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#Maryland petition to #opt-out of #testing
A friend/colleague and I wrote the MD petition to opt out of testing. Please sign if you are a Marylander. If you are a resident of another state, check the opt out website for your state. Forward to...
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Petition to dump Duncan going around
I’ve been sent a petition to dump Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education that you might want to sign. You know, I wish I could say he’s really the problem, but I’m feeling he’s more of a puppet than...
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Many #askarne to get lost by signing the petition to Dump Duncan
Here’s a link to the petition. They have 3,403 signatures so far. Good deal. Tagged: arne duncan, Duncan, ed reform, petition, robert valiant
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A petition to replace @arneduncan with someone who’s actually, you know,...
Interesting petition going around. They need roughly 24,000 signatures. Go here to sign on. You know, one thing about these petitions that I’ve seen, including Dump Duncan. You have these a-holes...
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RW group @freedomworks posts tantalizing petition to #stopcommoncore
Here’s a link to the petition. I’m a grown man with my own perspectives, so let me state that I make no secret of my progressive, social justice-oriented views regarding education. I am supportive of a...
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Where are YOUR boundaries of activism, and can they be pushed a little?
I know for an irrefutable fact that this petition on ousting Secretary Duncan, more symbolic than practical, has been making the rounds in the last two days. Given the recent press on Duncan’s odd...
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So, the BATS still can’t be bothered to sign a darn petition?
Why are BATS not flying on this one? Have we finally gauged the limits of slacktivism? That is, a like on Facebook translating to almost nothing. Not that I or we put too much stock in petitions. But...
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Let me tell you a little something about me #edreform
Since 2009, in professional terms, I’ve suffered some fairly significant losses. I pursued a PhD in 2005 and completed it in 2009, thinking that higher education would lift me to some higher plane in...
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Of the thousands of slacktivists, we only have 1,756 signatures?
I know what you’re going to say: petitions don’t matter. I get it. But I’ve seen one of the most respected authors and activists around, Susan Ohanian, publish a new White House petition to “Direct the...
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