But what we have done already shows that human beings aren’t finished. We have massive problems waiting to be solved – global climate change, social and racial inequality, the corrupting influence of money in politics, etc. However, we CAN do the logical thing and solve these problems!
Read MoreWhat if instead of wasting two decades experimenting on children by allowing corporations to push their curriculum and tests on students you had used your power to strengthen families and demand equity of resources from politicians and billionaire philanthropists?
Read MoreDisaster Capitalism is knocking on the public education door. The best we can do is answer the knock on the door by using this pandemic to produce the schools we deserve. The least we can do is ignore the knock and let disaster capitalism do its thing. I know what I’m going to do. What about you?
Read MoreDid you catch all of the education news in February? Catch up on some of the state news here!
Read MoreThere is a special place in Hell for people who cash in on tragedy. But that place is reserved for the super rich – and that’s all that matters in Donald Trump’s America.
Read MoreSchool Board Partners is an organization looking to co-opt elected school board members into furthering the portfolio model of education reform. They claim to offer training for school board members however every state requires school board members to go through training provided by the state. Community Engagement Partners purpose is continuing Education City’s support for local organizations that are working to privatize public education and instituting Betsy DeVos’s school choice agenda.
Read MoreI don’t think Bernie’s Judaism is the most important thing about him or his campaign. I wouldn’t support just any Jew who was running. For example, I wouldn’t back Joe Lieberman or Jared Kushner if they were seeking elected office. But it DOES mean something that Bernie is in the hunt for the Democratic nomination and is Jewish.
Read MoreWe are the union. We need to demand several seats at the table discussing how to deal with any pandemic-type issues without top-down dehumanizing decisions being made for us, without us being a part of these decisions that impact our own health and safety. This is a local, state and national union issue and I encourage our union leaders to reach out to rank and file members to protect our safety as well as the safety of our students, families and community. We need action to protect educators who are at risk on the frontline now.
Read MoreHow did education start out in 2020? Check out the highs and the lows for the states here!
Read MoreNow multiple years of student data and personal information are being shipped off to CORE. What could go wrong?
Read MoreThe purpose of school is to teach children – not to exploit them as a captive market for financial gain.
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If successful, the case would open the door to publicly-funded private religious education across the country – not to mention siphoning much-needed money away from the public schools.
Read MoreThe people who bust unions before most of us have even had breakfast yet claim they have nothing to do with this anti-union movement. It is all the parents doing. The Walmart heirs just put up the money to let these parents live their dream of union free schools – as if schools where educators have no rights or intellectual freedom were somehow in the best interests of students.
Read MoreI used to be so sure. I used to have an opinion about everything with the confidence, nay hubris, to pity those who couldn’t understand like me.
No more.
Read MoreIn such a techo-utopia, there will be two tiers of education. The rich will get human teachers and the poor and minorities will get Bluetooth connected voice services like Alexa.
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School privatization can never achieve this goal. That’s like treating human beings like cash, like thinking the rules of football can govern architecture.
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Want to know what stories educators are following? Check out December’s BAT State News!
Read MoreCharles Koch and Donald Trump see eye to eye on denying climate change and have forged a path of coexistence if not mutual admiration.
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