The Battle for Seattle continues.
Steve Jobs with Apple has gotten on the ed reform bandwagon and is offering free iPads to Teach for America recruits but of course none to real teachers who have teaching experience, degrees in education and have devoted their lives to their school communities. Nope, this is for the TFA, Inc. recruits with five weeks of training to teach to the test and nothing more. I guess they need some sort of way to track all of those test scores.
Check out this great video titled An Apple a Day for TFA.
The protest happened on August 13, 2011.
Dora
Part 1
Part 2
You’re all just jealous
you’re not in the know like Job’s wife,
cuz you’re not as connected as Job’s wife,
cuz you’re not as rich as Job’s wife,
cuz you’re not as smart as Job’s wife!
IF you were smart like them, then you’d be rich and connected and know-it-all like them !!
ummm .. I meant this to be snark … isn’t it a little unnerving how the Rush Limbaughs of the world rant and rave about snotty elitist liberal do gooders – and where does Laurene fit into the constellations of out of touch do gooders to venal privateers?
rmm
The office that shows Bill Gates’ connection to Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind earmark money is called the Office of Innovation and Improvement, and here is the link via AllGov http://www.allgov.com/agency/Office_of_Innovation_and_Improvement_ .
Personally, I want to reclaim the language stolen by this group of individuals who call themselves “Teachers” and “Teachers for America”! These individuals are trained for only 5 weeks. As someone at the protest asks: Do you want Doctors for America working on you and your children?
Here are some great sites for anyone looking for information about Teach for America:
http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_1_how_i_joined.html
http://www.campusprogress.org/articles/teach_for_america_dropouts
Loved this quote from this one:
http://articles.philly.com/2010-07-02/news/24965541_1_tfa-training-andrew-brooks
“Later, Brooks attended a class led by Marni Greenstein, a TFA
staff member who teaches middle school in Washington. Above the
blackboard she had taped a large banner saying “Student Achievement
There’s an App for That!”
This dude is the “author” of “the manual”…not an educator – ever – writes a training manual for “TFA”…just goes to show you how well educated they, their trainers, and the author of this manual is in the area of education!
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleridaught Interesting. Greater New
York City Area – Vice President, National Corporate Partnerships at
Teach for America – Teach for America
Vice President, National Corporate Partnerships at Teach for America
… Authored training manual – Trained N. American & European staff
…
http://www.newfoundations.com/Clabaugh/CuttingEdge/TeachforAmerica.html
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/24_03/24_03_TFA.shtml
Needless to say: I would not want my children in these classrooms!
Steve’s wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, is active in the ed deform camp. She serves on the boards of Teach For America, NewSchools Venture Fund, and Stand for Children.
Wow, that all makes sense now.
Dora