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It's why 80% of "poor" Americans have phones, TVs, refrigerators and most own a car and live in houses bigger than anywhere else on the planet. - See more at: http://www.michaelrobertson.com/archive.php?minute_id=380#sthash.g23HDS6W.dpuf<br /><br />So according to this plutocrat, poor people in the US have it great, they should stop whining because they are not as bad off as some poor person in India. This guy needs to read Paul Krugman, Joe Stieglitz, Dean Baker or Thomas Piketty on the worst income inequality in the US since the Gilded Age. The middle class is losing ground and more people are falling into poverty because so much of the wealth is flowing upwards to the top 1%, to guys like Michael Robertson. Just one more reason to love this economic royalist (sarcasm alert).Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-61544621401769197472014-06-15T18:40:17.292-07:002014-06-15T18:40:17.292-07:00Jersey Jazzman has a millionaire troll, who would ...Jersey Jazzman has a millionaire troll, who would have thunk it, this is one high class place. Robertson's comment is what you would expect of some low brow troll, dung flinger, not of a successful entrepreneur and innovator. I guess he's suffering from the Donald Trump syndrome. In the meantime the vast majority of teachers are working their butts off, trying to do their best in spite of the cruel slings and arrows of imperious millionaires and billionaires. Not to mention the teachers who risked and even gave up their lives in all the recent gun massacres at public schools.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-56763417846830672742014-06-15T16:18:21.778-07:002014-06-15T16:18:21.778-07:00Ed, that is one of the most famous cases. But it h...Ed, that is one of the most famous cases. But it happens more often than you might imagine.<br /><br />The Robertsons of the world, however, would rather not think about these things. Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-42402145594578744502014-06-15T16:07:01.474-07:002014-06-15T16:07:01.474-07:00Here are two stories of two teachers who were fals...Here are two stories of two teachers who were falsely accused.<br />Unfortunately, the second one killed himself.<br /><br />False Accusations Make Teacher's Life a Nightmare<br />Behavior: Seven students accused him of sexual touching, then admitted they lied. Regrets fail to explain conduct.<br />March 26, 2000|BRIGID SCHULTE | WASHINGTON <br /><br />Just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, gym teacher Ronald Heller was called to his principal's office. He was shown written statements from several sixth-grade students saying they'd seen him in the girls' locker room, hugging one girl in her bra and panties, slapping another on her behind and calling yet another "hot sexy mama."<br /><br />The wind went out of him.<br /><br />"I did not do this," Heller, 54, said. "This is a lie."<br />http://articles.latimes.com/2000/mar/26/news/mn-12749<br /><br />and<br /><br /><br />His reputation sullied, teacher commits suicide<br />False accusation leads to tragedy in Virginia city<br />By Timothy Dwyer, Washington Post | February 15, 2004<br /><br />ROANOKE, Va. -- The two-lane bridge that Ron Mayfield Jr. came to on the morning of his death stands almost 200 feet above the flowing waters where his father took him fishing as a boy and where, years later, he spent hours with his own son, casting for catfish and perch.<br /><br />He made two final calls on his cellphone, gasping out a farewell to his wife and dialing 911 without saying a word. Then he lay the phone beside the road and straddled the knee-high metal bridge railing.<br /><br />At an hour when the school day was just getting started 6 miles away at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Mayfield leaned sideways and let go, falling into the river.<br /><br />The note he left tucked in the Bible, on the front seat of the car he left properly parked in the rest area by the bridge, began this way:<br /><br />"I am so sorry for what I have done, but there is no way I could carry on, absolutely no way."<br /><br />The apology was for taking his own life. He had no need to apologize for what drove him to his death, because Mayfield knew it was untrue.<br /><br />A student at Woodrow Wilson told authorities that he had been assaulted by Mayfield, 55, who taught English to nonnative speakers. Mayfield denied it, but his word, his reputation, and his spotless record were not enough. He had been suspended, and police were called in to investigate.<br /><br />What Mayfield did not know as he mounted the bridge that morning was that police had cleared him of wrongdoing.