tultican

Former Mechanical Engineer and Public School teacher. Working to save public education. Blog at tultican.com
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2024-08-10 17:35:32

The NY Times Published a Story about a Social Studies Class in Nebraska in 2008 - Mr. Walz's 1993 class truly was special. Every day another commendable aspect of him appears. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/08/10/the-ny-times-published-a-story-about-a-social-studies-class-in-nebraska-in-2008/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters #Politics

2024-08-10 16:55:15

New Poll Shows Kamala Surging Past Trump in Key States - This appears to support the idea of accelerating momentum for Harris/Walz. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/08/10/new-poll-shows-kamala-surging-past-trump-in-key-states/ via @dianeravitch #Politics

2024-08-08 20:41:58

Teaching the Bible Badly - Oklahoma's Walters has come up with an edict sure to make absolutely nobody happy except for Christian nationalists. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/teaching-the-bible-badly?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #EducationMatters

2024-08-08 14:50:28

"Vouchers Hurt Ohio" Lawsuit Tests Constitutional Protection of Equal Access to Public Schooling - The 2022 suit has a November 4 court date. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/vouchers-hurt-ohio-lawsuit-tests-constitutional-protection-of-equal-access-to-public-schooling/ via @janresseger #Privatization

2024-07-31 20:03:25

Department of Labor Gets Religion with Project 2025 - In 2009, Thiel wrote “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/department-of-labor-gets-religion?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #Politics

2024-07-30 14:16:08

Harris’s best response to the ‘too liberal’ attack - The notion that Harris has to “move closer to the center” ignores that she already reflects consensus views. It is the MAGA movement that has gone off the deep end. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/30/harris-liberal-attacks/ #Politics

2024-07-28 15:17:11

How to confront authoritarianism? With joy and unity. - Reads like Jennifer Rubin is a Kamala Harris fan. https://wapo.st/4cW5uFt #Politics

2024-07-27 15:14:05

NYC High School Senior, Child of Immigrants, Accepted at 28 Colleges - Tough year for jingoists, racists and misogynists; an Argentine immigrant's child really is talented and not a DEI whatever. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/07/27/nyc-high-school-senior-child-of-immigrants-accepted-at-28-colleges/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

2024-07-26 17:31:19

Southlake Intolerance fueled by Christian Nationalism - Thomas Ultican takes a look at some of the privatization drive coming out of Southlake, Texas. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/thomas-ultican-southlake-intolerance-fueled-by-christian-nationalism/ #EducationMatters

2024-07-26 17:28:20

Republicans Won’t Even Pronounce Her Name - Doug on how fighting cancer has helped him through these last 6 months. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/republicans-wont-even-pronounce-her?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #Politics

2024-07-25 15:12:54

Katya Schwenk: Let’s talk about indoctrination, specifically a new “tax education” public school program that pushes right wing ideology about taxation. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/katya-schwenk-the-rich-are-pushing-right-wing-tax-education-in-schools/ #EducationMatters

2024-07-24 16:56:57

Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Details The Negative Impact of Diverting Public Money to Private School Vouchers in Kentucky https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/kentucky-center-for-economic-policy-the-impact-of-diverting-public-money-to-private-school-vouchers-in-kentucky/ #Privatization

2024-07-24 00:15:32

Say No To VP Shapiro - Agree with Peter here. The right wing attack on public education make picking a voucher supporter a non-starter. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/say-no-to-vp-shapiro?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #EducationMatters

2024-07-23 22:48:12

The Undermining of Rhode Island Public Schools - State takeovers have a nationwide record of failure and Providence is adhering to that history. https://tultican.com/2024/07/23/the-undermining-of-rhode-island-public-schools/ #Privatization

2024-07-18 14:27:31

After more than 40 years, the federal right to free education for immigrant students finds itself in the crosshairs of conservatives - Texas Governor Abbott is challenging it. https://theconversation.com/after-more-than-40-years-the-federal-right-to-free-education-for-immigrant-students-finds-itself-in-the-crosshairs-of-conservatives-231360?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton via @ConversationUS #EducationMatters

2024-07-17 17:59:11

Jacob Godwin is a New Hampshire teacher who reports for The Progressive on the failed attempt to censor teacher speech. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/jacob-goodwin-a-failure-for-divisive-concepts-legislation-is-a-victory-for-education/ #censorship

