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    Right wing takes aim at public education

    JULY 23, 2012 10:32AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, education, public schools, charter schools, texas board of education, right wing, history, massachusetts education reform act, a nation at risk, william weld, bi-partisanship, curriculum frameworks, teachers unions, tenure, mandatory testing, class size, republican party, rick scott, scott walker, president obama, mitt romney, diane ravitch, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, school vouchers, school choice, evolution, creationism, bible-based math, religious right, christian fundamentalism, outcomes based education, john birch society, john adams, horace mann, civil war, confederates, jim crow, ku klux klan, mccarthyism, education reform, tax cuts, national governors association, federal student loans, privitization

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    OWS: Not Dead Yet!

    JUNE 19, 2012 1:05PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, economy, news, television, politics, occupy wall street, occupy america, ows, education, mass media, advertising, alternative media, barack obama, stop and frisk, michael bloomberg, lgbt, starbucks, morning joe, propaganda, jamie dimon, deborah harris, charter schools, roy fox, harvesting minds, right to free education

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    Maybe Private School is Cheaper than Ritalin

    JANUARY 31, 2012 4:55PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: school choice, charter schools, montessori, private schools, stimulants, psychotropic medications, mental health, child psychiatry, boys, school adjustment, education, hyperactivity, adderall, ritalin, adhd, add, parenting

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    Kissing the Classroom Blues Goodbye

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 3:13PM

    By Stephanie Tames


    Topics: high school, jobs, writing, labor day, holidays, journalism, charter schools, teaching

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