We are seeing a serious increase in COVID-19 cases here in Washtenaw County. As MLive reported on Monday, we went from “200 cases the week of October 4-10 to 433 new cases the week of October 11-17, making our county one of the worst in the state when it comes to transmission of the deadly […]
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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.
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 […]
Posted in Detroit, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged American Federation of Teachers, BUZZ, 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, Ron Johnson, Russ Feingold, threats to public education, Trump University, University of Phoenix, Wisconsin, WisPolitics 34 Comments
The problem, according to the NRA: Not enough “good” guns in schools
A few days ago, after almost a full week of silence, the National Rifle Association (NRA) issued a press release addressing the December 14 mass murder in Connecticut, in which 26 lives were lost, including those of 20 six- and seven-year-olds. In their press release, the NRA promised that they were, “prepared to offer meaningful […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged 1st amendment, 2nd amendment, American Federation of Teachers, Asa Hutchinson, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Columbine, Connecticut, George Zimmerman, gun control, gun violence, guns in schools, mass murder, murdertainment, National Rifle Association, National School Shield Emergency Response Program, National School Shield Program, Neil Gardner, NRA, Sandy Hook, school shooting, Trayvon Martin, violent video games, Wayne LaPierre 38 Comments