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Welcome To Our Homosexual Day of Silence

April 15th, 2011

By Nancy Morgan Friday, April 15, the Homosexual Day of Silence is being promoted in government schools across the country. Welcome students. Today is the big day. Today is your chance to take a stand against the forces of bigotry and homophobia that unfairly targets our brothers, sisters and others in the gay, lesbian, transgendered, […]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: Day of Silence, homosexual, lesbian, LGBT, schools, students, teachers
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Honduran Unions in Wisconsin? Nah – Just Their spirits

March 28th, 2011

By Dan Miller Here is an article from the Washington Examiner about the current machinations of many teachers and their union in Honduras. It notes, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Sunday threatened to fire teachers if they continue a three-week-old strike that has aggravated divisions caused by a 2009 coup. Teachers who fail to show […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: corruption, Hunduras, Lobo, strike, teachers, union, Wisconsin, Zelaya
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I Want To Join A Union

February 21st, 2011

By Nancy Morgan Until I saw the thousands of loyal union members expressing solidarity by their courageous protests in Wisconsin, I had no idea of the great perks union membership entailed. Now that I do, I want in. And not just any union — I want to join either a teacher’s union or the government […]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: compensation, health care, political, protests, teachers, unions, Wisconsin
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Real Public Education Reform Starts at Home

November 22nd, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor To his credit, Davis Guggenheim’s new documentary Waiting for Superman has generated real buzz far outside the usual sphere of policy wonks, professional educators, and concerned parents. Unfortunately, to his fault, his film is also a biased, revisionist, and propagandist take on what really ails public education in America, rife with […]

Articles written by Dr. Jim Taylor
Tags: academic, parents, performance, schools, students, teachers, unions
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Test to the Teach

September 28th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor For those of you who follow my education-related posts (here is a primer), you know I’m no fan of testing in public schools as it is currently conceived and used. In my view, the cart is firmly before the horse, where the horse of quality education is being pulled by the […]

Articles written by Dr. Jim Taylor
Tags: curriculum, life skills, math, public schools, reading, teachers, testing
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