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This weekend was the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, one of the most horrifying episodes of organized violence against African-Americans after emancipation. Linda Christensen, a high school teacher in Portland, has some excellent thoughts on the importance of this event and the potentials...

AP

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On April 25, 2013

I have one thought about this study questioning the value of Advanced Placement testing. I graded AP U.S. History exams for 3 years. The pass rate was about 55% (assuming.

Rheeism in One Quote

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On April 18, 2013

Like most elite supporters of destroying public eduction unions and handing the future of education over to capitalists and flawed testing systems that make or break people's careers, Michelle Rhee.

Busing

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On March 14, 2013

The end of an era in Boston, as school busing is officially ended. It's true that busing didn't really work very well. It was a clunky approach to a horrible.

Standing Up To Rheeism

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On January 15, 2013
Much credit to Seattle teachers at Garfield and Ballard High Schools for refusing to give a flawed standardized test to their students. Laura Clawson: The MAP appears to be a perfect storm of the problems with standardized testing: put in place through a corrupt, profit-driven...

Christie

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On January 9, 2013

Since all the important people are now in love with Chris Christie for attacking his own party, let's not forget that the man is the purveyor of awful, awful policies..

Anti-Union Hack of the Day

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On January 8, 2013
Michael Bloomberg for a) comparing teachers unions to the NRA and b) fabricating the idea that like the NRA, members of teachers unions don't agree with the leadership. I'm sure that for a billionaire like Bloomberg, Randi Weingarten and her American Federation of Teachers are...

Rheeocity

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On January 7, 2013

It's useful that the bipartisan patina Michelle Rhee gave Students First has worn off and her organization is increasingly being shown for what is is--an anti-union Republican front group with.

Michelle Rhee: Union-Buster

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On October 25, 2012

Michelle Rhee's organization StudentsLast is not just anti-teacher union. It's anti-collective bargaining more broadly. The organization has contributed $500,000 against Michigan's Proposal 2, which would make the right to collective.

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