Archives for April 24, 2012

Appalling case of teacher bullying of autistic children who were unable to report inappropriate teacher conversations & scolding. We need to screen people who become teachers and make sure uncaring, abusive people unsuited to teaching do not enter …

#ALEC pulls Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's puppet strings. Look at the public school privatization agenda he's signed into law or supported.Schools for the corporate erawww.salon.comGov. Jindal has reshaped Louisiana's public education sys…

No $$ Left Behind: '60s icon CCR plays 4 W; Rhee snuggles w/rt-wing govs at same for-profit college industry event. http://huff.to/I8qdae Scams and Frauds (Plus George W. Bush and Michelle Rhee) at Upcoming Subprime College Conference in.www.huff…

Palm Beach County School Board joins hundreds of school boards in Texas & around the nation resolving to opt out of high-stakes testing.FCAT, exam frenzy under attackwww.sun-sentinel.comFed up with the FCAT and high-stakes standardized testing, t…

Good friends MomsRising.org had a children's nutrition/end obesity foodblogging carnival, & they were kind enough to include a post of mine in it. Kids need help learning to eat right: do parental attitudes align with school nutritious lunch p…

Online harassment/bullying bill passes CA Assembly, moves to the Senate. It enables schools to suspend students who set up "burn" pages online or otherwise use social networks to torment peers. Assembly bill would punish those who bully onlin…