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As the year ends, let me thank public school teachers who, under difficult circumstances, are doing their best to educate our kids.
If this country is to flourish, we need the best education system in the world. Let’s fight for a nation where teachers are well-paid & respected.
If this country is to flourish, we need the best education system in the world. Let’s fight for a nation where teachers are well-paid & respected.
December 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As the year ends, let me thank public school teachers who, under difficult circumstances, are doing their best to educate our kids.
If this country is to flourish, we need the best education system in the world. Let’s fight for a nation where teachers are well-paid & respected.
If this country is to flourish, we need the best education system in the world. Let’s fight for a nation where teachers are well-paid & respected.
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Why should taxpayers fund religious schools? Why toss out separation of church and state?
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Carol Burris: Another Religious Charter School Applies for Public Funding in Oklahoma, Backed by For-Profit Corporation
In this post, Carol Burris reviews the latest challenge to separation of church and state. A religious school has applied for public funding as an online charter school. But that’s not all: t…
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December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Why should taxpayers fund religious schools? Why toss out separation of church and state?
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Which one(s) do you want to try this November? 🧡
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Which one(s) do you want to try this November? 🧡
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My memoirs are now available.
September 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My memoirs are now available.
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South Carolina charter school principal paid $322,000, has outside job working for the authorizer supposed to oversee his school, picks up more $$$$. share.google/jsDGWZyC4n2e...
Highly-paid principal of Midlands charter school has lucrative side job
Gray Collegiate Academy principal Brian Newsome makes nearly $40,000 per year as a consultant for the charter district that oversees his school.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
South Carolina charter school principal paid $322,000, has outside job working for the authorizer supposed to oversee his school, picks up more $$$$. share.google/jsDGWZyC4n2e...
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The Network for Public Education is planning its National Conference in Houston in 2026: start planning!
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Join us September 26-27, 2026 for our national conference in Houston, TX! #edutok #educationtiktok #teacher #teachersoftiktok
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September 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Network for Public Education is planning its National Conference in Houston in 2026: start planning!
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Wilmer Chavarria, the leader of the Winooski School District and a U.S. citizen, said federal agents at the Houston airport demanded that he hand over the passwords to his phone and district-issued laptop.
Wilmer Chavarria, the leader of the Winooski School District and a U.S. citizen, said federal agents at the Houston airport demanded that he hand over the passwords to his phone and district-issued laptop.
Border agents detained a Vermont superintendent and searched his devices. That’s not so rare
Wilmer Chavarria, the leader of the Winooski School District and a U.S. citizen, said federal agents at the Houston airport demanded that he hand over the passwords to his phone and district-issued la...
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July 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Wilmer Chavarria, the leader of the Winooski School District and a U.S. citizen, said federal agents at the Houston airport demanded that he hand over the passwords to his phone and district-issued laptop.
Wilmer Chavarria, the leader of the Winooski School District and a U.S. citizen, said federal agents at the Houston airport demanded that he hand over the passwords to his phone and district-issued laptop.
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dianeravitch.net/2025/07/23/p... What matters most for student success?
Parents Are the Most Important Element in Student Learning
Way back in 2014, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was selling the idea that teachers should be rewarded or punished based on their students’ test scores. That idea, baked into Race to the …
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July 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
dianeravitch.net/2025/07/23/p... What matters most for student success?
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Trump's One Big Ugly Budget Bill hurts public schools. Helps religious schools. dianeravitch.net/2025/06/23/t...
Trump Tax Bill Harms Public Schools by Funding Private Choices
Matt Barnum and Richard Rubin of The Wall Street Journal describe the harm that Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill will do to public schools. They wrote: Republicans’ tax-and-spending megabill …
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June 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trump's One Big Ugly Budget Bill hurts public schools. Helps religious schools. dianeravitch.net/2025/06/23/t...
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Vouchers are ineffective and cost more than promised: search.app/55C4LnQduFcc...
A brief history of Wisconsin’s voucher school system: Less effective and more expensive than promised.
