Duncan Invites Parents to Conduct Research on Reasons for Racist Practices in Schools
Duncan sent one of his underlings to the News Hour this evening to express her disgust that 3 and 4 year old students, most of whom are minority children, would be suspended from school. The young African-American woman from the Duncan's Civil Rights Office leaned forward into the camera and expressed her disgust at such practices. When the interviewer asked her why this was happening, she stopp
Gulen Webinar, Part I, with Sharon Higgins
"Video of January 22, 2014 webinar focusing on an introduction to the secretive transnational Turkish social movement whose members have effective control of some 150 American taxpayer-funded public charter schools."Thank you, Sharon for your leadership on this: Gulen 101 Session One With Sharon Higgins from Tim Furman on Vimeo.
Corporate Reform Schools Helping the Poor?
By Jim Naureckas at FAIR:Richard Cohen doesn't understand why people are so down on the rich. The Washington Post columnist (3/18/14) writes:The rich are incessantly accused of being slyly manipulative and self-serving. For instance, they support charter schools. Apparently, there is nothing worse.I am mystified. Charter schools are not private schools. They are free public schools open to any st
Human Rights: The Civil Rights Issue of This Generation
By now it is abundantly clear that the federal government plans to do nothing about enforcing the Fair Housing Act, which was passed in 1968 as a sop to those grieving the assassination of Dr. King, just as it is clear that the Feds plan to do nothing to stop funding the resegregation and cultural neutering of American minority children by corporate reform charter school missionaries. When Arne D
3-20-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Haslam Fiddles with Vouchers and More Tests While Tennesseans Go Without Health CareIs school privatization really more important than keeping the most vulnerable citizens from having access to health care? What would it cost the State of Tennessee to say Yes to expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act? Nothing, except the wrath of the billionaires.The Daily Show Get More:
