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From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. I was a radical....The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society—cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian.-- Howard Zinn (1994), You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, p. 173

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform (Episode I)

The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform (Episode I)
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Schools Matter: Krash Course #10: NCTQ's Gradual Unmasking

Schools Matter: Krash Course #10: NCTQ's Gradual Unmasking
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The States: More Bully Politics of Education Reform | Common Dreams

The States: More Bully Politics of Education Reform | Common Dreams
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Schools Matter: The States: More Bully Politics of Education Refor...

Schools Matter: The States: More Bully Politics of Education Refor...: From South Carolina to New Jersey to Wisconsin—and all across the U.S.—universal public education is under assault by the bully politics of ...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

The States: More Bully Politics of Education Reform

The States: More Bully Politics of Education Reform
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Choice Agenda Exposed (Expanded) | Dailycensored.com

The Choice Agenda Exposed (Expanded) | Dailycensored.com
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Daily Kos: Win-Win, Rising Tides, and Other Shell Games

Daily Kos: Win-Win, Rising Tides, and Other Shell Games
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The Choice Agenda Exposed | National Education Policy Center

The Choice Agenda Exposed | National Education Policy Center
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Occupy School Choice? - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

Occupy School Choice? - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Stop investing time, money in charter schools | The Greenville News | GreenvilleOnline.com

Stop investing time, money in charter schools | The Greenville News | GreenvilleOnline.com
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The Choice Agenda Exposed | Dailycensored.com
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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Daily Kos: The Choice Agenda Exposed

Daily Kos: The Choice Agenda Exposed
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Friday, May 18, 2012

Schools Matter: Krash Course #9: Accountability: A Quiz

Schools Matter: Krash Course #9: Accountability: A Quiz
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

“Round-Up” Of Recent Good Articles & Posts On School Reform | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

“Round-Up” Of Recent Good Articles & Posts On School Reform | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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What teachers don’t need (but are getting anyway) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

What teachers don’t need (but are getting anyway) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Ignoring Poverty in the U.S. || Information Age Publishing

Ignoring Poverty in the U.S. || Information Age Publishing
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Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems | National Education Policy Center

Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems | National Education Policy Center
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Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems

Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems

Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

If You Have Never Taught, You Simply Don’t Understand | Dailycensored.com

If You Have Never Taught, You Simply Don’t Understand | Dailycensored.com
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Daily Kos: I Don't Need Standards To Teach, I Need Students

Daily Kos: I Don't Need Standards To Teach, I Need Students
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Daily Kos: Janus: God of Politics?

Daily Kos: Janus: God of Politics?
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Common Core [sic] Standards (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)

Common Core [sic] Standards (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

President proclaims…charter schools | Merianna Neely

President proclaims…charter schools | Merianna Neely
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tenure's Just Another Word for Liberty, So Dump It!

Tenure's Just Another Word for Liberty, So Dump It!
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Misreading the Achievement Gap: A Tale of Bi-Partisan Failure | Education | AlterNet

Misreading the Achievement Gap: A Tale of Bi-Partisan Failure | Education | AlterNet
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Schools Matter: K-12 Teaching: A Service Industry

Schools Matter: K-12 Teaching: A Service Industry
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Bi-partisan Failure: Misreading Education "Gaps" | National Education Policy Center

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Bi-partisan Failure: Misreading Education “Gaps” | Dailycensored.com

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  • Still Home (Hub City Writers Project)
  • The Cult of Prescription--Or, a Student Ain't no Slobbering Dog
  • The Futility and Failure of Flawed Goals: efficiency education as smoke and mirrors
  • The Payne of Addressing Race and Poverty in Public Education (Souls, available to subscribers only)
  • Universal Public Education—Our (Contradictory) Missions

Followers

Writers as Teachers of Writing

  • Fox Valley Writing Project: Teaching Grammar in Context
  • Apologies to Sandra Cisneros, Maja Wilson

Writing Organizations and Sites of Interest to Writers

  • Hub City Writers Project (Spartanburg, SC)
  • National Writing Project
  • NCTE National Day on Writing
  • Spartanburg Writing Project
  • Upstate Writing Project
  • Writers in the Schools

What Writers Believe. . .

  • 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer
  • Amy Tan, Mother Tongue
  • Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize Speech (1954)
  • George Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1945)
  • George Orwell, Why I Write (1947)
  • John Gardner lecture at Chautauqua, NY (1982)
  • Joyce Carol Oates, From "To a Young Writer" (2003)
  • Kurt Vonnegut, On Science Fiction (1965)
  • Steve Martin, Writing Is Easy
  • Tim O'Brien, Brown University (1999)
  • Tim O'Brien, Telling Tails" (The Atlantic)
  • Toni Morrison, Nobel Lecture
  • William Faulkner audio at UVA

NCTE National Gallery of Writing

NCTE National Gallery of Writing
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