2024-07-15 19:53:02

I’ll Bet My Tin Foil Hat Beelzebub Shot At Donald Trump - A 20-year-old shooter was “inspired by Joe Biden's fiery rhetoric" is hardly believable. Out of control guns are another thing. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/ill-bet-my-tin-foil-hat-beelzebub?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #Politics

2024-07-08 00:13:46

Project 2025: Ending Public Education for Students with Disabilities - Nancy Bailey looks at the heritage foundations plans for ending public education. https://go.shr.lc/3zAdPji via @shareaholic #EducationMatters

2024-07-07 17:00:41

Let Teachers Take Back The Classroom - In education, if someone is touting a simple silver bullet to address the issue, they're probably selling something, and it's nothing you want to buy. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/let-teachers-take-back-the-classroom?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #EducationMatters

2024-07-06 17:26:01

The 2024 elections promise a wide assortment of rightwing radicals. Teacher Justin Parmenter points to one of the worst, running for head of North Carolina schools– Michele Morrow. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/justin-parmenter-ive-been-a-teacher-for-30-years-michele-morrow-would-ruin-nc-public-schools/ #EducationMatters

2024-07-06 17:22:16

Senator Sanders Releases Report Assailing Billionaire-Funded Voucher Movement - “For too long, there’s been a coordinated effort to sabotage our public schools and privatize our education system. Unacceptable.” https://dianeravitch.net/2024/07/06/senator-sanders-releases-report-assailing-billionaire-funded-voucher-movement/ via @dianeravitch #Privatization

2024-06-29 16:53:36

Peter Greene: Religious Zealots in Oklahoma React to Court Decision Barring Religious Charter School https://dianeravitch.net/2024/06/29/peter-greene-religious-zealots-in-oklahoma-react-to-court-decision-barring-religious-charter-school/ via @dianeravitch #ChurchAndState

2024-06-28 23:23:32

Take a Deep Breath. Some Post-Debate Thoughts - This is pretty much how I saw the great debate. Biden is too old but his opponent is a criminal - go with the old guy and stop whining. @dougporter506
https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/take-a-deep-breath-some-post-debate?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #Politics

2024-06-19 18:14:30

Respect Public Schools: Public Schools Are Not Mission Fields - The push for Christian indoctrination in public school is an abomination. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/respect-public-schools-public-schools-are-not-mission-fields/ #EducationMatters

2024-06-08 14:53:48

School boards, long locally focused and nonpartisan, get dragged into the national political culture wars - Partisan elections are a mistake. https://theconversation.com/school-boards-long-locally-focused-and-nonpartisan-get-dragged-into-the-national-political-culture-wars-229143?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton via @ConversationUS
#EducationMatters

2024-06-04 17:25:52

Former teacher and school administrator Jan Greenhawk suggests that there’s a presence in some classrooms more scary than any teacher. - It is i-ready's new AI enhanced and opaque programs. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/jan-greenhawk-i-ready-for-this-an-artificiai-intelligence-program-may-be-instructing-your-child/ #EducationMatters

2024-06-03 19:57:36

34 for 45! On Trump’s Historic Humiliation and the Limits of Our Schadenfreude - This is a time fraught with danger for democracy and democratic ideals. https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/34-for-45-on-trumps-historic-humiliation?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #politics

2024-05-31 14:25:35

Attacking Public Education and Teachers as American as Apple Pie - Professor Thomas provides solid information on why the GOP and their friends are leading this modern attack on public education. https://radicalscholarship.com/2024/05/31/attacking-public-education-and-teachers-as-american-as-apple-pie/ via @plthomasEdD #EducationMatters

2024-05-30 20:38:16

A Semi-Elderly Teacher’s Reflection on the Digital World and Education - No, technology and digital media are not going to save us, or drag our schools into the 21st century. https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2024/05/30/a-semi-elderly-teachers-reflection-on-the-digital-world-and-education/ via @nancyflanagan #Edtech

2024-05-30 16:54:43

Mississippi: Fourth-Grade Reading “Miracle” Disappears in 8th Grade - Mississippi State Superintendent who oversaw the fourth grade reading “miracle” is now the state superintendent in Maryland. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/05/30/mississippi-fourth-grade-reading-miracle-disappears-in-8th-grade/ via @dianeravitch #Reading

