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Tom Ultican: What Are the Education Development Center and the Urban Collaborative?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 28, 2021March 1, 2021

February 28, 2021March 1, 202104

Tom Ultican, retired teacher of physics and advanced mathematics in California, is a dogged researcher who uncovers the mysteries of privatization and the education industry....

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2016: Hillary’s Dreadful Education Plan

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 1, 2021February 2, 2021

February 1, 2021February 2, 202108

I recently received a copy of Hillary Clinton’s policy book, assembled for her by her most trusted advisors in 2014. This policy book was released...

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Andrea Gabor: We Need Civics Education!

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 1, 2020December 2, 2020

December 1, 2020December 2, 2020030

Andrea Gabor, the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch College of the City University of New York, writes here about the importance of civics...

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Trump Creates His “Patriotic Education” Commission

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 4, 2020November 26, 2020

November 4, 2020November 26, 2020013

Donald Trump, a man who is noted for his ignorance of history, signed an executive order the day before the election to create a “1776...

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The Reading Wars Are Over! Lucy Calkins Endorses Phonics

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 21, 2020November 26, 2020

October 21, 2020November 26, 2020010

Lucy Calkins is one of the most influential reading researchers In the nation. She created the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, whose teaching materials...

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Peter Goodman on Bill Gates’ Next Big Idea

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 12, 2020November 26, 2020

October 12, 2020November 26, 2020010

Peter Goodman, former teacher and frequent blogger about education in New York City and New York State, reviews Bill Gates’ next big idea to reform...

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Sign a Petition Against White Supremacist Curriculum

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 22, 2020November 26, 2020

September 22, 2020November 26, 202008

Trump wants to restore “patriotic history” and has vowed to creat a “1776 Commission” to carry out his wishes. Historians, history teachers, and everyone who...

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Peter Greene: Will China Finance Trump’s “Patriotic” History Curriculum

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 21, 2020November 26, 2020

September 21, 2020November 26, 202006

You won’t believe this post by Peter Greene, but it’s documented. Trump announced a ban on TikTok, a social media app, unless the Chinese company...

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Trump: Schools Must Teach “Patriotic” U.S. History

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 18, 2020November 26, 2020

September 18, 2020November 26, 2020010

Standing in front of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives, Trump denounced the teaching of history in U.S. schools...

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John H. Jackson: Trump’s Attack on 1619 Project Is Wrong

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 16, 2020November 26, 2020

September 16, 2020November 26, 2020012

John H. Jackson is president of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, one of the few philanthropies that unequivocally supports public schools. He writes here...

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