Monologues of Dissent

If you are a public school teacher, I ask you to read this letter that my friend (a Detroit Public Schools teacher) has shared. She didn't write the letter and doesn't know who did, but it's being circulated widely by educators who agree.
We are seeing the seeds of what has happened to Detroit Public Schools all over the nation: takeover plans, legislation and policies that defund schools and demoralize educators, gutting of funding to public schools while private schools get more and...

Governor Scott Walker sent a letter of commendation to a small business owner in Milwaukee, congratulating him on being named one of the "Best Places to Work."
The small business owner responded. And how [see below].
Turns out the small business owner, Ryan Clancy, is a former teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools, who was driven from his profession by the very policies Walker set in motion, including the largest cuts to public education funding in the nation,  which...

The MoD Open Letter of the Summer Award goes to our friend at Dissent and Cookies for this painfully open letter to those who, in the wake of Act 10 and in the full light of day, declare their disdain for the noblest of professions: teaching.
In addition to exposing the shocking level of visceral hatred that is often and openly directed toward educators, she discusses how this "divide and conquer" tactics (the hallmark of Scott Walker's governance) distract us from the policies that deserve...

I don't know if you were following what happened at the Wisconsin Capitol last night, but here is a summary:
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to put forward an education budget that will harm our kids into perpetuity. There IS increased funding (as opposed to the $150/pupil cuts the Governor wanted), but the increase is illusory; expansion...