Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Capital & Main reports that California has become ground zero for the national battle over charter school expansion, with some of America’s wealthiest individuals and largest foundations pouring resources into what critics view as the privatization of public education. In a new weeklong series, Capital & Main examines the real impact of rapid charter school…
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The school-to-prison pipeline refers to the policies and practices that push school children, particularly low-socioeconomic and racial/ethnic minority youth, out of classrooms into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Critically, school failure for these youth appears to be driven by inadequate and persistently low-performing schools, disproportionate disciplinary and school suspension practices, and the combination of…
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Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: In a letter issued around May 12, 2016, to professor Celia Oyler regarding Oyler’s publishing three “live” PARCC items on her blog on May 07, 2016, PARCC, Inc., CEO Laura Slover wrote the following as part of a warning email to Oyler: Parcc, Inc. is the owner…
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I had never been inside the White House during the first four decades of my life. This year it has happened twice. The first time I went inside was for the signing of ESSA. I am still planning to post about that experience from several months ago. I just haven’t found the right words yet. Last…
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Email from PARCC CEO Laura Slover, sent to me and others by Prof. Celia Oyler, who writes at celiaoyler.wordpress.com and who published a post referencing three “live” PARCC test items for grade 4: 5/12/16 Dear Professor Oyler: I am writing to respectfully request that you remove all of the material reproduced from the PARCC assessments reproduced…
Cloaking Inequity 
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