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G’Day from Australia!<\/p>\n

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  1. Is American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten working for the enemy (Gates Foundation, Obama Department of Education)? Read this<\/a> or this<\/a> and decide for yourself.<\/li>\n
  2. What should I do when I think that my friends’ work is embarrassing and taking education in the wrong direction?<\/li>\n
  3. Can your school have entrance exams for little children and still say that it’s progressive or empowering?<\/li>\n
  4. Can you call your work transformative if you never cite a single example of things changing?<\/li>\n
  5. Can you advertise that your school is innovative if you adhere to a curriculum purchased from Switzerland<\/a>?<\/li>\n
  6. When will professional development end its reliance on asking Twitter followers “Why do you like Twitter?” before a bored, captive and perplexed audience?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    More soon as they occur to me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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