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Entries by Joel Shatzky from 09/2011

Educating for Democracy: Is Online Learning Learning? ll

| Posted 09.06.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Arizona, Educationl Technology, On-Line Learning, Kyrene, Huffington Post News

Scarce educational funds are being spent on technological solutions to human problems while many of the human problems are being dismissed as technological.

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Educating for Democracy: A Walk for Peace on 9/11

| Posted 09.15.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Church of Gethsemane, Rabbi Ellen Lippmann, Children-of-Abraham, Dawood Mosque, Debbie Almontaser, Marty Markowitz Brooklyn Borough President, 9/11 Anniversary, Huffington Post News

I would have wished that there were many such marches in New York City and around the country on this significant day.

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Educating for Democracy: Diane Ravitch: Reforming the "Reformers"

| Posted 09.25.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Dennis Walcott, Mayor Bloomberg, No Child Left Behind, Diane Ravitch, Race to the Top, Huffington Post News

The scapegoating, unreasonable demands and expectations of bureaucrats and politicians, and a media that has bought into the idea that the "reformers" are what they pretend to be, drive able and talented teaching veterans out of the profession.

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