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NYC Schools make changes to monitor military recruitment of children

Posted on May 20, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) The New York Times In a Switch, City Tells Schools to Monitor On-Campus Military Recruiting By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ / Published: May 19, 2009 Schools will be required to provide military opt-out forms to 9th- and 10th-grade students and to develop a plan to monitor on-campus recruiting by the armed forces, according to […]

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2009: Report on school district vote in Long Island

Posted on May 20, 2009 by kwilder

Update for 2010: Some results and link to 2010 Newsday info is at onthewilderside: here. _______________ For 2009…Newsday reports that all but 3 districts pass budgets. Article is here: Patchogue-Medford, Shoreham-Wading River budgets defeated Full results from Newsday are: here

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Long Island: School budget vote/board elections

Posted on May 18, 2009 by kwilder

2012 Update Current election results for May 2012: See onthewilderside post: here. ________________________________________________________________ Post with info and links on 2010 Long Island school district votes: http://www.onthewilderside.com/2010/05/17/info-and-links-on-school-budget-votes-on-long-island-for-tues-may-18-2010/ Wed. May 20, 2009 update: Full LI school district results at Newsday: here Full Results for North Babylon School District are: here Today, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, is the […]

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Symposium on Climate Change and Health 4/24/09

Posted on April 21, 2009 by iwilder

Symposium on Climate Change and Health: Making the Connection Stony Brook Southampton will host some of the world’s top environmental researchers in its important “Symposium on Climate Change and Health: Making the Connection” on Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m., in Duke Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The symposium […]

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If your family needs it…you will want to know the Fairy LiceMothers

Posted on February 28, 2009 by kwilder

A group of mothers has created a service called Fairy LiceMothers, to help families deal with lice and nits in a safe and natural manner. The Fairy LiceMothers lice treatment center is located in Oceanside, Long Island, and they can also service other New York communities.

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Activity-permissive classrooms: Letting students stand, fidget, and just be

Posted on February 25, 2009 by kwilder

KW: I have always resisted our culture’s desire to have people “sit down and shut up.” As a high school student, I wrote a poem about a school girl’s foot, making circles under her desk. As a new teacher, I seethed when I was told that the first rule in my first grade classroom must […]

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After the kidnapping: Child safe, parents worried, politicians bloviate…

Posted on February 25, 2009 by kwilder

KW: I was hoping not to write much more about the dramatic story of the 15 year old boy who was whisked away from his home in Massachusetts to West Virginia, with his 24 year old teacher. I do wish everyone well in recovering, recuperating, reflecting, and also in dealing with the politicians and school […]

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Green Party of New York Calls Upon Bard College Not to Terminate Dr. Joel Kovel

Posted on February 24, 2009 by iwilder

Accuses College of Dismissing Kovel for Writings on Zionism and Israel The Green Party of New York State condemns the recent termination of Dr. Joel Kovel by Bard College after 20 years on its faculty. We agree with Dr. Kovel, a former Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate from New York, that this termination appears to be motivated […]

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New York Library Association — Prevent Further Cuts in Library Aid

Posted on February 24, 2009 by iwilder

An article from The New York Library Association (NYLA) asserting how important libraries are in times of economic hardship. Notes past budget cuts, and impending budget cuts and asks the public to take action.

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Making spanking worse: Spanking of children in Missouri Schools

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

Update – More research on spanking is: here. Evidently, in Missouri, teachers are still allowed to spank children in school. I think that is appalling. And, it makes me think that some activists should probably focus on making sure no schools in any state are allowed to use corporal punishment on children. It is outrageous […]

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Space still available for Facilitating Change—in a Time of Transformation

Posted on February 13, 2009 by iwilder

“Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather it means never living apart from oneself.  It is not about the absence of other people, it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others. Community does not necessarily mean living face to face with others; rather it means […]

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NY State Budget passed in same, old way…secretive

Posted on February 4, 2009 by iwilder

KW: It is funny, some of my colleagues were lobbying and sending press releases to ask the Governor and state leaders to do this and that. It seemed like empty work to me – begging the powerful for more money for one’s own pet projects. But, I couldn’t think of what the alternate position was. […]

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Well-known professor publishes book on ballot access laws

Posted on December 28, 2008 by iwilder

Below is an article about a new study about how the Democratic Party and Republican Party work together in government to stifle and exclude third party participation. Thanks to Ballot Access News for always being on top of ballot access issues and dialogues. (excerpt from) Ballot Access News: Well-Known Economics Professor Publishes Book Blasting Restrictive […]

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Not Just A Snow Globe: Reflections and images of New Orleans in the snow

Posted on December 12, 2008 by iwilder

When my Green Party friend reported on the national list-serve that there was snow falling in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, I knew it was time to dust off this idea and finish it up. – KW

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