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#MilwaukeeYouth on WorldStar

August 18, 2011 Front Page 1 Comment

Is this what Milwaukee Youth have become? This is too gangsta. Everybody wants to be a *worldstar but this ain’t how you do it!

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Budget Cuts Hit Schools Across the Country

June 13, 2011 Front Page, Problems 1 Comment

Yesterday, the Shreveport Times reported on a recent school board meeting that dozens of upset parents and school board staff attended. In the meeting, many vented about the 313 jobs that are to be eliminated in accordance with the $50 million parish budget. After a public hearing, the final vote will be taken on June 21. The students of Caddo Parish as well as the staff have been handed the short end of the stick while the administration is still sleeping ever so lovely night after night.

These job cuts aren’t planning to come from Central Office but from the schools themselves. Instead of laying off Central Office workers who rarely interact with the public, secretaries, aides that are hands-on with students, parents, and teachers are being thrown on the chopping block. I, along with several other parents, staff, and even one board member, believe that the schools shouldn’t be touched and the cuts should instead start with the school board administration.

If a school hasn’t already been shut down and hasn’t forced children to relocate to other schools, then it’s been thoroughly dissected, forced to make various cutbacks, and increase class sizes. Why would you want to put them through further complications?
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Lupe Fiasco x Bun B– Debate w/ School Teacher! “Are Rappers Role Models?”

April 14, 2011 Front Page, Problems No Comments

A classic debate about the accountability in Hip-Hop and lack thereof. Imma have to go with Lupe on this one! “Miseducation is Miseducation, no matter if it’s coming through the radio out of a book or from a teacher.” The 10 min video after the jump!!!

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National Poetry Month: What do Teachers Make?

April 7, 2011 Front Page, Power No Comments

When state governments start calling out teachers for bankrupting budgets, think for a minute about what they really make…

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WI Doctors In Trouble For Issuing Excuse Notes for Those Who Went to Madison|99Problems.org

February 21, 2011 Front Page No Comments

IF you’re hiding under a rock and haven’t been paying attention to the controversy over the budget cutting in WI, you might wanna check out our Mad in Madison article.

What’s interesting is the amount of people who took off from work that day to show support or stand in ‘solidarity’. Apparently, school districts warned that teachers who missed time without prior approval or a doctor’s note could face disciplinary action, including docked pay for the days they were out. Someone must’ve thought, “why not have a doctor excuse booth with doctors on duty” because sure enough, there was a station there with active doctors distributing excuses to ‘stressed’ soon-to-be- unemployees.

Those same doctors who wrote medical notes over the weekend excusing protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol from work are getting slammed with angry phone calls and profane e-mails from people telling them they deserve to be thrown in jail, one doctor said Sunday.

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