A new study of California schools reveals the NCLB diversity penalty. With six subgroups, even wealthy schools have only a 53 percent chance of meeting targets, the study found. The pattern sharpens at schools with poorer students, so that schools with 75 percent or more poor students and six subgroups have only a 16 percent chance of meeting targets, the study found.