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NPE Launches New Website with Stories from the Frontlines of Public School Advocacy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 13, 2021September 14, 2021

September 13, 2021September 14, 202108

NPE ACTION’S NEW PROJECT TO BRING TALES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCACY Public schools remain incredibly popular among Americans across the political spectrum,...

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Beware the Insidious Attack on Your Local School Board

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 9, 2021September 10, 2021

September 9, 2021September 10, 202106

I recently learned of a rightwing website collecting complaints about school boards, presumably to encourage dissension and hostility at school board meetings. The School Board...

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North Carolina: Republicans Push Law to Prevent “Indoctrination”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 1, 2021September 2, 2021

September 1, 2021September 2, 202109

Republican leaders in North Carolina, who hold a majority in the General Assembly, but not the Governorship, suspect that liberal teachers are “indoctrinating” their students....

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White Evangelicals Want to Destroy the Public Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 22, 2021July 23, 2021

July 22, 2021July 23, 2021014

Katherine Stewart’s new book The Power Worshippers describes the hostility of evangelical Christians to public schools. I reviewed her book along with two others in...

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The Obscure Foundation Funding the Uproar Over “Critical Race Theory”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 15, 2021July 16, 2021

July 15, 2021July 16, 2021012

Readers of this blog are accustomed to the rule “follow the money.” Thus, you should not be surprised that the national campaign to discredit teaching...

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Stanford Study: High School Students Lack Digital Skills to Spot Fake News

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 20, 2021June 21, 2021

June 20, 2021June 21, 2021022

We live in an age when politicians, advertisers, and others develop and distribute fake news to sell their wares. It’s more important than ever for...

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Speduktr: We All Pay for Public Services and Public Goods, for Our Common Benefit

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 16, 2021April 17, 2021

April 16, 2021April 17, 2021028

The privatization movement is built on the ideology of “a backpack full of cash.” Give the money to the family and let them spend it...

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Texas: Public Schools Are Better Than Charter Schools: Stop Funding Failure!

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 7, 2021April 8, 2021

April 7, 2021April 8, 2021036

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the North Texas School Boards Association by Zoom. Right now, Texas is ground zero for the charter...

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Join Me Wednesday to Learn the Inside Story of the New Orleans “Coup D’Etat”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 8, 2021February 9, 2021

February 8, 2021February 9, 2021029

On Wednesday February 10, I will host a Zoom discussion with Raynard Sanders about his new book, The Coup D’état of the New Orleans Public...

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Washington Post: How Trump’s Denial and Mismanagement Worsened COVID

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 27, 2020December 28, 2020

December 27, 2020December 28, 2020033

As of this writing, at least 340,000 people have died of COVID. Washington Post reporters wrote a comprehensive account of how Donald Trump bungled the...

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