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Janus-faced – marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; “she was a deceitful scheming little thing”- Israel Zangwill; “a double-dealing double agent”; “a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer”- W.M.Thackeray http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Janus-faced The corporate Janus-faced reformers are playing to both sides of aisle using language that appealsContinue reading “Meet JANUS: The two-faces of “reform” of education, both equally dangerous”

It’s not breaking news that Senator Lamar Alexander is in favor of the push to replace public schools with privately managed charter schools. It’s important to note that he is the ranking Republican member of the Senate committee that oversees the Department of Education. He served as the Secretary of the Department of Education underContinue reading “LAMAR ALEXANDER AND THE COPRORATE PRIVATIZERS: WHAT TO WATCH FOR”

I usually avoid writing posts that involve conjecture. I am a big fan of facts since corporate reformers rely on conjecture, hype, and marketing, I try and leave those strategies to them. But sometimes something happens that while an outcome cannot be proven, a question is worth considering. Bloomberg News just announced that their newContinue reading “The Reform Media Monster Growing Bigger: And Its Mating!”

A guest post by Dr. Denise Gordon                                  November 22, 2014 I write this short essay to disclose what is happening within my own science classroom, I write to expose the demeaning work environment that I and my fellow colleagues must endure, and I write to give purpose to my years of acquiring the necessary skills andContinue reading “The Educational Delusional Scheme”

Spoiler alert: Its money. And ownership …of our children, our schools, and our democracy. There’s a lot of critical critiques of Common Core pertaining to the content itself. Examples of ridiculous math samples and interpretations of social studies hidden curriculum abound on Facebook and blogs. I have no intention to dispute the opinions of peopleContinue reading “The Simplest and Most Obvious Incontrovertible Reason to Oppose Common Core”

PART III of a THREE PART SERIES AUTHORS NOTE: Following the completion of this research (22 pages worth) I came across a document from UNESCO in 2002 that sums it up. Given this recent find, the ensuing research is not necessary to “prove” what I suspected: that UNESCO is steering the global ship of privatization.Continue reading “UNESCO and the Education Technology Industry: A Recipe for Making Public Education a Profiteering Enterprise. PART III”

PART II in a THREE PART SERIES ================================================================= AUTHORS NOTE: Following the completion of this research (22 pages worth) I came across a document from UNESCO in 2002 that sums it up. Given this recent find, the ensuing research is not necessary to “prove” what I suspected: that UNESCO is steering the global ship ofContinue reading “UNESCO and the Education Technology Industry: A Recipe for Making Public Education a Profiteering Enterprise. PART II”

Communism= concentration of power and resources into the hands of a few Oligarchy= concentration of power and resources into the hands of a few ================================================================= AUTHORS NOTE: Following the completion of this research (22 pages worth) I came across a document from UNESCO in 2002 that sums it up. Given this recent find, the ensuingContinue reading “UNESCO and the Education Technology Industry: A Recipe for Making Public Education a Profiteering Enterprise PART I”

What are standards? The word “standards” in and of itself is not a dirty word. People have standards every day– for how they will negotiate work, personal relationships, and ethical decisions. However, it seems that when we use the words “standards” associated with education too many people assume that implies something rather broad based andContinue reading “What’s wrong with standards-based education? Let me count the ways.”

Most folks are versed in (or at least have heard of) terms like “military industrial complex,” “factory farms” or even “education industrial complex” (a phrase used by educator Troy Grant and others). I believe these terms are still useful for a qualitative description of some of the facets of what we are witnessing education reformContinue reading “The Corporate Global Privatizing Complex”