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The Insane and criminal demands of President Obama, Arne Duncan and Bill Gates on our public schools and children
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: President Obama visited the University of Chicago in January 2014, and said, “We know that not enough low-income students are taking the steps required to prepare for college.” He said this because No Child Left Behind, his Race To The Top program, and Bill Gates Common Core agenda demands that 100%…
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More than a novel—an education about what will happen to the U.S. without labor unions and justice
The coal industry is plundering Appalachia. It is a tragedy what the greedy, cold blooded corporate industry is doing to both the environment and the people who live there.
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The broken tooth, the coming crown, the 2014 Florida Book Festival and Writers Digest
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: I broke a tooth over the weekend and visited the dentist this afternoon spending a few hours in THE chair. I hate those shots that numb your jaw making it feel swollen like a puffy blimp. In a few days I will return for the fitting of the crown. But when…
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The Educator and the Oligarch Reveals the Real Bill Gates
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines CORRUPTION as “dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people”, and by the time I finished reading the last page of The Educator and the Oligarch: A Teacher Challenges the Gates Foundation, I was convinced that Bill Gates was a charlatan, is corrupt, and three famous…
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My Amazon Review of “The Educator and the Oligarch” by Anthony Cody
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: You might notice that my last post about Anthony Cody’s book is not the same as the review I’m posting on Amazon, and that’s because Amazon might not approve what I said in my Blog review of “The Educator and the Oligarch”. They might not approve of this watered down version…
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Does anyone ever question what political party in the United States does the best job dealing with poverty and why?
Workers in Right to Work states earn about $5,300 a year less, have less health care with higher poverty rates, and work related deaths are 51% higher because unions can’t speak up about worker safety.
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Predicting our Future from current Science Fiction
Are today’s science fiction authors the canaries in the coal mine, and should we pay close attention to what they are writing about the future—or is it already too late?
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Time for a Pivot? Kindle Unlimited and Marketing in 2015
M. Louisa Locke Everywhere I hang out as an author, I see blog posts discussing the effect of the introduction of Kindle Unlimited (KU) on authors’ sales. For those authors just waking up to this discussion, Kindle Unlimited is the subscription service Amazon introduced in July. Subscribers pay a monthly fee and can borrow all the books they want that…
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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…