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Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Who is funding the war against public education, teachers and labor unions? Michael Dobie, an editorial writer at Long Island’s Newsday asked, “Who gets a 4 percent raise these days?” He was complaining about teacher pay—that teachers were paid too much. In this post I will answer Dobie’s question. Bill Gates,…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: As you watch this video and roar in laughter as I did, ask yourself this question:  How many corporations and billionaires owns President Obama, the White House, the GOP, the Democratic Party and both houses of Congress? Anyone who doesn’t laugh profits off the cable companies in some way. Next: How…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The Florida League of Women Voters just released a bombshell study of charters across the state. The study shows that charter schools do not perform better than public schools; that charters are more segregated than public schools; that many charters funnel money to religious organizations; that a significant number of charters operate for profit;…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Don’t read me wrong as you read this post. There are some great administrators in the public schools but some are horrible and in this post you will meet a few. The problem is that the incompetent administrators don’t think they’re incompetent—they think everyone else is. Imagine a school with a…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: To discover the world’s best teachers we have to look at children who live in poverty. Teachers who successfully teach as many of these children as possible are the world’s best teachers. The US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health says: “It is well documented that poverty decreases a…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: How do you deceive a nation? The answer is simple—by loading the dice, stacking the deck and dealing off the bottom. It’s called deceit! It’s called fraud! It’s called treason! And it’s a crime! This “Smoking Gun” leads from Arne Duncan to the White House because Arne, who was appointed by…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Over the years, we have seen a steady dumbing down of American culture, especially in the mass media. Whether newspapers, radio, or television, we have lost many of our well-educated, cultured, well-informed thinkers. Often they have been replaced by shock jocks, ranting talk show hosts, and an entire cable channel devoted to trashing liberals,…

Originally posted on iLook China: On December 4, 2013, a New York Times headline shouted: “Shanghai Students Again Top Global Test”, and once again, America’s vocal critics of the U.S. Public Schools called for more reform. Not so fast. In fact, maybe not at all. In China, the first nine years of education is compulsory starting before age 7. Primary…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: What’s going on? First the public schools and now the VA! First:Under President Clinton and a Congress dominated by a GOP majority, the Glass Steagall Act of 1933 that was meant to protect the United States from another Great Depression was repealed in 1990 leading to the Great Recession of 2007-08…