170 teaching vacancies in early November! UNPRECEDENTED for Detroit Public Schools.
DPS facing surge of midyear teacher departures
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/11/26/dps-teachers-leaving/76311802/
Sick schools, air unfit to breath, teachers fear being fired if reported, Asthma (in some schools) reach epidemic levels.
Crumbling Schools Add Health Problems to Classroom Stress
http://news.yahoo.com/crumbling-schools-add-health-problems-classroom-stress-190223653.html
“As future teachers are preparing to teach children, they are increasingly subjected themselves to assessments and evaluations that are unsupported by educational research, recklessly implemented, and inherently inequitable.” writes Tom Liam Lynch.
Pearson Protested at NCTE Convention
http://follow.education/2015/11/21/pearson-protested-at-ncte-convention/
- “A sixth-grade passage from “That Spot” by Jack London, which included words and phrases such as “beaten curs,” “absconders of justice,” surmise, “savve our cabin,” and “let’s maroon him””… SAY WHAT?! Obsurd!!
Pearson loses huge testing contract in New York — and gets more bad news
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