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School Vouchers Will Indoctrinate a Generation in Alternative Truths by...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/school-vouchers-will-indoctrinate-a-generation-in-alternative-truths/My middle school students are good at telling the...
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Right To Work Laws Leave Teachers Out of Democracy by Dr. Michael Flanagan
On February 18th, 2017, Iowa became the 30th state to enact Right to Work laws. On February 20th, two days later, Iowa Republican State Senator Mark Chelgren proposed a Bill that would force state...
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What I'll Be and What I Am by Brooklyn Lbl
What I'll be and what I amIs the kind of teacher you will slamNot because I cannot teachBut because U don't understand how I reachI don't fit what U may praise and wantI cannot be the person who would...
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The Metaphor of School as A Business & How It Has Narrowed Our View of...
Originally posted at: http://3rdmillenniumteacher.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-metaphor-of-school-as-business-how.htmlThe metaphor of schools as businesses has become the dominant way of describing...
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I’m a Public School Teacher. Hands Off My Trans Students! by Steven SInger
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/im-a-public-school-teacher-hands-off-my-trans-students/I’m a public school teacher.I have a lot of different girls and boys in...
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Bought With Love, Care, and ConcernMarla Kilfoyle, Executive Director The Badass Teachers AssociationWhen Betsy DeVos became the U.S. Secretary of Education, her first social media interaction was to...
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Without Progressive Opposition, Trump Will Win in 2020 and Beyond by Steven...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/without-progressive-opposition-trump-will-win-in-2020-and-beyond/“You maniacs! You Finally did it! Oh damn you all to...
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My Students Pay Every Day for Their “Free” Lunch By: Melissa Marini...
Originally posted at: https://msvigeljsmith.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/my-students-pay-every-day-for-their-free-lunch/ When Billionaire Betsy Devos, the woman who bought the Secretary of Education...
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One NJ Teacher's Response to DeVos' Criticism That We Are Brainwashing Children
Dear former students, I would like to take this time to formally apologize for brainwashing all of you. I apologize for the teaching of Walt Whitman who said to "filter" from all what you have learned;...
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How Can We Look Our Kids In the Face? by Dr. Michael Flanagan
It was a nice summer night a couple of years ago, and my daughter was just learning to ride a bike. We were out in the parking lot of my building just as it was getting dark. I sat and watched her...
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Trump Can’t Fight Anti-Semites. They’re His Base! by Steven Singer
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/trump-cant-fight-anti-semites-theyre-his-base/“In a short time, a large number of Jews are going to be slaughtered. Their...
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How to Get Trump to Support Public Education: A Military Proposal by Steven...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/how-to-get-trump-to-support-public-education-a-military-proposal/Donald Trump is dead set on destroying public education.He...
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Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos Are Right? by Cheryl Binkley
Originally posted at: http://3rdmillenniumteacher.blogspot.com/2017/03/donald-trump-and-betsy-devos-are-right.htmlDonald Trump and Betsy DeVos are right, at least about one thing. Education is the...
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Period 1 By: Marla Kilfoyle, Executive Director, The Badass Teachers Association
Marla Kilfoyle, Exec. Dir.The Badass Teachers Association Here is what folks don’t get about teaching - it is not effective or ineffective; you are not a bad teacher or a good teacher.The art of...
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Allowing Guns in Schools is a Bad Idea by Steven Singer
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/allowing-guns-in-schools-is-a-bad-idea/Guns were not allowed at Donald Trump’s inauguration.They were not allowed at his...
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From the Mothers (Fathers, Husbands, Wives) of Teachers by Tara May Crawford
When you are the mother of a teacher you will get to listen to people criticize public school teachers without a second thought.They will demonize them as lazy leeches who teach for the money and not...
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We March For Education Justice by Luz Christina Ramirez Mooney
* Speech originally presented at the March For Education in Kingston, New York on March 4th, 2017 Greed and hate are evil and destructive forces, eating away at our nation today. But we have gathered...
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Banning Zinn's Books is White Washing History by Dr. Michael Flanagan
An Arkansas legislator is attempting to have the writings of Howard Zinn, the author of A People’s History of the United States, banned from all public schools in the state. Republican State...
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Koch Bros Funded Publication Criticizes – ME – on School Choice! by Steven...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/koch-bros-funded-publication-criticizes-me-on-school-choice/You know you’ve made it when the Koch Brothers are funding a...
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On Being Women by Delthea Simmons
Being a woman is not a gameIt's not about pussy hatsNot about cute t-shirtsNot about ironic or sarcastic memesBeing a woman is seriousit's not about a one day "strike"It's not about chanting "77...
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