2024-05-30 15:11:15

New Report on Community Schools, the De Vos War on Public Education and More https://networkforpubliceducation.org/new-report-on-community-schools-the-de-vos-war-on-public-education-and-more/ #SchoolMatters

2024-05-28 18:12:20

They Finally Went There: Biden Campaign Throws a Punch - Interesting update from Doug. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/they-finally-went-there-biden-campaign?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #politics

2024-05-28 12:49:39

Research (science) shows that over emphasizing phonics when teaching new readers leads to weaker comprehension than a more balanced approach. https://tultican.com/2024/05/27/a-conversation-on-the-science-of-reading/ #Reading

2024-05-26 00:02:01

Supervisor Vargas Says She’s Sorry - San Diego County politics is not pretty. @dougporter506
https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/supervisor-vargas-says-shes-sorry?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #politics

2024-05-21 18:18:32

Feeding La. Gov Landry's Universal School Voucher GATOR - This give away to wealth families is an attack of free taxpayer funded public education. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2024/05/21/feeding-la-gov-landrys-universal-school-voucher-gator/ #privatization

2024-05-21 18:13:52

New Data Shows Charter Schools Increase Segregation By Carol Burris the executive director of Network for Public Education. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/carol-burris-new-data-shows-charter-schools-increase-segregation/ #segregation

2024-05-19 15:47:38

The editorial board of the Sun Sentinel offers a blistering take on black box that is Florida’s voucher program. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/sun-sentinel-editorial-board-still-too-little-light-on-shadowy-voucher-schools/ #privatization

2024-05-12 15:21:51

Cannon plays ‘catch and kill’ with the Trump classified documents case - A good reason not to let Trump have another opportunity to stock the courts with more Aileen Cannons. https://wapo.st/3UYEUF7 #politics

2024-05-09 16:52:42

New York City: Appeals Court Orders Desegregation Plan - New York becomes the 2nd state that state court has held that school segregation constitutes a denial of an adequate education per state constitution. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/05/09/new-york-city-appeals-court-orders-desegregation-plan/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

2024-05-06 15:04:49

Stuck on the Merry-Go-Round of Bad Ed. Policy for 40 Years! - An excellent listing of the losing policies that have stopped education progress in the 21st century. https://go.shr.lc/4dtO97h via @shareaholic #EducationMatters

2024-05-06 14:42:28

Jan Resseger: How Book Bans and Censorship Are Hurting Children - Another important article by this brilliant author. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/05/06/jan-resseger-how-book-bans-and-censorship-are-hurting-children/ via @dianeravitch #censorship

2024-05-06 14:40:37

Good News! Connecticut Eliminates Religious Exemptions for Vaccines - This kind of common sense is literally saving the lives of children. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/05/06/good-news-connecticut-eliminates-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines/ via @dianeravitch #VaccinateNow

2024-05-03 19:55:30

#profiteering
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2024-05-02 20:22:51

#protests
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2024-04-30 14:32:47

Joel: Why Does the Media Lie About the Economy? - when Reagan declared morning in America inflation was 4.3% not 3.5% as now. Un-employment was still at 7.8% not 3.8% as now . Mortgage rates were at 13% not 7%. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/04/30/joel-why-does-the-media-lie-about-the-economy/ via @dianeravitch #Politics

2024-04-24 17:43:16

Watch Julian Vasquez Heilig Testify About Charter Schools to Congressional Committee - They are no more successful than public schools, close frequently, have high teacher turnover, and promote segregation. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/04/24/watch-julian-vasquez-heilig-testify-about-charter-schools-to-congressional-committee/ via @dianeravitch #privatization

2024-04-23 16:29:50

Texas: Book Banning Gets Nuttier, Along with Efforts to Ban DEI in Higher Education - State has adopted SEC (Segregation, Exclusion and Caste) while oppressing free thought. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/04/23/texas-book-banning-on-the-rise/ via @dianeravitch #censorship

2024-04-21 12:50:53

Truth-in-Funding webpage counters billionaire funded anti-public school propaganda. https://tultican.com/2024/04/19/defend-the-peoples-schools/ #EducationMatters

2024-04-16 17:18:18

New Hampshire: GOP Leadership is Determined to Crush Public Schools, Ignore Hungry Children - The state is at a crossroads that will determine what public education will be for the next decade. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/04/16/new-hampshire-gop-leaders-hip-determined-to-crush-public-schools-ignore-hungry-children/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

2024-04-14 00:02:44

I am sure you are shocked to your core but there are some really bad people out there trying to end publicly financed free education.

