Rick Smith Show LIVE 3-6: Bernie Sanders, Min Wage, Charter Schools and More!
Yes folks, we have Bernie Sanders (4:30PM) on today's program! You can listen to today's program here, or watch it on youtube, and remember you can download the Rick Smith Show App in the Google Play...
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Profits and Losses
Profits and LossesPush to privatize public education benefits fat cats, not studentsby Barry Friedman(First appeared in The Tulsa Voice)Of all the awful ideas in politics these days—balanced budget...
View ArticleColumnist/psychologist points out big problems with FL's two-tier education.
I think he describes well what is happening and why.Two-Tier School System Working?Charter, magnet and private schools are able to choose their students. Though any student is welcome to apply for...
View ArticleTook six weeks for DuceyDouglastan to become a public pee fight. Yay, AZ!
Whatever state school superintendent Diane Douglas intends to prove with her political career, it's hard to see how she plans to do it -- unless it's driving even more funding away from the schools she...
View ArticleTheir American spirit is AWOL
Something about Sunday mornings brings out the preacher in me. I wrote about this yesterday, but this morning I'm still fuming about misguided efforts by right-wing ideologues to abandon our system of...
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Fact checking LA Weekly on Kayser, Aspire, Rodriguez's PUC, and Barr
First published on K12NN Wire on February 25, 2015"It is not legally or morally acceptable that these so-called "schools of choice" that are concentrated in urban communities and supported with public...
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CCSA still using Dr. George McKenna's name and likeness some 27 days after he...
“I reject the statements, accusations and positions promoted by this group as it relates to Board Member Kayser, whom I strongly support for re-election.”—Honorable Dr. George McKennaThe above screen...
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Boston lawyers seek to undermine public schools in the name of 'civil rights'
Unlike many states, Massachusetts caps its number of charter schools, and last summer, the state Senate voted not to lift that cap. Now, partners three of Boston's fanciest law firms are planning to...
View ArticleFinland Phasing Out Single-Subject Education
Finland has one of the best education systems in the world, consistently scoring near the top on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test, given every three years to students in 65...
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Teachers push for Los Angeles charter chain management to stay neutral in...
One of the big appeals of charter schools, for the hedge funders and politicians who support them, is that they're a way to break unions. But as charter schools become more entrenched, and their...
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Florida Has a Plan to Eliminate Public Education
This is surreal in almost mind boggling consequences. Pretty soon the only children attending public school will be the poorest of the poor and the teachers will be anyone willing to work for slave...
View Articleanother way to BOYCOTT standardized testing & corporate driven education reform
Where teachers and administrators have any say in the buying of textbooks, software, and testing materials, they should block the purchase of those sold by backers of the corporate take over of public...
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PROFITS! Why Ref Rodriguez and his CCSA covet the LAUSD Board Seat
“The education industry represents, in our opinion, the final frontier of a number of sectors once under public control... represents the largest market opportunity... the K-12 market is the Big...
View ArticleAlbany charters stumble while founder pockets $400K-plus/year
Former Pataki hack Tom Carroll used to be the very public voice of the Brighter Choice charter school system in Albany. But since the charters for his two middle schools were not renewed by the state...
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Teacher files federal lawsuit after being terrified by school shooting drill
Elementary school teacher Lina McLean has filed a lawsuit against the school administration, school board members, and security company all responsible for the outrageous school shooting "drill" that...
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Mayoral candidate Anthony Hardy Williams promotes right-wing agenda through...
By now, it should be apparent to all watching the Philadelphia Mayoral campaign that candidate Anthony Hardy Williams doesn’t believe in public schools. Instead, he believes in taking huge sums of...
View ArticleWill We Allow Another Election Cycle Where Democrats Can Run in Support of...
Living in Philadelphia, I have been able to see first-hand how the Mayoral Democratic Primaries have been running. For those who are not from the area, the two most-likely to win next week are the...
View ArticleWhy Teach for America’s Audience is Shrinking: A Review from a Former...
The non-profit organization that sends freshly minted college grads with just five weeks of training into low-income schools where they are expected to teach for a minimum of two years is undergoing a...
View ArticleFL Duval Co. schools losing about $7.4 million because of failed charter...
Duval schools losing about $7.4 million because of charter schoolsInstead of a projected $10.9 million loss from more students leaving Duval’s traditional, district-run schools for charter schools next...
View ArticleEducation Defies Measurement
Recently, filmmaker Shannon Puckett, seeded by kickstarter, produced a solid documentary on educational reform entitled "Defies Measurement."As it happens, a principal focus is Chipman Middle School in...
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