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Educating our children: not the way to do it

I’m so vehemently opposed to the deceit of “charter schools” (translation: pseudo private schools — some of them profit-making — which con parents and steal money from public school education), I read this, first on Twitter, and went nuts. So … Continue reading

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Want to know why I loathe charter schools?

The very, very rich people–like Betsy DeVos–whose fact-free belief in their superiority leads them to the condescending notion that they know best how to educate kids. In case you didn’t already guess, it’s founded in racism. Meet another such rotten … Continue reading

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“Dismal Voucher Results Surprise Researchers as DeVos Era Begins”

After Nikole Hannah-Jones’s calm yet impassioned essay on public schools comes this from today’s Times. Given the bits and pieces I’ve read about whether vouchers/charter schools offer academic advantage over genuine free public schools, I was startled and greatly encouraged … Continue reading

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