2024-04-13 15:08:39

The facts are in. Instead of promoting choice, much of the nearly $400 million for expanded Ohio school vouchers went to those already attending private schools. Vouchers are handouts to the wealthy. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/cleveland-plain-dealer-editorial-board-the-facts-are-in-ohio-vouchers-went-to-those-already-attending-private-school/ #vouchers

2024-04-05 19:25:55

The State Of The Teaching Profession - My professional evaluation: It kind of sucks. @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2024/04/05/the-state-of-the-teaching-profession/ #Teachers

2024-04-04 20:10:12

Boldly Going… Away. Star Trek Discovery’s Final Season - If you are a trekkie self professed trekkie Doug Porter's review is just the ticket. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/boldly-going-away-star-trek-discoverys?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #trekkie

2024-04-02 17:20:52

Republicans’ abortion woes worsen - Watch for more Democrats vowing to repeal the Comstock Act, enshrine abortion rights in federal statute and to use the Justice Department aggressively to defend women’s right to choose. https://wapo.st/3PN7ciO #JeniferRubin

2024-03-16 19:59:51

#politics
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2024-03-16 17:27:57

Fabiola Santiago: Say Gay, Florida! DeSantis Loses! - She rejoiced when the state agreed to eviscerate the so-called “Parental Rights in Education” law. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/03/16/fabiola-santiago-say-gay-florida/ via @dianeravitch #Bigotry

2024-03-16 14:59:46

Two Orange school board conservatives ousted by recall - Seems the anti-LGBTQ+ wedge issue wedged out their conservative practitioners. http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=a621f344-daf7-4eb4-88e0-7afc72b18a41 #Bigotry

2024-03-12 23:29:23

In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled - There is no room for this kind of hate in legitimate religions. https://wapo.st/3IwEzCv #Bigotry

2024-03-10 14:45:54

Forget ‘polarization.’ It’s the GOP’s radicalization. - The MAGA Republican Party has become shockingly irrational and radicalized, fully embracing totalitarianism, white nationalism and radical isolationism. https://wapo.st/4ccHL3R #politics

2024-03-08 18:35:36

PragerU is a conservative video giant. - With polished animations and titles like "What Radical Islam and the Woke Have in Common" and "Is There Really a Climate Emergency?" https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1234491074/prageru-schools-videos-growth #propaganda

2024-03-07 21:27:01

Big Lies of Education: Poverty Is an Excuse - Poverty is not an excuse, but a reality that education reformers refuse to acknowledge https://radicalscholarship.com/2024/03/07/big-lies-of-education-poverty-is-an-excuse/ via @plthomasEdD #poverty

2024-03-07 21:22:07

Trump Vows to Cut Federal Funding to Any School That Mandates Vaccines or Masks - A sure fire way to bring back deadly childhood diseases. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/03/07/trump-pledges-to-cut-federal-funding-to-any-school-that-mandates-vaccines-or-masks/ via @dianeravitch #malpractice

2024-03-05 16:26:10

The Supreme Court did Trump no favors. He’ll be facing a fall trial. - They may not reach a verdict but the testimony in court right before the election will not be fun for candidate tRump. https://wapo.st/4a0hROE #Elections2024

2024-03-02 14:34:02

It seems Californians have stopped fleecing tax payers to pay for charter schools. https://tultican.com/2024/02/29/stalled-california-charter-schools/ #privatization

2024-02-26 14:12:39

Academic Freedom Battles Roil Indiana University
The cancellation of an art exhibit and other recent moves by university leaders have turned the campus into a free speech battleground. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/02/26/academic-freedom-battles-roil-indiana-university #FreeSpeech

2024-02-22 21:21:29

Kamala Harris is an underrated asset - Despite her near-flawless performance over the past year, do not expect the media to send out any “Kamala comeback” stories, let alone mea culpas for their excessively negative evaluations. https://wapo.st/3SRyiGf #Politics

