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The Dark Side of America is Ruled by Fear and Hate
Homegrown extremists tied to a deadlier toll than Jihadists in United States since 9/11.
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Review of Journeys: Are @KIPP charter schools pathological?
Originally posted on Cloaking Inequity: Are @KIPP charter schools pathological? Jim Horn et al. will soon publish a new book entitled Work Hard, Be Hard: Journeys Through “No Excuses” Teaching. The following is a review based on the advance copy that I received. Jim Horn et al. have collected important perspectives from current and former Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)…
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The Dangers of Halloween Addiction – Who Does This to Children?
Like cocaine, processed sugar should be added to the list of illegal drugs.
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Ask Eva Moskowitz if it is okay to abuse and exploit children
What Eva Moskowitz is doing with the children in her corporate Charter schools is no different than what Hitler and Mao did. Eva gathers her schools’ children together in large youth rallies that have a strong peer pressure effect in strengthening her grip as an authority figure.
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Discovering the Real U.S. Prison Pipeline
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: I understand that Arne Duncan, the worst Secretary of Education in U.S. history, is talking about the alleged school-to-prison pipeline on Sirius talk radio today (Sunday, October 11, 2015). For decades there has been a myth that a school-to-prison pipeline exists in the United States, and that the public schools are…
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Seeing “The Martian” Two Times in Three Days
“The Martian” was originally self-published in 2011 by American author Andy Weir.
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Stop writing your name in Cursive. You have had Several Warnings.
Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Stop writing your name in Cursive. You have had Several Warnings.
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Stop writing your name in Cursive. You have had Several Warnings.
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Megan Zander at She Knows wrote a post with this headline: Teacher’s aggressive note on 7-year-old’s homework goes viral, and many of the comments are critical of teachers and schools for what the alleged teacher wrote in red ink – the title of this post. First, I was a public school…
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Mercedes Schneider: Who is Roland Fryer, Jr.?
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: I first learned about Roland Fryer, Jr., a Harvard economist, when he devised an experiment to pay students for raising test scores in several cities, which failed. Subsequently, he seemed to be involved in other such experiments where the methodology always involved incentives for teachers or students to get higher scores. Here is an…
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Jeff Bryant: How Jeb Bush Turned Florida’s Schools into a Cesspool of Corruption, Chaos, and Cronyism
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jeb Bush is trying to present himself to the public as a moderate. Nothing could be farther from the truth. When it comes to education, Jeb Bush boasts of the wonderful transformation of the schools in Florida, but that is not an accurate portrayal of what Bush actually did. With his far-right dedication to…