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Walton Family Foundation Planning to Move into Middle-Income Districts in New York City
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Time for a friendly puff piece from Inside Philanthropy about one of the nation’s most malevolent foundations: The Walton Family Foundation. Walton has two goals: privatizing education and eliminating teachers’ unions. It pledged to spend $1 billion to achieve those aims. It subsidizes many mainstream media, even NPR and Education Week, to make sure…
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Top 10 Reasons Public Schools are the BEST Choice for Children, Parents & Communities
Source: Top 10 Reasons Public Schools are the BEST Choice for Children, Parents & Communities
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The Story of Lucy – Beautiful Thing
The real Grace VanderWall is a Beautiful Thing.
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Who Is Sheriff Joe, Pardoned by Trump?
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: GregB sent this email because WordPress refused to post it as a comment. Trump pardoned the controversial and racist sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, on Friday night, when everyone was focused on Hurricane Harvey. Here is Greg’s email: “I tried to post this but WordPress wasn’t having any of it. Should it interest you,…
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Study: Closing Schools Doesn’t Increase Test Scores
Originally posted on gadflyonthewallblog: ? You might be tempted to file this under ‘No Shit, Sherlock.’ But a new study found that closing schools where students achieve low test scores doesn’t end up helping them learn. Moreover, such closures disproportionately affect students of color. What’s surprising, however, is who conducted the study – corporate education reform cheerleaders, the Center for…
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In response to Charlottesville
Originally posted on Seattle Education: Being African American, I have seen and heard many things in my life, many times because most people don’t know my heritage and speak freely of others who are different. Early in my life there were Ku Klux Klan rallies in the south. No one stirred, protested, or decried the racism. It was expected and…
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This is an Invitation to attend my favorite YouTube Concert
Grace VanderWaal was twelve years old when she wrote and performed her first-five hit songs.
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Fake President Donald Trump’s 32-Percent and His Love Affair with Putin
The 19.57-million people seduced by Putin are the Americans that will build the death camps and prisons for the rest of us.
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‘20% of all wine in the world is fake’ – this expert’s guide will save you a fortune
Originally posted on The Wine Wankers: Last month we placed the fake wines coming out of China under the microscope, asking our followers if they could spot the two fakes from the real deal. Alarmingly, very few people could tell the difference. Counterfeits are a big concern for all wine brands, and not just for Australia’s most iconic brand Penfolds.…
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