Sunday links.
50,000 march for immigrant rights in Phoenix.
Here are ten things you should know about BP and the eco-disaster in the Gulf.
“The goal of SOS is nothing less than to achieve dramatic improvements in student achievement at priority schools, said Lily Eskelsen, Vice President of the National Education Association.” Schools Matter on the proposals of CA Congresswoman Judy Chu.
“BP is doing a much better job on the oil spill than Illinois lawmakers are doing on the state budget. What a mess,” says the Rockford Register Star.
Washington DC unions desert Mayor Fenty. From the WaPo: “From a labor standpoint, he is unreachable, unapproachable and our correspondence goes unanswered.” A Fenty spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
North shore Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky asks, “What have be bought for a trillion dollars.”
BP sues pelicans for theft of company assets. Firedoglake.
Many people have told me that I should have known better, and they are right: I should have. But I didn’t, and I am trying to make up for it now.
NCLB made accountability the nation’s education policy. It used to be the case that educators could more or less ignore federal education policy, because it seldom touched their classrooms. Thanks to NCLB, this is no longer the case. Now federal policy affects every school. In my book I define the governing philosophy of NCLB as “measure and punish.” I conclude that this approach, which uses accountability as a stick to threaten schools, has failed. Diane Ravitch
