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Monthly Archives: July 2022
Voucher Scholar Turns Against Vouchers — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Josh Cowan of Michigan State University has been studying vouchers for two decades. He started his studies believing that vouchers might help kids. He now believes they are a terrible mistake. He has not yet given up on charter schools, … Continue reading
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Teaching in Florida: 5-Year Cert, No Degree Necessary. — deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider’s Blog
Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, and the Florida legislature are happy to hand over five-year teaching certificates to veterans. Not teaching veterans. Military veterans. As NBC-2.com reports, this plan is an attempt to address Florida’s teacher shortage of approximately 9,000 teachers. … Continue reading
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Jon Stewart Blasts Senate Republicans for Abandoning Veterans — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Jon Stewart, the long-time star of “The Daily Show,” devotes his time to lobbying on behalf of veterans who suffered grievous harm while defending our country. He raged yesterday against Senate Republicans who suddenly withdrew their support for legislation to … Continue reading
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Steven Singer: Why Is a Gates-Funded, Anti-Union Group Part of PA’s Plan to Retain Teachers? — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Steven Singer asks a reasonable question: Why is a Gates-Funded, anti-union, pro-charter advocacy group part of Pennsylvania’s effort to end the teacher shortage? That would be TeachPlus. Singer begins: So Pennsylvania has unveiled a new plan to stop the exodus … Continue reading
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Teachers Unions are Selfless — tultican
By Thomas Ultican 7/27/2022 Dr. Keith Benson wrote the research paper “Teachers Teach and Do the World Good ….” In this scholarly piece published by Scientific Research, Keith, an inspirational young man and community leader, described the world wide neoliberal … Continue reading
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Uvalde and Teaching in the Age of the School Shooting — deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider’s Blog
On July 17, 2022, the Texas House of Representatives’ Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary (Uvalde) Shooting released this interim report regarding the horrific events resulting in the deaths of 19 students and two teachers at the school on May … Continue reading
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Jan Resseger: The Child Tax Credit Is Not Dead Yet — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Count on Jan Resseger to follow the news that matters most for the well-being of America’s children. West Virginia Senator killed President Biden’s ambitious Build Back Better plan, an effort to reverse climate change, invest in education, reduce child poverty, … Continue reading
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Although Manchin Doomed the Child Tax Credit in Build Back Better, Discussion Hasn’t Totally Stopped
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Texas: Charters Are a Parasite on The Public Schools — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Georgina Cecilia Perez is an elected member of the Texas State Board of Education. She is a new member of the board of the Network for Public Education. She writes in this post about the damage that charters are doing … Continue reading
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Kentucky Teacher of the Year Speaks to Congress and Resigns — deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider’s Blog
Willie Carver is the2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. Willie Carver However, by June 28, 2022, Carver could take it no more– “it” being the politicization of his identity and attempts to erase him as a gay man. He quit. … Continue reading
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