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It Might Be INSIDE the Classroom, But It’s Still BULLYING!!!

Mamacita says:  So many of the teachers I’ve spoken to lately are frustrated almost beyond words by their schools’ insistence that they keep disruptive, non-participatory, and often violent students in their classrooms, to the severe detriment of the other children.
All students have a right to be educated in their least restrictive environment.  How can this [...]

Sometimes the Pearls ARE Swine.

Mamacita says:  These particular scum-sucking spawn “humanoids” are once again being discussed in the Blogosphere, so I’m re-running my own take on them.  I refer to Michael and Debi Pearl.
I beg of you all, do not buy any books by these people. (link removed on advice from much smarter person than me.) [...]

Why Are We Allowing Schools to Punish the VICTIMS of Bullying, and Not the Bullies?

Mamacita says:  There is nothing on the planet as important as our kids, and we really need to keep aware of what’s going on in their world. Even when we don’t like to admit that these things are happening.
Oftimes, those things that are the hardest to believe, are the very things that are really happening.
Look [...]

It’s Outrageous: Not Everyone Deserves A Real Diploma!

Mamacita says:  Does anyone else wonder why parents and teachers are spending so much time on topics such as red ink, dodgeball, and T-shirts, when it seems to me a much better topic for discussion might be, “Why are we allowing illiterate people to actually graduate from high school?”
Because I can’t think of a single [...]