I’ve yet to see a copy of the five-page document, but it’s being reported that the Council for National Policy, a group the New York Time calls “a little-known club of a few hundred of the most powerful conservatives in the country,” has started circulating a policy paper on education reform in the United States. […]
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Influential conservative group with ties to the Trump administration and Betsy DeVos calls for the “gradual, voluntary return at all levels to free-market private schools, church schools and home schools as the normative American practice.”
Posted in Education, Uncategorized Also tagged Bible, Common Core, Council for National Policy, Department of Education, dismantling of public education, education reform, Elsa Prince Broekhuizen, God in school, manifestos, public education, religion in schools, religious extremism, Richard DeVos Sr., school vouchers, Secretary of Education, separation of church and state, sex education, Steve Bannon, Ten Commandments, threats to public education 5 Comments
Under DeVos, what’s to stop our tax dollars from being spent teaching children that dinosaurs coexisted with people?
Remember a few years ago when this seemingly fake forth grade quiz about human beings coexisting with dinosaurs was making the rounds? Well, it just landed on my desk again, and this time, because I desperately needed a break from watching Trump handshaking videos, I decided to do a little investigating. Well, it turns out […]
Posted in Education, Uncategorized Also tagged Answers in Genesis, anti-science, Association of Christian Schools International, Betsy DeVos, Blue Ridge Christian Academy, creationism, Creationism Museum, dinosaurs, dismantling of public education, domesticated dinosaurs, Donald Trump, Flintstones, fourth grade, Ken Ham, Kentucky, school vouchers, shaking hands, South Carolina, velociraptors, Young Earth Creationism 25 Comments
5th grade charter school teacher Mika Yamamoto, fired from Michigan’s Renaissance Public School Academy, where she was the only teacher of color, claims she was told by her principal, “The community is not ready for your voice.”
Since this past November, when I interviewed the mother of Josie Ramon, the 12 year old Royal Oak Middle School student who taped classmates chanting “Build the wall” at her and other Hispanic students, I occasionally get notes from people, asking that I help get the word out about similar things taking place within Michigan’s […]
Posted in Education, Michigan Also tagged accusations of racism, Beloved, Betsy DeVos, Central Michigan University, Charter School Partners, Children’s Protective Services, dismantling of public education, domestic violence, Donald Trump, Elie Wiesel, First Amendment, for-profit charter schools, getting fired, horror, insider dealing, John Engler, John Engler Center for Charter Schools, lawsuits, Los Angeles, Mary Kay Shields, Mika Yamamoto, Mt. Pleasant, oppression, public education, racism, Renaissance Public School Academy, safety, Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance, threats to public education, Toni Morrison 149 Comments