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Goodbye From John Rice

Goodbye From John Rice

Friends, Another Bernice season has ended and, while a new one is still in the planning stages, I won’t be participating.  After a lot of thinking, I’ve decided to leave Oh, Bernice! to pursue other projects.  I’ve loved being part of your literary lives, bringing you literature and fun on a monthly basis, but running a reading series is incredibly hard work.  There are no weekends, no lazy…

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DOE Deathmatch - A Bibliography

After getting on my high horse for DOE Deathmatch (which was hopefully a big deal) I just wanted to take this time to post some of the articles that I used to create the content for the trivia game. 

"Mayor de Blasio and Education: Fact-Checking Eva Moskowitz's Claims" by Diane Ravitch and Avi Blaustein

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/mayor-de-blasio-eva-moskowitz_b_4948262.html

"Big Profits in Not-for-Profit Charter Schools" by Alan Singer, Social studies educator, Hofstra University

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/charter-school-executive-profit_b_5093883.html

"A Very Pricey Pineapple" by Gail Collins

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/opinion/collins-a-very-pricey-pineapple.html?_r=1&

"New York Schools: The Roar of the Charters" by Diane Ravitch

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/mar/27/new-york-charters-against-deblasio/

"We Need to Talk About the Test: A Problem With the Common Core" by Elizabeth Phillips

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/opinion/the-problem-with-the-common-core.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=2

"'Act of Conscience' as Teachers Vow Permanent Boycott of Common Core" by Jesse Hagopian

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/09-9

"Who Is Behind the Pro-Charter Schools Group Fighting de Blasio?" by Robert Lewis, Reporter, WNYC News

http://www.wnyc.org/story/behind-pro-charter-school-group-fighting-de-blasio/

Don't take my word for it; do your own reading.  Research.  Discuss. 

Special thanks to Diane Ravitch, Professor of Education at NYU and winner of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences in 2011, whose writing really helped to organize my arguments against the current state of charter schools in this city, and this country.