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Brainwashing Americans for Extremism, Power and Profit (Viewed as Single Page)
Beware of extremists of all types and those who worship at the altar of Milton Friedman’s greed and power.
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The Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy and the end of the People’s Democracy in the United States
If the United States loses its public schools to corporations owned and controlled by billionaire oligarchs, then the United States will no longer be the people’s democracy.
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Divorcing AT&T and breaking up with Yahoo!
Why would anyone stay with AT&T when their faster Internet connection is slower?
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David Brooks’ Amateur Cheerleading for the Common Core
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The pundits of the New York Times are united in their love of the Common Core standards, and none seem to understand why anyone questions the standards. In order to explain a point of view, one must make the effort to hear the voices of critics without caricaturing them. Unfortunately, David Brooks has no…
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FULL COMMON CORE DOCUMENTARY MOVIE NOW ONLINE
Originally posted on COMMON CORE: Breaking News: The HSLDA has just released its Common Core documentary movie on its website. It is free to watch and can be viewed in full here: http://commoncoremovie.com/ –Or here: Please watch and share! ? ?
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Sol Stern Thinks Common Core Is About “Rich Curriculum”
Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: If one is going to entitle a post, A Sorry Attack on the Common Core, which is what Sol Stern did on March 2, 2014, one should really be certain that one’s logic is flawless. Otherwise, someone might come along and write a post that rips through those weaknesses in logic and, well, show just how “sorry”…
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A successful history of—and the threat to—Public Education in the United States
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: I’m sure you’ve heard for years—even decades—that the public schools are failing; that teachers are lazy, incompetent and their labor unions are responsible for this so-called failure. The solution: fire the teachers, close the public schools and get rid of the labor unions. Then turn education over to private sector corporations…
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The power of academic competitions for students who want to learn
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: During a Facebook conversation, an internet friend mentioned how nice it would be if there were academic competitions as popular as sports. I replied that there are popular academic competitions for those students who are interested and who usually have supportive parents that value an academic education. The public schools may…
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A Founding Father speaks from the grave: ” The people who own the country ought to govern it.”
Originally posted on DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: John Jay When the Founding Fathers wisely created a constitution with checks and balances, they created what they thought was a “properly designed state”. As Richard Hofstadter wrote in An Age of Reason,” A properly designed state, the Founders believed, would check interest with interest, class with class, faction with faction, and one branch of…
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Who do Americans trust and why we should elect a nurse for President
Seventy-two percent of Americans trust public school teachers to teach their children in the public schools.
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