June 2020 - Teaching Blog

D.C.: Beloved Principal Fired Because She Resisted “No Excuses” Discipline

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The Relay “Graduate School of Education” was created by charter schools to train charter school teachers on test-score-raising and no-excuses discipline, while using Doug Lemov’s...

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Why Does the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Repeatedly Lie about Vouchers in Florida?

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The Wall Street Journal editorial board has three core beliefs about education. 1. Public schools are horrible. 2. Teachers’ unions are evil. 3. Non-unionized charters...

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BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Rules Against Montana Ban on Funding Religious Schools

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The Supreme Court just released a 5-4 decision in the case of Espinoza V. Montana that struck down a provision in the state constitution banning...

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Denver: Charter Schools Collected $16 Million in Federal Aid for Small Businesses

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Chalkbeat reports that charter schools in Denver collected $16 million from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, intended to help small businesses. Across the country, charters...

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California Charter Schools Collect Millions Intended for Small Businesses

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The Network for Public Education has been tracking the charter schools that collected from the federal Paycheck Protectiin Program intended to help small businesses struggling...

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Biden Calls for Massive Federal Response to Pandemic

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Joe Biden seems to be waging a vigorous front-porch campaign. The Washington Post reports: WILMINGTON, Del. – Joe Biden doesn’t just want to ensure that...

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Randi’s Take on the Supreme Court Decision in Espinoza Case

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Randi Weingarten is not only president of the AFT, she is a lawyer. Below is her reaction to the Supreme Court ruling. She calls it...

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Laura Chapman: The Espinoza Decision Was a Farce, Because It Was Moot!

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Our reader Laura Chapman read the Supreme Court decision in the Espinoza case, both the majority decision and the dissents. The majority decision said that...

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Pastors for Texas Children Speaks Out Against the Espinoza Decision

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The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states with private school scholarships must provide similar funding to religious schools. This was bizarre because the Montana Supreme...

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Dana Milbank: America Slides Back to the Medieval Era

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My favorite Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank summarizes where our “leaders” are in responding to the global pandemic. No wonder the EU won’t allow Americans...

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Month : June 2020

D.C.: Beloved Principal Fired Because She Resisted “No Excuses” Discipline

Why Does the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Repeatedly Lie about Vouchers in Florida?

BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Rules Against Montana Ban on Funding Religious Schools

Denver: Charter Schools Collected $16 Million in Federal Aid for Small Businesses

California Charter Schools Collect Millions Intended for Small Businesses

Biden Calls for Massive Federal Response to Pandemic

Randi’s Take on the Supreme Court Decision in Espinoza Case

Laura Chapman: The Espinoza Decision Was a Farce, Because It Was Moot!

Pastors for Texas Children Speaks Out Against the Espinoza Decision

Dana Milbank: America Slides Back to the Medieval Era