Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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This is must see TV! Diane Ravitch, former Assistant Secretary of Education and current president of The Network For Public Education, joins Tavis Smiley to discuss the uncertain future of America’s education system. Click here for the show. (I couldn’t figure out how to embed it here on the blog)
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NAACP Hearing — Charter schools are marketing themselves to white families as a way to send their kids to school without “those kids.” Source: How I Got Schooled at the NAACP Hearing
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Are charter schools overrated? In the 25 years since Minnesota passed the first charter school law, these publically funded but privately operated schools have become a highly sought-after alternative to traditional public education, particularly for underserved students in urban areas. Between 2004 and 2014 alone, charter school enrollment increased from less than 1 million to 2.5…
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Julian Vasquez Heilig joins Southern Arizona talk show host John C. Scott on KEVT, 1210 AM. We talked about the implications of the confirmation of Besty Devos as US Secretary of Education on K-12 and higher education. For more on Betsy Devos click here. Check out and follow my YouTube channel here. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below…
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Are charters the answer for a nation’s long history of underserving the needs of poor children? The NAACP’s most recent national resolution on charter schools has elicited a vigorous discourse about charter schools in the United States. The nation’s largest and oldest civil right organization is also a democratic, community-based organization. As a result, the…
Cloaking Inequity 
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