Civil rights in charter schools, funding cuts, tenure hijinks, Oh students! Sing to me, with love! It’s Required Reading 5/15/2014

Ok – here’s some stuff : Dept of Ed   reminds charter schools that they are not  excused from students’ civil rights, probably in response to stuff like this, or this

Here’s some reminders of exasperating shit: An interview with Principal John Kuhn, whose letter from the Alamo went viral a few years ago. & Special ed shuttering programs to save money in Mississippi,

Academia- the reality show!  Over at the University of Saskatchewan a tenured  dean  was quickly let go, with tenure and benefits revoked  after publicly commenting on impending reorganization of his department. However, there seems to have been an institutional epiphany about the doo-dooeyness of that protocol and he seems to have been nearly hired back.

Teachers need some love, my friends, and here’s a little indie pop cover of that.

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