AFT’s Evette Jones takes on charter schools in this clip from laborvideo. For full interview click here. From the Web: PA Privatization from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.
Leonie Haimson on Class Size Matters. H/T Brainwaves.
Discussed by Anthony Cody here, Brian Malone’s new film “Education Inc.” uncovers many mysteries, including this one about a charter school that never was. Find out more about Brian’s film here.
I first became an activist when teacher Rigoberto Ruelas got slimed by the Los Angeles Times VAM rankings, an act of cruelty that family and friends say drove him to take his own life. I knew he wasn’t the first martyr. Many have suffered from the fantasies of an uninformed (and unelected) elite. Testing begets …
As Diane Ravitch reports, educationally, Arizona is last in just about everything except when it comes to school choice. The mother in this local Arizona news report articulates why teachers and parents are so frustrated.
In this trenchant look into the battle for Milwaukee schools, teacher/journalist Jay Bullock asks whether City Alderman Tony Zielinski’s recent proposal to reel in charter authorization is an act of principle or politics. Whatever it is, charters, like Rocketship, don’t like it. Is that why …
Anthony Cody discusses The Gates Foundation Education Agenda in this promo for the 2015 education documentary, by Bill Baykan, “The Public School Wars,” in production now. For the film’s website click here; to help fund it here.
Music keeps us together. H/T Bald Piano Guy
Why waste money on profiteers with no classroom experience when the experts are already on salary? Hear the dangers of corporate / government control. Hear the solutions from those in the know. HEAR OUR TEACHERS. Hear Our Teachers 2 Minute Trailer from Ethan Gabriel on Vimeo.
At the Network for Public Education National Conference: BATS and Social Justice: Kristin Vogel, Dr. Denisha Jones, and Aixa Rodriquez. BATS and Social Justice from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.