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The “War Report” Radio Show: False Promise of NCLB for Public Education

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 4 comments

Leave No Child Behind is a moniker appropriated from the military’s “Leave No Man Behind.” Perhaps the moniker belies the mindset of the authors of high-stakes testing and accountability policies, because we are in the middle of a “war” for public education with the privateers— those seeking to profit from our education system. (See Billionaires co-opt minority groups into campaign for

Get Up, Stand Up: Boycott FedEx for their Hypocrisy and Support of TFA

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 15 comments

Today a reader gave me the heads up that FedEx wants to make a $300,000 commitment to Teach For America (TFA). (See http://blog.van.fedex.com/countlesspossibilities) They will donate a dollar of every One Rate transaction (Their attempt to compete with the US postal service Priority Mail). I have written extensively about TFA’s temporary agency approach for poor kids. See my editorial in the New