<br />http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/02/15/his_reputation_sullied_teacher_commits_suicide/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-79163891807680373052014-06-15T16:04:04.460-07:002014-06-15T16:04:04.460-07:00I guess Michael Robertson forgot that Michelle Rhe...I guess Michael Robertson forgot that Michelle Rhee's Baltimore Miracle was accomplished when she and another teacher co-taught 70 students for 2 years. (1993-1995)<br />As a reminder, she moved them from the 13th percentile on the CTBS to 90% of them at the 90th percentile. (Whatever happened to the 7 that didn't make it, she never told, and no one ever asked.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-70820137947376790762014-06-15T15:56:45.868-07:002014-06-15T15:56:45.868-07:00G, all those links and the many others we could fi...G, all those links and the many others we could find on this topic need to be put together into one post. It's a really excellent point.<br /><br />Remind me again why you don't have your own blog...<br /><br />;-)<br />Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-22388327305960473702014-06-15T09:35:58.088-07:002014-06-15T09:35:58.088-07:00Recommended reading for Michael Robertson: Jersey ...Recommended reading for Michael Robertson: Jersey Jazzman's Bergen Record spot on Op Ed: http://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-don-t-tamper-with-teacher-tenure-1.1034638<br />And read the comment by Lloyd Lofthouse, too.<br />Of course Robertson will probably come up with some snarky vicious non sequitur about the "evil" teachers, he's into demonizing and propaganda.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-56752924497680404522014-06-15T07:38:35.126-07:002014-06-15T07:38:35.126-07:00I suspect that the objection to team teaching has ...I suspect that the objection to team teaching has more to do with $$ than with the practice itself. There are so many positives with team teaching.<br />1. Teachers learn from each other.<br />2. It is easier to keep students engaged when there are two people in the room.<br />3. If a student is disruptive the whole class doesn't lose out because one person can handle the situation while the other one can still teach.<br />4.When one teacher needs to be out there is still stability in the classroom.<br />5. Planning lessons together and exchanging ideas.<br />6. Presenting a united front at parent- teacher conferences.Rlevy29https://www.blogger.com/profile/16236418058265192420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-47431728917026263282014-06-15T07:09:08.146-07:002014-06-15T07:09:08.146-07:00The "government" school haters seem to t...The "government" school haters seem to think that child abuse only happens in unionized schools. The government appellation is meant as a pejorative, a put down because "everybody" knows that government is inefficient, incompetent and a defender of the status quo. Did I hit most of the reformer talking points? Gee, reformers hate unions, public schools (government schools), government itself and probably democracy, too. Child sexual abuse does occur in non union schools, private schools and religious schools. So should we condemn those schools, too, because of these malefactors?Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-23485288946088855452014-06-15T05:39:44.172-07:002014-06-15T05:39:44.172-07:00http://www.salon.com/2014/06/13/the_tech_industrys...http://www.salon.com/2014/06/13/the_tech_industrys_god_complex_is_getting_out_of_control/<br /><br />The word is getting out. The superpowers of tech industry guys shrink when exposed to air and water.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-21194460746886359192014-06-14T20:24:54.605-07:002014-06-14T20:24:54.605-07:00@mp3michael: Fairfax teacher Sean Lanigan still su...@mp3michael: Fairfax teacher Sean Lanigan still suffering from false molestation allegations:<br /><br />From there, Lanigan spent months in anxious exile, forced from his school, his players, his neighbors and his friends, pondering the possibility of up to 40 years in a state penitentiary.<br /><br />That soon turned to relief. A jury found him not guilty after just 47 minutes of deliberation — virtually unheard of in a child sex abuse case. Jurors were outraged by the lack of evidence, with one weeping in sympathy during closing arguments.<br /><br />But still the nightmare continues, as Lanigan struggles to earn back his reputation and career.<br /> Within two weeks of the accuser’s report — without ever speaking to the girl — Fairfax detectives arrested Lanigan and charged him with aggravated sexual battery and abduction. The Washington Post is not naming the accuser because she is a minor.<br /><br />Police issued a press release with Lanigan’s booking photo and home address, and the school district sent home a letter about his arrest. TV trucks descended on the school and his neighborhood, and Lanigan’s reputation took a lasting beating. Even today, the first thing that comes up in a Google search of Sean Lanigan is a Web site called “Bad Bad Teacher.”<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-teacher-sean-lanigan-still-suffering-from-false-molestation-allegations/2011/03/04/AFVwhh3G_story.html<br />It never occurs to teacher haters like mp3michael that teachers are falsely accused and have their lives and reputations ruined.<br />Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-67932211432879257132014-06-14T20:13:00.127-07:002014-06-14T20:13:00.127-07:00@mp3michael:
