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Blog Entries by Joel Shatzky from 03/2011

Educating for Democracy: Turning 'Good' Teachers Into 'Bad Teachers'

| Posted 03.04.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Standardized Testing, Obama Administration, "Good Teachers, " Save Our Schools March, Huffington Post News

I'd like to suggest the "message" that is being conveyed to teachers around the country through so-called "educational reform."

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Educating for Democracy: Diane Ravitch and Mr. Tilson's 'Status Quo'

| Posted 03.08.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Whitney Tilson, Diane Ravich, Charter Schools, Huffington Post News

There are few critics of education that are more clearly defenders of the status quo than private educational reformers like Whitney Tilson.

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Educating for Democracy: How to Educate, not Just Test

| Posted 03.11.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Teaching to the Test, Huffington Post News

I would like to present several examples in which good teaching and, more important, good learning can take place without emphasizing testing.

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Educating for Democracy: Japan and Teaching for the Future

| Posted 03.23.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Global Change, Environmental Education, Addictive Behavior, Text-Messaging, Japan, Huffington Post News

Future generations of young learners must be educated not just for the present, but the inevitabilities of that future.

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Educating for Democracy: The 'War on the Poor'

| Posted 03.28.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: War on Poverty, U.S. Constitution, Charles Barron, Slideshow, Kevin Harrington, Rallies, Poverty, Protests, Great Society, Education Reform, Robert Jackson, Class Warfare, Unions, Huffington Post News

Over 45 years after the "War on Poverty", we are faced with a "For the Few Deal" -- what I would call a full-fledged "War on the Poor."

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