Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Charter schools and their lobbyists have quietly raise tens of millions of dollars from billionaires to attack supporters of public schools that are running for local school boards (see below). The Post News Group reported that, The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), funded by pro-charter school billionaires, is sending out negative mailers to voters’ homes. …
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John Oliver is engaging in humorous discussions on TV about education that are disturbing and motivational. So today I’d like to talk a little about Last Week Tonight— currently my favorite show on TV. I’ll begin with my visit to the show a few weeks ago when I travelled to New York. I’ll end with my…
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Recently the film Backpack Full of Ca$h had it’s world premiere at the Philadelphia Film Festival on October 22 and 29. The film explores the real cost of privatizing America’s public schools. The film is narrated by Academy Award Winning Actor Matt Damon and directed by Sarah Mondale. The film was produced by Vera Aronow. The film…
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Honored to make the BAT’s list for the next US Secretary of Education! But I am enamored with the other esteemed members of the list and most impressed by Linda Darling-Hammond. Here is their press release: PRESS RELEASE The Badass Teachers Association FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MARLA KILFOYLE, Executive Director BATs MELISSA TOMLINSON, Asst. Executive Director…
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Julian Vasquez Heilig joins the Rick Smith Show to discuss school choice research and recent development in the civil rights community calling for a moratorium on charter schools. Please check out and follow my YouTube channel here. For more on what’s going wrong with charters click here. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this…
Cloaking Inequity 
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