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Who Crowned Bill Gates the Emperor of Education?
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Over on Mercedes Schneider’s Blog, she tackles and criticizes Bill Gates view of the Common Core State Standards. “Bill defines standards as a ‘list of what kids are supposed to know’ at each grade level.” But Mercedes, Bill Gates is correct in his thinking—for computer programs… Read more
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Cherry picking facts without lying to make the bad look good or the good look bad
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: It’s easy to manipulate facts. The fake Ed reforms do it all the time to make the public schools look bad, and even some public schools cherry pick facts to look good. Technically what both sides share with the public are not lies, but they don’t… Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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? Read more
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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.… Read more