Many Wisconsin taxpayers may not know a small experiment has grown to the point where they are now funding two separate school systems.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Vouchers are ineffective and cost more than promised: search.app/55C4LnQduFcc...
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April 26, 2025
April 26, 2025
Early yesterday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent three U.S.
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April 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
April 26, 2025
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It’s been 37 days since Ukraine agreed to Trump’s ceasefire proposal after the U.S. suspended intel sharing. Russia has still not agreed and continues to wage war without any additional U.S. penalties or sanctions.
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Ukraine agrees to proposal for ceasefire with Russia as US restores aid and intel sharing | CNN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine had accepted a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States, following critical peace talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Sau...
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April 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It’s been 37 days since Ukraine agreed to Trump’s ceasefire proposal after the U.S. suspended intel sharing. Russia has still not agreed and continues to wage war without any additional U.S. penalties or sanctions.
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Trump administration’s censorship of Central High museum website broader than initially reported - Trump bullies remove story of Central High in Little Rock. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Trump administration’s censorship of Central High museum website broader than initially reported - Arkansas Times
Changes have been made to a webpage about Central High’s Memory Project, an annual assignment where high school students complete unique community projects centered on civil rights struggles of the pa...
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April 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trump administration’s censorship of Central High museum website broader than initially reported - Trump bullies remove story of Central High in Little Rock. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Putin expands military, attacks energy plant in Kherson despite agreement not to attack power supplies. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years
Russia calls up 160,000 men aged 18-30 as it moves to expand the size of its military.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Putin expands military, attacks energy plant in Kherson despite agreement not to attack power supplies. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If todays X outage is truly a cybersecurity issue, then let me draw your attention to Musk hijacking a two billion dollar FAA contract for himself with Starlink equipment that hasn’t been rigorously tested for cybersecurity concerns. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.
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March 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If todays X outage is truly a cybersecurity issue, then let me draw your attention to Musk hijacking a two billion dollar FAA contract for himself with Starlink equipment that hasn’t been rigorously tested for cybersecurity concerns. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Send Musk a message: Go home. Go away. theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
We Found Elon Musk’s DOGE Email Address and We’re Fighting to Reveal His Messages
The Intercept is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest.
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March 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Send Musk a message: Go home. Go away. theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
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This is why Zelensky would not sign a treaty with Putin without security guarantees. Add to the list below: Millions of Ukrainians to starve to death when Stalin seized their grain in the Holodomor in 1930s. Russia signed and broke Budapest Agreement in 1994, when Ukraine gave up nuclear arsenal.
March 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is why Zelensky would not sign a treaty with Putin without security guarantees. Add to the list below: Millions of Ukrainians to starve to death when Stalin seized their grain in the Holodomor in 1930s. Russia signed and broke Budapest Agreement in 1994, when Ukraine gave up nuclear arsenal.
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Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
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February 25, 2025
February 25, 2025
On Friday, February 21, former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg posted: “A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
February 25, 2025
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Black history is U.S. history – and we must safeguard it for our children. #BlackHistoryMonth
Starting with the U.S.'s history of slavery, this #LearningForJustice resource can help you teach this complex history in honest, age-appropriate ways: www.learningforjustice.org/talking-to-c...
Starting with the U.S.'s history of slavery, this #LearningForJustice resource can help you teach this complex history in honest, age-appropriate ways: www.learningforjustice.org/talking-to-c...
February 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Black history is U.S. history – and we must safeguard it for our children. #BlackHistoryMonth
Starting with the U.S.'s history of slavery, this #LearningForJustice resource can help you teach this complex history in honest, age-appropriate ways: www.learningforjustice.org/talking-to-c...
Starting with the U.S.'s history of slavery, this #LearningForJustice resource can help you teach this complex history in honest, age-appropriate ways: www.learningforjustice.org/talking-to-c...
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February 23, 2025
February 23, 2025
Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
February 23, 2025
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Young people are constantly confronted by divisive messages, hate and disinformation – and it's on adults to help them build resilience 📣.
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...
February 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Young people are constantly confronted by divisive messages, hate and disinformation – and it's on adults to help them build resilience 📣.
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...