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Breaking News: ACLU finds many illegal policies in Charter Schools
A new report released today by the ACLU and Public Advocates (a California civil rights organization) entitled Unequal Access: How Some California Charter Schools Illegally Restrict Enrollment has … Source: Breaking News: ACLU finds many illegal policies in Charter Schools
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The Ignorance of Donald Trump on Display with another Foolish Twitter Rant as he insults a U.S. Marine
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Donald J. Trump went on another Twitter rampage after the Democratic National Convention ended, and in one Tweet he said, “General John Allen, who I never met but spoke against me last night, failed badly in his fight against ISIS. His record = BAD #Never Hillary”. This is another example of how ignorant…
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Don’t let your emotions decide who you will vote for in the 2016 Presidential Election
Fifty-five percent of Donald Trump’s statements are totally false or worse compared to 14 percent for Hillary Clinton.
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A brief history of America’s climb out of the slime, and its return to the muck
Russia’s Putin, a former KGB agent, autocrat and dictator, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, a brutal dictator for life, have endorsed Donald Trump for President.
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George Lakoff: Understanding the Appeal of Donald Trump
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: George Lakoff, the psycholinguist, is expert in explaining how people respond to verbal messages. His book “Don’t Think of an Elephant,” was a best-seller. I met Lakoff a few years back and asked him about how to frame issues in the education debate. We spent two hours talking. He left a lasting lesson with…
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The Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Chronicles or Days of Their Lives
What would happen if Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton were married to each other?
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If you are a public or private sector worker with a future promised pension, is that pension safe?
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Public pensions are allegedly guaranteed by each state and/or the federal government. After all, doesn’t it say so in many if not all state constitutions? That’s why public employees count on the fact that when they retire after working 20, 30, 40, or more years, they will receive the pensions they…
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What kind of Capitalist Democracy do you want to live in?
Democracy and capitalism were not invented in the United States.
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A Semper Fi Hero in Orlando
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: What would Donald Trump say about an American citizen called Imran Yousuf if all he heard for the first time was this young man’s name in connection to the night club massacre in Orlando, Florida? The odds are that The Donald would think that Yousuf was from the Middle East, a Muslim and…
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The Blog Hits 27 Million Hits
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: At some point this evening, while I was out celebrating at the annual dinner of Leonie Haimson’s Class Size Matters, the blog passed the 27 million mark, meaning 27 million+ page views. ? I am proud of the remarkable reach of the blog. When I write about an elected official, I usually get an…