Read the full version of the latest Rouge Forum update here.
The Education Agenda is a War Agenda and the War Agenda is an Education Agenda
Sit-in Against Cuts at Fresno State: “Failure to comply with these demands will be met by increased levels of activism by students.”
Solidarity Alliance at Berkeley Calls for Three Day Action: “To this end we call upon the allied students, workers, and faculty to unite in a system-wide Three Day Solidarity Strike from November 18th to November 20th. We invite all members of the UC community in Northern California to converge on the Berkeley campus to Strike beginning with a mass rally on November 18th and a mass action on November 20th to call for escalation and continued struggle.”
Southwestern College (South San Diego County) Profs Suspended for Protest vs Cuts
Regimented Standards Set Stage for National Tests: “As 48 states charge ahead with plans to adopt common academic standards, the U.S. Department of Education will enlist experts and the public to help design a $350 million competition for the next step: the development of common tests.”
An “Atta Boy, Obama” from Jeb Bush on the Education/War Agenda
Sweetwater Teachers Resist CTA Sellout in CA
Chickens Come Home to Roost with the Chickens in Teacher Ed: Arne Duncan Speech on Teacher Education Programs: “they say two things about their training in ed school. First, most of them say they did not get the hands-on practical teacher training about managing the classroom that they needed, especially for high-needs students. And second, they say there were not taught how to use data to differentiate and improve instruction and boost student learning. On Tuesday night, at a national town hall meeting with teachers, I asked the studio audience of about 100 teachers how they felt about their schools of ed. An uneasy laughter filled the roomnot the kind of response that engenders confidence.”
Ban Maya Angelou! But we know why the caged bird builds its own cage.
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