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Two Theories Why Facebook Keeps Blocking Me When I Write About School...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/two-theories-why-facebook-keeps-blocking-me-when-i-write-about-school-privatization/Facebook blocked me.Again.What did I...
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Teaching When Mr. T Is In The Room: Questioning The World Of False Facts And...
Originally posted at: https://irarabois.com/teaching-mr-t-room-questioning-world-false-facts-quick-intolerance/Trump is reaching from the White House and news media to classes throughout the US, and...
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‘Take Your Hood Off’ and Other Teacher Microaggressions by Aaron Michael Baker
Originally posted at: https://spoonvision.wordpress.com/2017/12/09/take-your-hood-off-and-other-teacher-microaggressions/In 2008, David Whitman, future speech writer for early Obama Education Secretary...
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A Tennessee BAT's Message to DeVos by Larry Proffitt
I just finished a blog post entitled, Are There Enough Roots in the Grass 4 a Real Movement? The answer to that question is yes, as evidenced by 4 successful showings of Backpack Full of Cash over the...
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This blog was first published on December 11, 2017 by Defending the Early YearsThis past summer I was invited to give the Thomas Wright Lecture at Sarah Lawrence College as part of the Empower Teachers...
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IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land by Julie Larrea Borst
Originally posted at: https://elfasd.blogspot.com/2017/12/idea-is-still-law-of-land.htmlUnless you've been living under a rock, you know the US Department of Education (USDOE) rescinded 72 Dear...
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Will the U.S. Follow New Zealand’s Lead and Repeal National Academic...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/will-the-u-s-follow-new-zealands-lead-and-repeal-national-academic-standards/Kiwis don’t like corporations telling them what...
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The Role of White Teachers in Educational Equity by Aaron Michael Baker
Originally posted at: https://spoonvision.wordpress.com/2017/12/16/the-role-of-white-teachers-in-educational-equity/The legacies of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the landmark...
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‘Mr. Baker Lets Us Do It’ by Aaron Michael Baker
Originally posted at: https://spoonvision.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/mr-baker-lets-us-do-it/A recent post at Spoon Vision entitled, “’Take Your Hood Off,’ and Other Teacher Microaggressions,” upset more...
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There Has Never Been a Better Chance to Defeat Neoliberals and Neofascists:...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/there-has-never-been-a-better-chance-to-defeat-neoliberals-and-neofascists-hopes-for-2018/As 2017 chugs and sputters to a...
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Are There Enough Roots in the Grass for Real Movement? by Larry Proffitt
As a teacher who’s always been an active union member, I’ve long been in search of the good in all people. As my commitment to a more serious style of advocacy has grown, my sensitivity to social...
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Twas The First Night Of Break by Melissa Marini Švigelj-Smith
Originally posted at: https://msvigeljsmith.blog/…/20/twas-the-first-night-of-br…/“Twas the First Night of Break”Twas the first night of break, when all through the schoolNot a creature was stirring,...
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Kids These Days by Aaron Michael Baker
Originally posted at: https://spoonvision.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/kids-these-days/Kids these days with their screens and their Snaps.Kids these days with their hoodies and their tight pants.Kids these...
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Is Education Meaningless if it Doesn’t Lead to a Job? by Sue Kingery Woltanski
Originally posted at: http://accountabaloney.com/index.php/2017/12/12/is-education-meaningless-if-it-doesnt-lead-to-a-job/In Florida, the Constitution Revision Commission (FLCRC) convenes once every 20...
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Dear Congressman Zeldin…by Paul Kalb
Originally posted at: https://opinion8ed2.wordpress.comJust wanted to let you know I received your email in which you say, “Dear Paul, Today, I voted NO on the final version of the GOP Tax Plan....
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What’s the Buzz? A Crown of Gadflies! Top 10 Articles (by Me) in 2017 by...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/26/whats-the-buzz-a-crown-of-gadflies-top-10-articles-by-me-in-2017/We made it, Readers.Somehow we survived 2017 – the first year...
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The New Working Class Teacher by Aaron Michael Baker
Originally posted at: https://spoonvision.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/the-new-working-class-teacher/Teachers have long been listed as part of what is called the “professional class.” Similar to the...
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White Privilege, Public Schools and Ugly Christmas Sweaters by Steven Singer
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/white-privilege-public-schools-and-ugly-christmas-sweaters/This is one of those stories that’s been bothering me for a while.I...
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BATs in 2017!!Thank you to all of our supporters. We are honored to do this work and look forward to our fifth year in 2018!Our most popular meme. Made by Nancy Osborne and it received over a 7...
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The Different Flavors of School Segregation by Steven Singer
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/the-different-flavors-of-school-segregation/The most salient feature of the United States Public School System – both...
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