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Washington lawmakers absent on school support

By Jesse | Published: May 6, 2009
Special to The Seattle Times – by Jesse Hagopian http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009167556_opinb04jhagopian.html ———————- NO one ever said teaching middle school would be easy. Last week, however, truly tried my patience. You’d think, by this time in the school year, they’d know not to fabricate elaborate excuses for incomplete work. No, I am not ranting about unruly students [...]
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The Global Teachers’ Anthem

By Jesse | Published: April 7, 2009
by Jesse Hagopian “Raise the threat level to a code red,” they cry out. From Baghdad to D.C., a growing chorus of a-tonal anti-union executives around the world (the only choir that may be left after all the public school budget cuts) are asserting that the teacher union menace must be neutralized. In Iraq, Paul [...]
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‘I’m Changing the School’s Name to Chrysler’

By Jesse | Published: March 10, 2009
Special to The Seattle Times – by Jesse Hagopian http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008547554_opin22hagopian.html ———————- I am going down to Washington, D.C. to ask for a handout. My industry is falling on hard times and needs at least $34 billion to cover basic operating costs—but I assure you the emergency aid isn’t just for me and my associates. The [...]
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Schools not Jails

By Jesse | Published: March 10, 2009
Originally published in Real Change News – by Jesse D. Hagopian http://www.realchangenews.org/2009/2009_01_07/Education_v16n02.html —————— A new chapter has been added to the American historical record. By electing the first Black president in a country founded on slavery, millions of people re-wrote the American history textbook—italicizing the word hope and underlining the phrase new direction. Deleted from [...]
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So there is money that could have helped schools

By Jesse | Published: March 10, 2009
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – by Jesse D. Hagopian http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/382408_bailoutschool09.html ——————– The secret is out. Like a note confiscated by the teacher and read aloud to the class, there can no longer be any doubt about the message being sent. With the passage of the bailout bill for Wall Street, everyone now knows that the government can [...]
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