[regional_school] Re: Gates Reverses Course??
- From: "Dave Atias" <datias34@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "School Regional" <regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 12:58:44 +0000
I'm in.
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From: Henry Padron <padron.diaspora@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:44:38
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Subject: [regional_school] Re: Gates Reverses Course??
OK-we can start with a meeting to plan a storefront operation that not
everyone has to feel committed to but is/are willing to support. By support
I mean $10-$20@ month for-let's say 1 year! A storefront that will target a
neighborhood, maybe in the crescent, that could use a tutoring and resource
outpost. It's like low intensity conflict-we would be opening an avenue
based on praxis whereby a community would come to learn about the regional
school from a hands-on perspective. We would be independent from the
funding stream yet potentially create a phenomena that funders would
support. No one is doing anything evejn close to this. Not even the RCSD!!!
We could offer programming there as well ie. poetry/drumming/theatre to
name a few-at least the ones that I can be involved in. I am putting myself
up front in the hope that others will reflect to see what they could decide
to spearhead. Of course it must be understood that many must come forth and
put theory to practice. We have enough woman/man power-directly or
indirectly- to staff such a place. Imagine after-school tutoring from 5-8
and on weekends tbd. Students from Fairport-Brighton-RCSD-etc. could be
recruited to assist. We could sponsor a community garden. These are the
timeslots when all the cbo are shut or already filled to
capacity-particularly weekends. This has been done before and proved to be
very effective. Hey, 1 year!!!! I am down-that is my move/that could be our
move-a collective effort to start the ball rolling with no promises just
action!!!!!
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:39 PM, William Cala <wcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good. "When do we make our move and stop intellectualizing and
> analyzing a futile landscape."
>
> Your move.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Henry Padron <padron.diaspora@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> So what's new? Capitalism has not changed in my lifetime. Dominos have
> fallen, Banana Republics still exist, The New World Order is getting old,
> The tri-lateral commission came and went, etc. When do we make our move and
> stop intellectualizing and analyzing a futile landscape. We need to act or
> still be here in a decade shooting this or that intellectually stimulating
> email and it corresponding analysis...There seem to be many philosophers
> in this group. Some would refer to it as dialectical materialism but oh my,
> did I just use a Marxist term!
>
> On Thursday, April 4, 2013, William Cala wrote:
>
>> After all of Gates’ money that has literally created The Common Core
>> and its associated testing that is being used to evaluate teachers he dare
>> write this editorial in the Washington Post that basically reverses says,
>> “never mind!” Unfortunately, the bell has been rung and the federal
>> government has bought into his nonsense and extorted 46 states into the
>> common core and all of the testing that goes with it (including teacher
>> evaluation via test scores). Just as he failed with his millions for small
>> schools, he back out with no accountability. That’s the biggest problem
>> with the vulture philanthropists. They drop a bomb into the education of
>> children then they walk away after harming millions of children, families,
>> communities and teachers and move on to their next pet project. Make no
>> mistake about it, the backlash to testing in the country is growing
>> exponentially and Gates knows it. He is looking to save face. Don’t be
>> fooled. He is no friend to children, teachers or communities. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Bill****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The Article:****
>>
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bill-gates-a-fairer-way-to-evaluate-teachers/2013/04/03/c99fd1bc-98c2-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html
>> ****
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>> ** **
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