Posts Tagged ‘Teacher’

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Jul14

Public school advocates now okay with “The dog ate my homework”

by Duane on July 14th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Posted In: Education

I was thinking as I was coming home that any minute someone is going to recast the teachers in the Atlanta Public School cheating scandal as “victims” of NCLB (No Child Left Behind).

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Nov04

Another Part Of The Reagan Revolution

by Duane on November 4th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Posted In: Education, Our children, Politics

About the author of this following excerpt~
“Charlotte Iserbyt is the consummate whistleblower! Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America’s classrooms.” (more…)
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Sep03

Diversity First

by Duane on September 3rd, 2009 at 6:23 am
Posted In: Education, Headlines, Our children

Boston newspaper Bay State Banner is covering the current investigation in Boston, Mass. that is looking into why the lack of Black teachers in the Boston public school district.
“The district court order — issued by Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. as part of his 1974 ruling in Boston’s landmark school desegregation case — calls [...]

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May28

Are we being realistic with ourselves?

by Duane on May 28th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Education, Mentoring, Our children

I was reminded again about yesterday’s post on how experienced teachers tend to avoid schools with heavy Black populations when I came across the following article.
First-year teachers work in schools with high numbers of low-income students
And as we all know, schools located in low-income areas tend to deal with behavior issues more than schools not [...]

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Jan01

Oprah Makes Donation To Atlanta School

by Duane on January 1st, 2009 at 12:35 am
Posted In: Education, Our children, success

Oprah makes big donation to Atlanta’s Ron Clark Academy
ATLANTA — (AP) A letter from Oprah Winfrey last week seemed like the world’s best Christmas present — until teacher Ron Clark noticed an extra piece of paper flutter out of the envelope.
That’s when the Atlanta educator saw the $365,000 check for the innovative private school he [...]

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