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22 Feb

Posted at 13:33h in Top of the Class Newsletter
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22 Feb

Posted at 13:20h in Top of the Class Newsletter
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26 Jan

Posted at 06:00h in Tucker's Blog
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Cross-posted at Education Week. The champions are in the ring.  The crowd goes wild. Bernie Sanders, the likely 2020 Democratic candidate, says the problem with the economy is the fat cats who have rigged it for their benefit.  He wants to unleash a progressive tax schedule on...

22 Sep

Posted at 06:00h in Tucker's Blog
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Cross-posted at Education Week. I woke up this morning to an NPR interview with an Italian-American. The fellow being interviewed was a bit anguished.  He understood, he said, the problem Native Americans have with statues honoring Christopher Columbus, the man who paved the way for what...

27 Mar

Posted at 08:05h in Tucker's Blog
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Cross-posted at Education Week. When the Trump administration released its "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again," it was natural for professional educators to go right to the pages describing the proposed budget for the Department of Education.  Some must have been relieved,...