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There is something about the Common Core standards and testing, about their demand for uniformity and standardization, that reeks of early twentieth century factory-line thinking. In the present climate, the Common Core standards and testing will become the driving force behind the creation of a test-based meritocracy.

An appeals court has decided that the School Board wrongly terminated more than 7,000 teachers after Hurricane Katrina. Those teachers were not given due process, and many teachers had the right to be rehired as jobs opened up in the first years after the storm, the court said in a unanimous opinion.

“NAFTA on Steroids”

Moral Monday Georgia and Truthful Tuesday South Carolina Commence

It would cost less for the government to make all public universities tuition-free than what the government already spends in higher education. True story.

It is about the memory of who stood and who did not stand with Chile in their darkest moments.-

Income Inequality, Israel, NSA, Minimum Wage, Nuclear Power