Ask yourself; do things go better with Koch? Ah, as one of those in the know, you cannot be fooled. Even in a blind taste test you would know the difference between Coke, as in Coca-Cola, and Koch as in the billionaire brothers who want to end [...]
All of us might recall our history, in part. We remember Martin Luther King Junior delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech on Lincoln Mall. While we may not have been there on that momentous day, we have read accounts, seen footage, or perhaps have spoken [...]
Jeff Bezos. (Los Angeles Times) By Lee Fang | Originally Published at The Nation. August 6, 2013 As news broke yesterday that Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos has dipped into his personal fortune to buy The Washington Post and several Post-related media properties, there has [...]
Philly Schools Consider Suing Wall Street Banks For Fraud-Induced Losses By Daniel Denvir | Originally Published at City Paper. August 5, 2013 The School District of Philadelphia is considering filing suit against Wall Street banks, City Paper has learned, for illegally manipulating a major interest-rate index underpinning [...]
"The Safety Net." We hear the term often, or at least during election season we do. Congressional Hearings too evoke the conversation. Safety Net? What is that and why do we need it? This week Conservative Congressman Paul Ryan asked these questions. He had his answer, although, [...]
By Valerie Strauss | Originally Published at The Washington Post. August 2, 2013 Increasingly we hear that academic work, including test prep, is reaching down into the lowest grades, even preschool. Here’s a post with teacher concerns on the issue, written by Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, [...]
Are liberals finally ready to oppose neoliberal education reform? By Lois Weiner | Originally Published at Jacobin Magazine. July 31, 2013 An eloquent call to “reclaim the conversation” challenges leading liberal educators to repudiate their involvement in what’s being called “corporate school reform.” We finally see liberal [...]
AP Photo/Seth Perlman). By Kay Steiger | Originally Published at The American Prospect. July 31, 2013 A new study finds that drops in white student achievement often lead to the passage of "teacher quality" bills. Not so much when it comes to dips in black student achievement. [...]
It begins at birth, or perhaps at conception. Some babies are conceived to parents of means. Their Moms have access to adequate health care. Prenatal preventative measures to ward off ill-health are provided. During delivery, the parents receive attention, as does the child receives. Day-care, kindergarten, and [...]
