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Tag: Standardized test

Sixteen Tons: The New NYSED Teacher Assessments

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Brandon Melendez

  Sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don’t call me cause I can’t go, I sold my soul to the […]

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Education 4 comments

An Open Letter to the Next President of The United States

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Brandon Melendez

Dear President Obama and Governor Romney, I have sent this letter to both of your campaigns and I am also publishing it openly and publicly in an effort to express […]

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Editorial / Education / Opinion 2 comments

The Standardized War on Teachers Soldiers On

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Brandon Melendez

I’ve worked in the field of education for the better part of the last decade and over the past eight years I’ve heard the staff room talk shift heavily from […]

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Activism / Editorial / Education / Labor Issues / Policy / Political 3 comments

Romney’s Even Worse Perspective on Education

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Brandon Melendez

While at NBC’s Education Nation conference this past week Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney was on the attack against Teacher’s Unions and by extension, classroom teachers. When confronted with the question […]

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