Category: Wisdom
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Last Friday, I was honored to give a graduation address at Folsom Prison. Folsom State Prison (FSP) is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, U.S., approximately 20 mi (30 km) northeast of the state capital of Sacramento… It opened 137 years ago in 1880, Folsom is the state’s second-oldest prison.. Folsom was also one of the first maximum security prisons, and as such witnessed the execution of…
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Since you are a beginning teacher, I’d like to talk to you about classroom management and corporal punishment. You know what they say! Spare the rod and spoil the child! I’m only kidding. I’d really like to talk to you about justice and the new technological canvas. The world has sped up. It’s forever changed.…
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Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: On February 22, 2017, US ed sec Betsy DeVos participated in an interview with journalist and Trump supporter, Kayleigh McEnany, for the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC). Below is the full video followed by the full transcript of that interview (approx 9 minutes): ? KM: Hi, Madam Secretary. It’s so…
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The Senate tied 50-50 on the confirmation vote for Betsy DeVos. Vice President Pence cast the deciding vote. For more on DeVos click here. https://www.c-span.org/video/?423651-1/us-senate-vote-betsy-devos-nomination-gets-underway
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The extent to which special student populations (ELL, Special Education and Economically Disadvantaged) gain access to charter schools is understudied. The new study Separate and Unequal?: The Problematic Segregation of Special Populations in Charter Schools Relative to Traditional Public Schools utilizes state, district, and local level data to understand the enrollment of high-need special populations in charter schools compared…
Cloaking Inequity 
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