2024-02-21 16:27:16

Woke/Not Woke - Stripping critical topics and materials out of the curriculum because they may be interpreted as ‘woke,’ makes that curriculum sterile and empty. https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2024/02/20/woke-not-woke/ via @nancyflanagan #woke

2024-02-19 18:44:42

Nebraska: Public School Supporters Fight Vouchers with Ballot Referendum - The GOP might want to end public education but the public is not with them. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/02/19/nebraska-public-school-supporters-fight-vouchers-with-referendum-on-ballot/ via @dianeravitch #privatization

2024-02-18 22:53:09

US Education Reform as Industry: The Problem, Not the Solution - There is a consistent and paradoxical lack of credible evidence for the claims—either for the crisis or the solutions. https://radicalscholarship.com/2024/02/18/us-education-reform-as-industry-the-problem-not-the-solution/ via @plthomasEdD #education

2024-02-17 23:38:05

Christian Nationalists Attack Newton Teachers Association - Christian nationalist Suhr and his wealthy funders want to replace public education with religious schools, home schools, and free-market schools. https://www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2024/02/17/christian-nationalists-attack-newton-teachers-association/ via @masspoliprofs #ChristianNationalism

2024-02-15 23:34:18

New York City: End Mayoral Control of the Schools! - The schools belong to the people and they should run them through and elected school board even in New York. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/02/15/new-york-end-mayoral-control-of-the-schools/ via @dianeravitch #Democracy

2024-02-12 14:07:16

Opposing DEI is supporting segregation, privilege and exclusion. This is one of the logical messages from a new book by @LauraPappano https://tultican.com/2024/02/11/school-moms-battle-for-public-education/ #education

2024-02-09 15:59:34

Promotion of Education Savings Accounts aka Vouchers - They lead the bait and switch scam that is devouring more and more budgets in red states. https://tultican.com/2024/02/04/promotion-of-education-savings-accounts-aka-vouchers/ #privatization

2024-02-06 23:31:26

Trumpian Toddlers Get What They Want, Throw It Away for Big Daddy Putin - Looking like that P in GOP stands for Putin. It is sad to see the demise of the Republican Party. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/trumpian-toddlers-get-what-they-want?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #Putins_Party

2024-02-04 21:42:23

Charles Koch and lackeys are selling education savings accounts AKA vouchers. https://tultican.com/2024/02/04/promotion-of-education-savings-accounts-aka-vouchers/ #privatization

2024-02-02 16:26:00

States with smaller populations than Los Angeles County.
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2024-01-29 15:58:02

Judges rebuke lawless MAGA Republicans. We need more of the same. https://wapo.st/47T7Lh1 #LAWandORDER

2024-01-24 23:49:05

18 Issues for Ed. Secretary Cardona to Better Drive the School Bus - Some common sense from the irrepressible Nancy Bailey. https://go.shr.lc/3u4EKRU via @shareaholic #Education

2024-01-18 21:09:09

Who's Behind The Stripping Of Child Labor Protections? - A foundation supported by low-profile rich guys who are for ending 80 years of child protection in America. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/whos-behind-the-stripping-of-child?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #fascism

2024-01-16 23:47:25

Can Democracy Survive the Morbidly Rich? - This is the big problem of our time. Where is Teddy Roosevelt when we need him. https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/can-democracy-survive-the-morbidly-204?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #oligarchs

2024-01-09 16:08:41

New Anti-tenure legislation entered into the Nebraska unicameral legislative body. #education
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2024-01-08 00:22:38

OH: New Education Czar Does Not Impress - Anti-public education GOP has ended the state school board and appointed a tool to run their new Department of Education. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/oh-new-education-czar-does-not-impress?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #profiteering

2024-01-05 19:22:55

John Thompson: Oklahoma’s State Superintendent Wants to Destroy Tulsa Public Schools - He follows Moms for Liberty’s call for Prager’s rightwing curriculum, which attacks Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and LGBTQ students. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/01/05/john-thompson-oklahomas-state-superintendent-wants-to-destroy-tulsa-public-schools/ via @dianeravitch #Education

2024-01-05 19:01:15

Hoover Institution 2023 “A Nation at Risk” Address - Still supporting this 40+ year-old fraud. https://tultican.com/2024/01/01/hoover-institute-2023-a-nation-at-risk-address/ #profiteering

