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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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    • 2018 Views
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    Tennessee's Teachers Marched In the Rain For Their Rights

    MARCH 8, 2011 7:29AM

    By Jeanette DeMain


    Topics: tenure, collective bargaining, teachers, tennessee

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    Another Look at the Braid-Cutting Teacher

    DECEMBER 17, 2009 9:20AM

    By Jeanette DeMain


    Topics: teachers behaving badly, tenure, due process, education

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    The Truth About K-12 Teacher Tenure

    MAY 7, 2009 10:24AM

    By Jeanette DeMain


    Topics: just cause, job protection, unions, tenure, teachers, public education

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