This past Thursday, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, warning against what he called the “higher education cartel” in an interview with WisPolitics, suggested that we change the college system in the United States so that our students encounter fewer live instructors, and watch more DVDs. Following is a clip from Inside Higher Ed. …”We’ve got the […]
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Trump supporting Republican Senator suggests we learn our history from Ken Burns DVDs instead of those in the “higher education cartel”. Ken Burns obliges with history lesson on Trump.
Posted in Detroit, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged American Federation of Teachers, dismantling of public education, Donald Trump, EAA, Education Achievement Authority, for-profit charter schools, higher education, Inside Higher Ed, Ken Burns, Mike Huckabee, prison labor, public education, Randi Weingarten, Ron Johnson, Russ Feingold, threats to public education, Trump University, University of Phoenix, Wisconsin, WisPolitics 34 Comments
With Snyder’s EAA going down in flames, the EMU community urges their administration to sever ties
On Thursday, February 20, at 10:00 AM, members of the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) community opposed to the ongoing association between their university and the Snyder administration’s troubled Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), will be gathering in Welch Hall to “demand” that all connections be immediately severed. Following is my discussion with EMU College of Education […]
Posted in Detroit, Education, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged charter schools, defunding public schools, Detroit, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Education, education reform, Educational Achievement Authority, Eli Broad, Ellen Cogen Lipton, EMU, EMU College of Education, failing schools, for-profit charter schools, House Bill 4369, House Bill 5268, Jase Bolger, John Covington, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, MEAP, Michigan Education Assessment Program, MIke Flanagan, public education, Rick Snyder, Susan Martin, Teach for America, teachers union, threats to public education, union busting 20 Comments