A southern Colorado teacher accused o...@mp3michael:<br />A southern Colorado teacher accused of sexual assault on a child has been acquitted. <br /><br />Travis Clark, a former teacher at Liberty High School, was accused of being involved with a 17-year-old student. <br /><br />He was charged with sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust. He was acquitted of those charges last week. <br /><br />Clark was suspended during the investigation, and his contract was not renewed by District 20.<br /><br />http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Teacher-Accused-of-Sexual-Assault-Acquitted--255550321.html<br /><br />How does this man ever get his reputation back?<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-923503494256828292014-06-14T20:01:47.814-07:002014-06-14T20:01:47.814-07:00mp3michael gave his example and now here's min...mp3michael gave his example and now here's mine of a teacher falsely accused: Tonya Craft, who was absolved of all charges of child molestation in a highly-publicized trial at Ringgold, has filed a lawsuit against her accusers in Federal Court in Rome, Ga. The 52-page complaint asks $25 million in compensatory and punitive damages.<br /><br />The defendants include parents of the children who brought charges against her, the lead detective in the case, the Catoosa County sheriff and officials who investigated the complaints.<br /><br />The suit says the children who brought charges against her were coached and that the allegations were not corroborated. It says the former Chickamauga Elementary School teacher suffered humiliation and embarrassment by the two-year ordeal.<br /><br />After a trial that lasted into the fourth week, a jury in Catoosa County cleared her of 22 counts of child molestation. Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-67084547882664094072014-06-14T19:46:05.961-07:002014-06-14T19:46:05.961-07:00mp3michael: You are judging and condemning all tea...mp3michael: You are judging and condemning all teachers because of the actions of one sick demented individual? By the way, that teacher had a jury trial, he had a lawyer and he was found guilty and is now in jail for a very long time. Even the worst criminal is innocent until proven guilty. We don't or shouldn't throw people in jail based on unproven allegations. Innocent teachers have been railroaded and been found guilty and only after years in jail were exonerated and found to be innocent. So this is one of the games of the teacher haters and the union haters, to judge all teachers by the crimes of a fractional group of sick demented individuals. That's sick. What about the teachers who are falsely accused, it does happen. The union is there to protect teachers who are falsely accused not to protect criminals. Hey, mp3michael, what if you were falsely accused of child abuse? Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-32524505453832075722014-06-14T17:59:22.860-07:002014-06-14T17:59:22.860-07:00jcg, this is why I love you! Many thx.jcg, this is why I love you! Many thx.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-88634161075999272382014-06-14T17:40:48.422-07:002014-06-14T17:40:48.422-07:00mp3Michael, I don't now anything about the par...mp3Michael, I don't now anything about the particular case you mentioned. <br />However, Snopes has a long list of hoaxes claiming semen was found in food and fed to unsuspecting victims. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-66722809326796691532014-06-14T17:20:42.547-07:002014-06-14T17:20:42.547-07:00My friend, an ex Microsoft employee, summed up the...My friend, an ex Microsoft employee, summed up the idiocy & hubris of the tech industry guys here. It seems Robertson fits her characterization to a 'T': <br /> <br />"These Silicon Valley guys know their own business--they know nothing about education.<br />And worse, they bring certain fallacious types of thinking that the techie/MBA world is prone to.<br /><br />Number one fallacy is the "Silver Bullet Syndrome." <br />They want the one, quick fix. Every once in awhile, there is one thing that when you change it, everything flips.<br />But this is a freak event--mostly the world does not work that way.<br /><br />Number two fallacy is the "Superstar Syndrome." <br />This is where you think hiring a super-smart, hardworking person--just ONE! the perfect person for the job!