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, charter schools, 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
Republican Debate Open Thread
Here, from beginning to end, are my notes in chronological order. Feel free to add your thoughts if you like, or correct me if you think I’ve said something that isn’t right… Cleary Fox doesn’t like Trump. They’re going after him right out of the gate, asking him if he’d run as an independent, which […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Cleveland, Department of Education, Donald Trump, EPA, FOX News, Iran, IRS, ISSYS, John Kasich, Kate Steinle's Law, Mike Huckabee, misogyny, politically correct, Rand Paul, Rosie O'Donnell, Scooby-Doo, Scott Walker, sexism, Ted Cruz 25 Comments
Working within Common Core to introduce social justice and sustainability into the Ypsilanti public school curriculum
The Ypsilanti-based nonprofit Creative Change, which works with schools and universities around the country to develop sustainability and social justice curricula, just recently completed a project inside the Ypsi Public School system. As I was curious as to how things went, I reached out to Susan Santone, the founder of Creative Change, and asked if […]
Posted in Education, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged A National Strategic Narrative, accusations of socialism, conspiracy theory, Creative Change, curriculum, dismantling of public education, EAA, education reform, Educational Achievement Authority, excessive testing, income inequality, no child left behind, poverty, public education, racism, segregation, social justice, Susan Santone, Sustainability, teaching to the test, the threat of Socialism, threats to public education, United Nations, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools 27 Comments