This is a Facebook reply I wrote about the May Day parade, the vid above some raw footage of the Bus Rider Union Drum and Chant Corps.
I just had a FANTASTIC time is all and it went like this: After school I went to the May Day march downtown where I [...]
Please join me as I march alongside my fellow parents and teachers, here in Los Angeles, today, May Day, 2012. Though there will be many voices (understatement) who might not see eye-to-eye (ouch! HUGE understatement), we will be united by one wish: a brighter future for our children. I will start streaming live at around [...]
If you can’t come in person climb aboard online. Check out my stream today for live coverage of teach-ins with progressive education heavyweights Jim Horn, Mike Klonsky, Stephen Krashen and others! For more info on United Opt Out click here. For a schedule of events click here. For my [...]
I recently had a visit by a beloved teacher. Below is a thank you note to a friend who brought us together:
Larry,
Thank you so much for reconnecting me with Chris Douglass. He came over yesterday for brunch and we spent a few hours catching up. They were a magical few [...]
Found this pathetic sight between buildings at our school–a piano abandoned and left naked to the elements. Kind of similar to what LAUSD is doing to our schools. Forget the arts and physical education; we’ll be lucky if we can teach anything pretty soon. With looming cuts, the board of [...]
In the Sunshine State they want to judge schools for the intellectually disabled with the same standardized tests they give to typical children. Guess what? It’s happening everywhere. Guess what else? Just as Florida seems to be backing down from this policy some disability rights groups want to keep it in force. They [...]
I just got through cajoling my seven-year-old to practice tying his shoe and will continue cajoling him when he gets home from the supermarket with his mother to practice riding his bike. Physical activity isn’t his cup of tea, which makes it difficult for him to play the type of games that [...]
Every morning when I open my classroom door there are parents sweeping the SLRDP preschool playground. It’s part of the deal. You want your kid to be ready for kindergarten, you have to do some work. Inside the SLRDP classroom I hear the children learning their letters (Who let the Y out? Y,Y,Y,Y.) [...]
I need to put a new connector on a cable that plugs an antenna into my video camera, so I go to a place called Electronic City in Burbank. The guy there doesn’t have the correct connector but can order it for me and he finds me a crimping tool [...]
One of the best things about Occupy? You get to meet a lot of great people.
Here is ReFund California’s Jono Shaffer, legendary organizer, speaking at the January 1, 2012 Occupy the Rose Parade kick-off teach-in event. The guy to his (camera) right is my good friend blogger/agitator Marty Berg who [...]
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