--is the silver bullet.<br />Reference how gaga the techies were over Cory Booker. And then Chris Christie. And Cami Anderson.<br />If we replace the New Jersey pols with these "smart" people, change will magically happen!!!<br /><br />Both of these fallacies deny the need to look at and learn about a big system before you can modify it.<br />They deny the hard work and time, and the many many hands it takes, to fix a big system.<br /><br />Big systems need to work even when the superstars take a sick day or drop dead or move on.<br />You need to install good systems and practices--all the way from top to bottom--and follow them.<br />But before you do that, you have to debug those things a million times.<br /><br />(How many times have I worked with people who believed that with the right "superstar" they could "beat the system" somehow?<br />How many "superstars" have I seen promise they could ship a new version of Windows in 1 year, not 4 or 5, despite the<br />fact that there are MILLIONS of lines of code? Or some other massive project? <br />How many years has Microsoft spent looking for the chimera of the 2-month testing schedule, when their apps have<br />millions of lines of codes and it takes years to debug them?<br />How many times have their own business leaders refused to take on big overhauls of their products, because they thought<br />they had a quickie fix that would "save time"?)<br /><br />Some of these guys just think by getting rid of teachers and unions, it will all be fixed. Silver bullet!<br />(KInd of like Iraq, no? Get rid of that bad government--and magically success will appear. Never mind that<br />maybe you needed some of the people working there, Iraqis, to make it all happen--purge everybody!)<br /><br />And then they are surprised to discover that actual human beings are freaked at the idea that<br />their schools and teachers will disappear with no concrete plans to replace them. I mean, you could just put those<br />kids on ice for a few years, right? (Would they home school their own kids? fuck no.)"<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-46708610266644143442014-06-14T17:15:51.430-07:002014-06-14T17:15:51.430-07:00Seems like readers of this blog are unaware that i...Seems like readers of this blog are unaware that in CA a teacher was blindfolding his students and feeding them cookies with semen and he STILL could not be fired. This is the result of people who oppose all firings of teachers. MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848586814398675433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-45250034944163403502014-06-14T14:44:38.372-07:002014-06-14T14:44:38.372-07:00J, purely personal observation, but I've met v...J, purely personal observation, but I've met very few teachers who co-teach who don't think it's a good model. The notion that it inevitably interrupts classes is just silly. <br /><br />Bob, Mike, Russ: thx.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-86567100517558964872014-06-14T14:02:43.431-07:002014-06-14T14:02:43.431-07:00SO not understanding the opposition to co-teaching...SO not understanding the opposition to co-teaching or team teaching... As a co-teaching veteran, I'll tell you, co-teaching's universal adoption should be the basis for education reform! There are sooo many benefits. BTW, in the Stone Age, when I was a first year teacher, I had THREE other adults in my classroom (the "open classroom"): a paraprofessional, a student teacher and a graduate student teacher. It was AMAZING.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647186531856240979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-13168455158316490932014-06-14T10:44:30.006-07:002014-06-14T10:44:30.006-07:00Way to go Jazzman. Sometimes we need to engage the...Way to go Jazzman. Sometimes we need to engage these snarky reformy tweeters on their own level. Just did it myself and I felt better. Great piece. Knowledge and facts and research must eventually overcome this misinformed garbage.Russ Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999234982751919638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-17871098572154110842014-06-14T10:26:03.556-07:002014-06-14T10:26:03.556-07:00Indeed, Robert, the statement is far more revealin...Indeed, Robert, the statement is far more revealing of its author than it is of Duke.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349055478660640716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-51752501761799565362014-06-14T10:09:56.972-07:002014-06-14T10:09:56.972-07:00Could his response been more cretinous? Moreover, ...Could his response been more cretinous? Moreover, why did his mind go there first? Perhaps he's projecting.Robert D. 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