Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Originally posted on Just Cities: Freddie Gray is now a household name. Gray died on April 19, 2015 at the hands of the police, which set off a firestorm of protests in Baltimore. Protests were focused on ensuring that the police officers involved in his case were brought to justice, but were also a direct…
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The Seattle teachers are on strike. Before you get all huffy puffy about unions because it’s the popular thing to do. Don’t forget the 36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union. Weekends All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks Paid Vacation FMLA Sick Leave Social Security Minimum Wage Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer…
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Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: On September 09, 2015, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson released California’s Smarter Balanced results, which comprise the largest component of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CASPP). As San Jose University professor Roxana Mariachi notes, a major issue with California’s Smarter Balanced results involves the…
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Parents and community members are entering the 4th week of a hunger strike in Chicago. While the issues may seem at first glance specific to Dyett High School, the protest is really about the top-down, private control school reform regime in Chicago and elsewhere. In essence the parents are demanding An open-enrollment neighborhood public school.…
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Originally posted on Exceptional Delaware: Last night, the Professional Standards Board, a committee that looks at regulatory matters with educators in Delaware, had their monthly meeting. Part of this meeting had presentations on two possible new school leadership programs. The first was by Teach For America and a program called Lead For Delaware. The second…
Cloaking Inequity 
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