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Monthly Archives: August 2022
Peter Greene: Why Can’t the “Reform Industry” Clean Up Their Failures? — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Peter Greene writes here about Michael Petrilli’s reflections on the evolution of the “reform” movement. Now that the “reform” movement has merged with Christian nationalists, book banners, Proud Boys, neo-fascists, and other vicious haters of democracy, public schools, and academic … Continue reading
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Will Texas Allow Schools to Post “In God We Trust” in Arabic? — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Texas passed a law requiring schools to post signs saying “In God We Trust” in schools. A prankster in Florida is raising money to donate these signs to Texas schools/-but in Arabic. Will these signs be allowed? As he rode … Continue reading
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U.S. Department of Education Invites Astroturf “Parent” Groups to Join Advisory Council — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Maurice Cunningham, a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, is a specialist on the subject of Dark Money. That’s money given to a group or campaign where the donor’s name is hidden. His most recent book … Continue reading
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John Merrow: Don’t Read Banned Books and Don’t Vote! — Diane Ravitch’s blog
John Merrow’s title is sarcastic. Of course he wants you to read banned books, and he is deeply concerned about the large number of eligible voters—especially young people—who don’t bother to vote. When someone on Twitter posted a list of … Continue reading
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Tom Ultican: The Best Book of the Year: How Democrats Abandoned Public Schools — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Tom Ultican is one of the very best chroniclers of the “Destroy Public Education” movement. He was thrilled to discover a new book that explains the origins of the attack on public schools and calls out its founding figures. Lily … Continue reading
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Are Trump and His Supporters in Fact Fascists? — Bob Shepherd | Praxis
A few years back, a friend, someone whom I respect, challenged me on Facebook, saying that Trump might be a lot of things, but he wasn’t an actual fascist. Well, if it steps like a goose. Here are a few … Continue reading
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Texas: Conservative Activists Attack Social Studies Standards for CRT and References to Gay Rights — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Conservative activists in Texas are ready to fight for changes in the social studies standards because they smell “critical race theory” (I.e., any reference to racism in the past or present), and they are hopping mad that the standards refer … Continue reading
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Will the George Dawson School in Texas Ban the Biography of George Dawson? — Diane Ravitch’s blog
The George Dawson Middle School in the Carroll Independent School District in Texas is named for a man who was enslaved, learned to read at the age of 98, and died at 103. The school board is now reviewing whether … Continue reading
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Student Debt Forgiveness Sounds Good to Me. — deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider’s Blog
I attended Louisiana State University for my undergraduate (1985-91). When I graduated, I had no debt. A combination of scholarships, Pell grants, and both campus and freelance jobs kept me from having to take out any student loans. Given how … Continue reading
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Schools as Factories: Metaphors That Stick — Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
The following post is one of a small group I have written over the past 13 years that have attracted the most readers. This one originally appeared in 2014. I have revised and updated it. Over the next month or … Continue reading
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