Posts Tagged: United Opt Out

On the State of the Resistance Movement: Between Murder and Suicide and the Need to Claim a Third Space. By Morna McDermott

In May of 2016 I officially resigned as an administrator for United Opt Out a group I help create in 2011 along with Peggy Robertson, Tim Slekar, Ceresta Smith, Shaun Johnson, and Laurie Murphy. Since then, Shaun and Laurie rolled off, and we added new admins like Michael Pena, Rosemarie Jensen, Ruth Rodruigez and Denisha… Read more »

Guess what? I went to a “Tea Party” today!

Once again, in case you’ve been living under a rock—to celebrate the 4th of July and America’s independence from tyrants—Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Republican party thought the people in Wisconsin were getting tired of translucent government and used the budget process to declare legislative discussions to be “free” from public scrutiny. Surprisingly, (to Walker… Read more »

BustED Pencils Trending News: Student Success Act? Revolution?? On Demand!!!

If you thought No Child Left Behind (NCLB), oops, I mean the Student Success Act was dead, think again.  Spring = rebirth. Heads Up! HR 5 (Student Success Act) Coming Back As Soon As April 13th https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/heads-up-hr-5-student-success-act-coming-back-as-soon-as-april-6/ A book about United Opt Out? WHAT?!!  Come check it out A Handbook for the Education Revolution…It’s Here  http://educationalchemy.com/2015/03/30/a-handbook-for-the-education-revolution-its-here/… Read more »