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Why are Teachers Getting Beaten up in Texas?
Advertisements In an effort to understand why schools are so unruly and teachers are getting assaulted let’s go back in time to where it began. This prospective will be mostly from Texas since I lived through it in Texas. 1979- … Continue reading
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When Kids with Diabilities Accept Vouchers, They Abandon Their Rights — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Advertisements A reader named JCGrim posted an important fact about vouchers: Voucher schools are not required to comply with the federal law that protects the rights of students with disabilities. Vouchers are a backdoor scheme to make kids with disabilities … Continue reading
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Florida: Stand Up to the Big Bully Ron DeSantis! — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Advertisements I had the pleasure of speaking by Zoom to a meeting of the Pastors for Florida Children. The event was reported by Baptist Global News. The morning session was also addressed by Baptist minister and retired Arkansas Judge Wendell … Continue reading
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Florida: Legislators Plan to Lower Age to Buy Guns from 21 to 18 — Diane Ravitch’s blog
Advertisements After the massacre of students and teachers at Parkland High School in 2018, the Florida legislature raised the age for buying a gun from 18 to 21. That decision was just upheld by a federal appeals court. However, the … Continue reading
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Response to Developing a Thriving Teacher Workforce in Texas
Advertisements Below are the eight points of emphasis identified by report produced by The Texas Education Agency titled “Developing a Thriving Teacher Workforce in Texas” and compiled by Teacher Vacancy Task Force. I found most of it to be the … Continue reading
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Texas: Unmasking The Campaign to Privatize Public Schools
Advertisements Mimi Swartz, a writer for the Texas Monthly, explored the background, the funders, and the consequences of the well-coordinated campaign to privatize public schools—by defaming them and discrediting those who run for local school board seats. She focuses on … Continue reading
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Texas: How Charter Leaders Profit by Buying Property, Paying Rent to Themselves
Advertisements The Houston Chronicle is shining a bright light on some of the shadiest real estate deals that enrich charter school operators. What could be better than to get a charter, buy property, rent it to the charter at rates … Continue reading
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Stephen Owens: The Public School Is the Best Choice for a Just Society
Advertisements Originally posted on Diane Ravitch’s blog: Stephen Owens is an evangelical Christian who has thought deeply about the importance of public schools in our society. He has a Ph.D. In education policy from the University of Georgia and is … Continue reading
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Florida: Will DeSantis Be Able to Hide the History of Atrocities Against Black People in His State?
Advertisements As Governor Ron DeSantis stirs up passions over hot-button issues and declares his state the place “where WOKE goes to die,” African Americans in his state are determined not to let him bury their history. Why is he so … Continue reading
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Texas: Don’t Make the Same Mistake as Arizona: Vouchers Are a Fraud!
Advertisements The Texas Observer published a warning to the Texas legislature: Take a close look at the Arizona voucher programs. Don’t go there. Vouchers subsidize private school students while defunding the public schools that still enroll the vast majority of … Continue reading
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