Daily Archives: August 15, 2022

Yep. Class Size Matters. — deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider’s Blog

When it comes to the number of students in a K12 classroom, size matters. This is not a new revelation for me but a fresh one after last school year, when I had the largest class sizes ever for the … Continue reading

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Jennifer Hall Lee: Public Schools Are Essential for Democracy — Diane Ravitch’s blog

Jennifer Hall Lee is a trustee of the public schools of the Pasadena Unified School District. She explains here why public schools are the foundation stone of democracy. All of us pay taxes for public schools even if we have … Continue reading

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Florida: Teacher Resigns After Staff Removes Pictures of African-American Heroes from His Classroom — Diane Ravitch’s blog

So now we see the consequences of DeSantis’ fabricated culture war against African-American history. Too much—or any—attention to racism runs afoul of Florida’s STOP WOKE law. One school decided to “stop woke” by ordering the teacher to remove pictures of … Continue reading

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