Category Archives: fraud

Super sunday?

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

What if, instead of spending millions on advertising, the corporate greed-mongers donated all of that money to schools, hospitals, and unions?  What if instead of spending millions of money to fly super rich folk to the Superbowl, for a super … Continue reading →

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Not so pretty in pink

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Peggy Orenstein’s Schoolgirls, when it was released in 1994, like other feminist works of the 1990s, questioned, probed, revealed, and prompted changes and shifts in education, the work place and social interactions.  Her book, like Myra and David Sadker’s Failing … Continue reading →

Posted in class, consumerism, education, expectations, fairy tales, fraud, gender, identity, language, motherhood | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Commodification of Education

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

On Election night, I watched Frontline’s College, Inc. During the expose, I became more and more animated and upset by what I was learning.  Because I am a teacher who believes in the power of education to change lives, minds … Continue reading →

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