Re: [xmca] Educational Nightmare in AZ

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Ps-- I can't say I celebrate the idea of my generation disappearing either!

:-)
mike

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Any chance we can get e-mail addresses of presidents of ASU and AU?
> I am still focused on the IRB issue because, while I abhor the educational
> policies that the research was focused on, and given the right forum, could
> provide "expert witness" about the harmfulness of such policies (which the
> studies document, but I mean, application of other research which would
> predict the observed outcomes), when out of staters butt in, it is likely to
> be more productive if the issues cut to the entire logic of IRB which the
> researchers MUST comply with. It would have to be tough for those punitive
> folks to defend big government intervention in what is legally a private
> matter.
> mike
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Lauren Zentz <laurenzentz@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>   Just to help, re: newspapers that comments can be sent to, the more
>> widely distributed Tucson paper is the Arizona Daily Star (
>> http://azstarnet.com/).
>>
>>   Lauren Zentz
>>   Doctoral Candidate, Department of Language, Reading and Culture
>>   College of Education, University of Arizona
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:10 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll write to Patricia as suggested to see if there is any way to be of
>>> help.
>>> On the face of it, the actions of the lawyers you describe sound like
>>> they
>>> are raw violations of the law! If I were to violate human subjects rules
>>> in
>>> the way you describe, all hell would be brought down on me.
>>> mike
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:07 PM, <cconnery@ithaca.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Mike and everyone:
>>> > For those of you who can't be in Tuscon on September 1 to protest the
>>> > harrassment of scholarly researchers and education faculty & personell,
>>> > there are a few steps you might take to assist in your own way
>>> including the
>>> > following:
>>> >
>>> > 1) Offer your own professional, organizational, or institutional
>>> support or
>>> > expertise to the researchers and the Civil Rights Project by contacting
>>> > Patricia Gandara directly at: pcgandara@gmail.com
>>> >
>>> > 2) Express your outrage regarding the miseducation of English Language
>>> > Learners and the harrassment of social scientists in one of the
>>> following
>>> > papers:
>>> > Tucson Citizen , Yuma Daily Sun, Casa Grande Dispatch, Kingman Daily
>>> Miner,
>>> > Phoenix New Times, and the LA Times
>>> >
>>> > 3) Inform colleagues on your institutional review boards about the
>>> > situation and stress that the bullying and harrassment of scholarly
>>> > researchers and organizations won't be tolerated at your universities /
>>> > colleges.
>>> >
>>> > 4) Boycott all things Arizona.
>>> >
>>> > 5) Keep posted....I'm trying to find out if a legal defense fund has
>>> been
>>> > raised for the researchers.
>>> >
>>> > Best wishes,
>>> >
>>> > Cathrene
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
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>>
>
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