The One Reason Bernie Sanders is the Best Mainstream Candidate for Parents and Teachers It really all comes down to this. You can talk all day about delegates and superdelegates. You can talk about polls and electability. You can talk about political experience, likeability, and authenticity. You can talk about political dynasties, union endorsements and campaign…
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I Was a Radical Republican – For About a Week – And I Didn’t Change a Single Progressive View
I Was a Radical Republican – For About a Week – And I Didn’t Change a Single Progressive View I do not like Ronald Reagan. I own no guns. Back in high school I won a debate arguing for pro-choice. Trickle Down sounds more to me like a bladder condition than an economic theory. So why…
Blinded by Pseudoscience: Standardized Testing is Modern Day Eugenics
Blinded by Pseudoscience: Standardized Testing is Modern Day Eugenics Adolph Hitler was a big fan of standardized testing. It helped justify much of the horrors of the Nazi regime. “National Socialism is nothing but applied biology,” he said. In other words, it’s just science, people. Some races are simply inferior to others. Black people, Jews, Gypsies,…
Fewer Resources, Harder Tests: Common Core in the Last Days of Obama
Fewer Resources, Harder Tests: Common Core in the Last Days of Obama The bell hadn’t even rung to begin class yet, but Ce Ce already had enough. She saw the pile of standardized test look-a-like sheets on the front desk and immediately asked if she could go to in-school suspension. I’m not kidding. She’d prefer to…
Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Manager is a Longtime Corporate Education Reformer
Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Manager is a Longtime Corporate Education Reformer Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Steven Singer’s GadflyOnTheWallBlog. Check out his great work documenting the attacks on public education and the teachers, parents, and students who are fighting back. Check out all his work HERE. Meet John Podesta. He’s a Washington lobbyist working hard to…
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