Tim Slekar LIVE  Right now at the UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform   LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE – NOW NOW NOW NOW https://www.youtube.com/user/flamelamothe/live http://unitedoptout.com/   Get BustED Pencils Trending News to come right to your in-box! Enter your email under “SUBSCRIBE” on our Home or Trending News… Read more »

    SPECIAL EDITION BustED Pencils Presents Tim Slekar LIVE Right now at the UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform   Tim to speak LIVE at the United Opt Out conference in 5 minutes! LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE – NOW NOW NOW NOW https://www.youtube.com/user/flamelamothe/live http://unitedoptout.com/   Get BustED Pencils Trending… Read more »

BustED Pencils Radio Episode 4 – 6/3/15 Episode 4: 6/3/15 Come on everybody, join in and sing along!  A kind dedication to courage. It’s Still Opting Out for Me https://www.facebook.com/baldpianoguy/videos/1512331875739860/?fref=nf Take a closer look at this story, it gets a little weird. NKHS teacher to be fired for insubordination http://www.independentri.com/independents/ind/north_kingstown/article_176141ec-4604-5126-828b-f327f279957d.html The over-testing is no secret… Read more »

BustED Pencils Radio Episode 3 – 4/10/15 Episode 3: 4/10/15 #1 – The test is NOT diagnostic!! #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10!  Keep BUSTING PENCILS Marie! My testimony at the 2.10.16 NJ State BOE meeting in Trenton https://www.facebook.com/corfieldfornjea/videos/1031885956869752/?fref=nf Crossing into conflict of interest. The bond between business and education http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-schools-letter-20160129-story.html Oh… Read more »

  BustED Pencils Radio Episode 2 – 2/26/15 Episode 2: 2/26/15   Someone cares and that person is Shalon Miller.  Keep Busting Pencils Shalon, your efforts matter! I’m a Detroit teacher protesting our awful school conditions. Here’s why I think we’ll win. http://www.vox.com/2016/2/8/10915958/detroit-public-school-teacher Scheduled for this fall!! D.C. Public Schools, closely watched for its reform efforts,… Read more »

    Episode 1 – 12/1/14 Episode 1: 12/1/14 Morna McDermott – She is NOT making this up. If George Orwell Hosted an Education Conference, It Would be This If George Orwell Hosted an Education Conference, It Would be This Anthony Cody calls out Alexander Russo! Keep busting pencils Anthony!! Will Ethical Walls Protect Education Journalism from Billionaire… Read more »

Troy LaRaviere makes a true statement: …”the work “activism” marginalizes people”… .  We tend to agree with this statement. DON’T CALL IT ACTIVISM Don’t Call It Activism Testing turns into a “daily” process!  Oh no!! Emily Talmadge Warns that Gates is Infiltrating Opt Out Emily Talmadge Warns that Gates is Infiltrating Opt Out   Jonathan Pelto has a fantastic point!… Read more »

The “IP address”.    True. Marzano Says Detroit Contract Untrue. Reporter Proves It is. Marzano Says Detroit Contract Untrue. Reporter Proves It is. The news thought they were going to City Hall.  OMG they went to the bank!!! Collective bargaining in the streets. Collective bargaining in the streets.   This is the better story to care about than who… Read more »

“Teachers Union has tripled the public support of Emanuel”   –   TRIPLED!!!!!!!  WAY TO KEEP BUSTING THOSE PENCILS CTU – clap clap clap Thousands rally downtown for Chicago Teachers Union http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-teachers-union-rally-0205-20160204-story.html A 3 HOUR exam and a driving test… Algebra 1 EOC: Ridiculously High Stakes Algebra 1 EOC: Ridiculously High Stakes   No lists of “best”… Read more »

Grass roots rebellion growing. We’re onto the phony education reformers: Charter school charlatans and faux reformers take it on the chin http://www.salon.com/2016/01/09/were_onto_the_phony_education_reformers_charter_school_charlatans_and_faux_reformers_take_it_on_the_chin/ Simply failing the test, not the course, is call for punishment? Spike proposal to punish school districts for student test failures http://www.bradenton.com/opinion/editorials/article54898810.html Please, this whole thing is nonsense! A ‘No-Nonsense’ Classroom Where Teachers… Read more »