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Bonus Offer for Joining the Resistance
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 8:27pm.
Roger Sutton, editor in chief of The Horn Book Magazine offers a definite "thumbs down" on Read All About It! a picture book ostensibly written by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush--in the May 11 New York Times Book Review.
Speaking of books, VSSE is offering a combined deal to people who hate to write checks: Send me $27, and I'll send you:
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TechnoratiBACK TO BASICS: The Disparity Gap
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 7:44am.
Educator Roundtable, an affiliate of VSSE, brings us a message that progressives and humanists and radicals and unionists, pigeon fanciers, kite flyers, baseball fans, pool players, and everybody else should be shouting from the rooftops and the basements.The Disparity Gap is a 45-second public service announcement.Pass it on.
When Childhood Collides:: New Book --just what we need RIGHT NOW
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 03/31/2008 - 7:23am.
When Childhood Collides with NCLB by Susan Ohanian
What's in a Word?
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 12:01pm.
Words that
Appear Frequently in the Federal Education Plan (NCLB)
Economics and Educational Survival, Strategies for a Free Vermont
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 2:06pm.
AN INDEPENDENT VERMONT REPUBLIC
as alternative to
IMPERALISM & ECONOMIC MELTDOWN?
A Mesmerizing Attack on NCLB
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 8:23am.
VSSE proudly announces the publication of its latest book:
When Childhood Collides with NCLB
by Susan Ohanian
published by Vermont Society for the Study of Education
by Sid Glassner, Executive Director, VSSE
BACK TO BASICS: Poverty is Bad for Kids
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 9:02am.
Poverty mars formation of infant brains screamed the headline in yesterday's Financial Times.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62c45126-dc1f-11dc-bc82-0000779fd2ac.html
Paul Krugman picked it up for his column, "Poverty is Poison," in today's New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/opinion/18krugman.html?scp=2&sq=Krugma...
BACK TO BASICS: The Reality of Art
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 8:11pm.
Today, I am giving my blog over to By Michael Martin, Research Analyst, Arizona School Boards Associationby Michael Martin
BACK TO BASICS:Vergennes High School Takes To The Woods...
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 7:46am.
A few days ago, NPR's Morning Edition provided a snapshot of a remarkable alternative ed program offered by Vergennes High School: High School Teaches Thoreau in the Woods.
BACK TO BASICS: It's the War, Stupid
Submitted by Susan Ohanian on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 6:56pm.
Whenever people complain about town or school taxes, I invite them to take a look at what we are spending on the war in Iraq. The American Friends Service Committee has a two-minute video, One Day = $720 Million, showing what the cost of one day in the war in Iraq could buy. Think $500,000 a minute.
Watch it.
Tell your friends to watch it.
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