Senator Ted Kennedy

No Child Left Behind Act Creates Testing-Industrial Complex and Punitive Accountability Regime

2002-01-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) into law at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio, with bipartisan fanfare that masked the legislation’s deeply destructive effects on public education. Co-sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy and …

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Lordstown Strike Against GM Speedups Exposes New Worker Alienation

1972-03-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On March 3, 1972, workers at General Motors’ Lordstown, Ohio assembly plant authorized a 22-day strike after GM’s Assembly Division (GMAD)—which workers called “Get Mean And Destroy”—implemented brutal speedups that reduced task time to 35-second bursts with only 5-second …

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