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the kinda weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress

May 5

Moral relativists on the right love to charge school districts with "indoctrination," except when they don't

Apr 27

the weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress

Apr 22

Their outsized attention on a fairly customary and traditional part of schooling is just weird to me

Apr 21

the weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress

Mar 18

For years America's white educators pointed to Finland as a model education system, ignoring racism there as they do here

Mar 18

the weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress

Feb 28

I gave the late night comedian a hard time when he came for charter schools, but I welcomed his recent segment about the culture warriors in education

Feb 23

Remember that time a big box store chain built thousands of Black schools across America

Feb 9

As workers in public benefit organizations, we need to think deeply about the dignity of our work

Feb 8

This year I'm celebrating Uncomfortable History Month

Feb 1

History will judge education advocacy not by its flame-throwing, but by its ability to get the most number of kids into safe harbor during these tough…

Jan 3

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