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Biden Administration’s Broken Promise: Schools Must Give Standardized Tests This Spring

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 22, 2021February 23, 2021

February 22, 2021February 23, 202106

The Biden administration chose a pro-testing advocate, Ian Rosenblum of Education Trust New York, to announce the decision that states must administer the federally mandated...

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EdTrust and Other Groups Ask Cardona NOT to Allow Testing Waivers

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 4, 2021February 5, 2021

February 4, 2021February 5, 202106

One of the first and most important decisions that Secretary-designate Miguel Cardona will make is whether to grant waivers to the states that want to...

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John Thompson on Ta-Nehisi Coates and Bruce Springsteen

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 21, 2020December 22, 2020

December 21, 2020December 22, 202008

John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, shares ideas about teaching in difficult times. My high school and GED students always loved wrestling with...

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Per Kornhall: The Great Swedish Child Experiment: A Failure

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 11, 2020December 12, 2020

December 11, 2020December 12, 202009

Per Kornhall is a widely published Swedish scholar of education. He wrote this post for the blog. Sweden and Chile are the two nations that...

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Guiliani Leaves Hospital After Receiving Special Treatment

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 10, 2020December 11, 2020

December 10, 2020December 11, 202008

James Hohmann reports that Guiliani received the same special treatment as Trump and was released from the hospital. Since he recovered so easily, he still...

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The Most Important Radical Rightwing Group You Never Heard of

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 25, 2020November 26, 2020

October 25, 2020November 26, 2020010

In this post, Bill Moyers conducts an important interview with investigative journalist Anne Nelson, who talks about her new book, SHADOW NETWORK: MEDIA, MONEY, AND...

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Commonweal: Stop Using Catholic Schools to Shame Public Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 20, 2020November 26, 2020

October 20, 2020November 26, 2020010

There was a time long ago when public schools were thriving, and Catholic schools were also thriving. They were not in competition for students or...

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Fred Klonsky: How Illinois’ Flat Tax Cheats Black and Brown Communities

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 25, 2020November 26, 2020

September 25, 2020November 26, 2020010

I just sent this to my financial advisor:…………………………We’re No. 28! and DroppingSept. 9, 2020By Nicholas KristofOpinion Columnist A measure of social progress finds that the...

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TIME: The Top 1% Have Taken $50 Trillion from the Bottom 90%

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 15, 2020November 26, 2020

September 15, 2020November 26, 202007

This may be the most important article you read this year. The pandemic has exacerbated the huge inequality gaps that existed before the virus struck....

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Join #ScholarStrike in Solidarity Protest Against Racial Injustice

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 8, 2020November 26, 2020

September 8, 2020November 26, 202007

The National Education Policy Center posted this notification about #ScholarStrike, inviting higher education professionals to speak out together against racial violence and injustice. I joined....

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