Stephen Lendman’s Articles
- Israel to Demolish 13,000 Palestinian Structures September 7, 2015
- US-Led Western Nations Plan Escalated War on Syria September 7, 2015
- Israel's War on Refugees September 7, 2015
- Holding Netanyahu Accountable: A Good Start, Not Enough September 7, 2015
- Labeling Israeli Settlement Products Not Good Enough September 6, 2015
Gapwash from: Special Guest Found at: http://forpublicschool.wikispaces.com/Dictionary+of+Reform This is an edited version that can be found above. The idea of working to close the so-called “achievement gap” in education is very similar to the concept of “greenwash” in environmentalism. Greenwash is the term used to refer to propaganda deliberately used by polluters to cover up […]
Teacher’s wages, student poverty, cuts in educational funds, leaving ‘children behind’, ‘failure to close the ‘achievement gap’ and more sophistry in education all combine to frame the Sophocles tragedy we call ‘educational theatre’. As you listen to the YouTube tragic-humor found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FOmnG721qo pay close to attention to the language employed, not to mention […]
Brian Jones has asked us to pause during the 2011 MLK Day to consider King’s reaction to the achievement gap that persists well into the twenty-first century, suggesting that education policy begun under George W. Bush—No Child Left Behind (NCLB)—and accelerated under Barack Obama works against King’s dream. As Jones mentions, political leaders are apt […]
In her “‘Culture of Poverty’ Makes a Comeback” for The New York Times (17 October 2010), Patricia Cohen declared: “Now, after decades of silence, these scholars are speaking openly about you-know-what [the ‘culture of poverty’], conceding that culture and persistent poverty are enmeshed.” While Cohen’s article accurately reflects a scholarly re-examination of claims that a […]