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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
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Andrew Stewart-Cousins, Betsy DeVos, charter schools, Daniel Loeb, Department of Education, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, New York State Senate, New York State Senate Minority Leader, projection mechanism, psychiatric projection, racism in charter schools, Success Academy, teachers union
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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
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged charter schools, Department of Education, public school education, school vouchers
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The god problem in Texas charter schools
I have relentless animus about the god problem in the U.S.A. and its creepy attacks on the First Amendment by using the First Amendment in its legal arguments. And as the daughter of public school teachers, one of whom was … Continue reading
Posted in The god problem
Tagged charter schools, Law and the bible, the First Amendment, the god problem
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