Right Wing Smear Machine Takes Down Van Jones

Demagoguery is defined as  ”…a strategy for gaining political power by appealing to the prejudices, emotions, fears and expectations of the public — typically via impassioned rhetoric and propaganda, and often using nationalist, populist or religious themes”. Today, with the resignation of Van Jones, we learned again why Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and the rest [...]

Vallivue Principal warns teachers against showing Obama’s speech

I have heard from a number of teachers that the Principal of Vallivue High School, Richard Brulotte, sent an e-mail to all faculty telling them that they will not be allowed to show President Obama’s national address to students on the importance of taking responsibility for their success in school.
Even though previous Presidents, including Reagan [...]

Jerry Brown vs Arne Duncan

If you have been following the legislative circus in California, you might know that the Govinator has called a “special session” to consider enacting a package of education redesign measures—including scrapping a law blocking the state from linking student and teacher data—in hopes of guaranteeing that the state would be [...]