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If Jeb Bush Runs for President, Remember This
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: If Jeb Bush should run for President, this article bears re-reading. Bush spoke at a rightwing policy conference in Michigan, where he “trashed” public schools. “MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Jeb Bush praised charter schools and slammed traditional public schools and teachers unions in a speech here Wednesday, saying that public education “dumbs down standards…
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My Vegan Journey and why I never had a chance to say, “Let lips do what hands do.” (Viewed as Single Page)
For the last thirty-two years, I have belonged to one of the smallest minorities in America.
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“Sacrifice the earnings of the elderly, or the government will be shut down.” – U.S. Legislators
Originally posted on Reclaim Reform: The legislative extortion this year is horrible for the elderly, but not all of the elderly. Extortionists divide-and-conquer by promising some that they will not be hurt – this time. Who will be paid what they are legally entitled to since it is their own earned compensation (pension)? Who won’t be hurt? Retired engineers? Retired…
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Listening to Anthony Cody talk about The Educator and the Oligarch
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: The Oligarch is Bill Gates. The Educator is Anthony Cody, who has gone toe-to-toe with the Gates foundation in private conversations and publicly for several years. Cody’s book, The Educator and the Oligarch, covers what he has learned while in the trenches battling a billionaire and his vast, entrenched organization, and…
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Brainwashing Americans for Extremism, Power and Profit: part 3 of 3
Should private sector corporations have total freedom to do whatever it takes to make a profit?
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Brainwashing Americans for Extremism, Power and Profit: part 2 of 3
The use of brainwashing techniques is used by the Right-to-Life crowd when they claim that “Abortion is murder, because it kills babies.”
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Brainwashing Americans for Extremism, Power and Profit: part 1 of 3
An extremist is a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
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Pearson Created the International PISA Test for 2015
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Pearson conquers the world! It holds contracts for Commin Core testing, for textbooks and curriculum Ligned to the Common Core, it owns the GED and a program for assessing would-be teachers (the edTPA), and it owns online charters called Connections Academy. Students are likelier to get higher scores on Common Core tests created by…
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An example of a Financial World run by Milton Friedman Economic Thinking by looking at the Hunger Games
Three GOP presidents since 1945 are responsible for 62% of the federal National Debt of $17.9 Trillion—because of Milton Friedman economic thinking.
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The Lack of Common Sense in the Common Core—rank and yank punishment—Agenda
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Its Black Friday and time to look closer at the corporate war against public education that’s supported by the neo-liberal Common Core agenda out of the Obama White House. The Common Core agenda mandates that all high school graduates must be college and career ready by 17/18 years old. This means…