2024-01-04 21:10:54

President Goes to Valley Forge to Warn Americans - Dozens of criminal indictments and multiple civil trials all revolve around tRump being a corrupt sore loser and fraud who betrayed American national security. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/president-goes-to-valley-forge-to?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #politics

2024-01-02 14:26:30

The Hoover Institution is praising “A Nation at Risk” which was based on a right-wing fraud 40+ years ago. https://tultican.com/2024/01/01/hoover-institute-2023-a-nation-at-risk-address/ #profiteering

2023-12-30 16:07:53

Three Education Stories To Watch In 2024 via - Religious charter schools, DEI the new CRT and voucher school discrimination @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2023/12/30/three-education-stories-to-watch-in-2024/ #education

2023-12-21 16:06:01

Crime is down. No, really. - Like the improving economy, lowest crime rates since 1969 seem to also be ignored. https://wapo.st/3v230Ec #crime

2023-12-18 16:14:40

Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider: Moms for Liberty Isn’t Going Anywhere - The Heritage Foundation, a key supporter of Moms for Liberty since its inception, sees relentless culture warring as key to its work peddling school vouchers. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/jennifer-berkshire-and-jack-schneider-moms-for-liberty-isnt-going-anywhere/ #privatization

2023-12-07 15:37:18

Will Senate Bill 83, Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act, Be Enacted? - SB 83 defines controversial beliefs as ‘any belief or policy such as climate policies, ... diversity, equity, and inclusion, ... or abortion. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/will-senate-bill-83-ohios-higher-education-destruction-act-be-enacted/ via @janresseger #Fascism

2023-12-03 18:33:36

The billionaire myth takes a beating - Whites of absolute power and riches built on slavery as “socialism,” the anti-government conservative movement forged in the Gilded Age tried but largely failed to dislodge the New Deal. https://wapo.st/484wb85 #billionaires

2023-11-19 18:03:23

Peter Greene: The History the Christian Nationalists Want https://dianeravitch.net/2023/11/19/peter-green-the-history-the-christian-nationalists-want/ via @dianeravitch #Religion

2023-11-14 18:54:57

What Will You Say When Trump's Henchmen Are Rounding Up Your Neighbors? - This guy is a deranged not terribly intelligent mega-liar who is openly attacking American democracy. He must be stopped. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/what-will-you-say-when-trumps-henchmen?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #Fascists

2023-11-13 17:56:46

Texas: Gov. Abbott Calls 4th Special Session to Offer Bribes for Vouchers https://dianeravitch.net/2023/11/13/texas-gov-abbott-calls-4th-special-session-to-offer-bribes-for-vouchers/ via @dianeravitch #privatization

2023-11-13 17:36:28

Writer Robert Tracinski on Moms for Liberty. - Among the complaints about the book is that it shows Norman Rockwell’s famous depiction of Bridges in his painting “The Problem We All Live With.” Norman Rockwell is too subversive for M4L. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/robert-tracinski-when-liberty-means-censorship/ #censorship

2023-11-10 18:19:22

Central Bucks school district in Pennsylvania that has been out in front of the wave of right wing ideologue policies in schools. Tuesday night, the voters threw the whole slate of right wingers out. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/kenny-cooper-how-democrats-flipped-a-central-bucks-school-board-embroiled-in-controversy/ #VotingMatters

2023-11-09 20:51:22

Resign if you cannot follow the Constitution? Great idea. - Christian nationalist politicians like Speaker Mike Johnson must live up to their oath to support the constitution or resign. https://wapo.st/47sQgEL #PoliticalEthics

2023-11-02 20:36:39

#Floriduh
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2023-10-23 17:14:32

Oklahoma: State Attorney General Sues to Block Religious Charter School - How long are supporters of the GOP going to put up with crazies like Oklahoma's Governor Stitt? https://dianeravitch.net/2023/10/23/oklahoma-state-attorney-general-sues-to-block-religious-charter-school/ via @dianeravitch #Chuch_and_State

2023-10-20 23:26:13

Jan Resseger: Iowa’s Harsh Turn to the Right Puts Children at Risk - Hard to fathom Iowa being led by MAGAts who even put children at risk to advance the profit motive. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/10/20/jan-resseger-iowas-harsh-turn-to-the-right/ via @dianeravitch #MAGAts