Tag: education policy

A special invitation from Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch has a blog post about a special action taking place on October 17th. The basic premise is requesting that teachers, parents and community members concerned about the attacks on public education send letters to the White House. From Ravitch’s blog: Let’s raise our voices NOW against privatization, against high-stakes testing, against teacher bashing, …

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Our flawed national policy on education

Diane Ravitch posted to a story in Education Week. This is what she had to say about the story she had linked to: Every once in a while, I read something that rings as true as a perfectly pitched bell or a fine piece of crystal. Every once in a while, a clear-headed thinker assembles …

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To do today: Sign this online petition

To be delivered to: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama Education should be left to educators. Please work to ensure that education policy is created by educators, and not by corporations or politicians. Public education policy in the United States is under attack from a variety of …

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