Wow! I just watched Dana Bash on @cnn.com I thought i was watching Fox. She is NOT the reporter to be in Michigan. She is not objective.
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The Executive Director of the Network for Public Education, retired teacher & award-winning HS principal, & author of On the Same Track. Lover of democratically governed public schools and democracy.
.@cnn.com Dana Bash’s allegiance to Israel has been clear. Thats ok. But the stage she just gave to a Republican gubernatorial candidate to bash ElSayed in an unchallenged filibuster was shocking.
she @danabash.bsky.social of @cnn.com let a gubernatorial candidate filibuster to put down a candidate for the senate!
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/fourth-rep... @palan57.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @janresseger.bsky.social @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social @lisamhaver.bsky.social
FOURTH REPORT: Former Alpha School students speak out
“A science experiment that’s been framed as a school” - “pretty much a concentration camp” - “cool the first few months and then it just becomes shit”
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I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Governor: Do Not Opt-in to the Federal Voucher Program.. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Governor: Do Not Opt-in to the Federal Voucher Program.
On October 1, the U.S. Treasury Department released regulations for the federal tax credit voucher program that was slipped into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and pushed through reconciliation. The ...
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When you open up the gates to ed profiteering, this is what you get… opportunists feeding on public dollars and trust @dianeravitch.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @hechingerreport.org @progresstexas.bsky.social @politico.com www.texastribune.org/2026/09/02/a...
Alpha School eligible for Texas voucher money despite rejected charter bid - The Texas Tribune
Alpha School quadrupled its Texas private school campuses. Most are eligible for state dollars through the new voucher program.
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keep in mind that Charter One gets its money from taxpayers. It is the management organization for American leadership Academy charter schools. Your dollars go to ALA which passes them through to Charter One azmirror.com/2026/09/15/c...
Criminal probe targets PAC funded by charter school management company
An investigation into the Educational Freedom Fund is probing whether a charter school founder’s PAC funneled corporate money to the GOP
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keep in mind that Charter One gets its money from taxpayers. It is the management organization for American leadership Academy charter schools. Your dollars go to ALA which passes them through to Charter One azmirror.com/2026/09/15/c...
Criminal probe targets PAC funded by charter school management company
An investigation into the Educational Freedom Fund is probing whether a charter school founder’s PAC funneled corporate money to the GOP
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Trump crime syndicate ……….Trump’s Special Envoy Hauled In More Than $250 Million While in Government www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
Trump’s Special Envoy Hauled In More Than $250 Million While in Government
A disclosure shows that Steve Witkoff collected nearly $107 million in 2025 from a holding company that includes a crypto business owned by his family and President Trump’s.
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I was surprised to learn that with connected surveillance cameras,  Europe has stronger paper protections than the US, but they also have enforcement gaps, meaning the same “pilot program → normalization” pattern could still happen there. #pinks
Danielle ❌👑@danielleloveswords.bsky.social · last mo.James Talarico is right: The constant, warrantless surveillance that flock cameras enable has no place in a free society.
I’ve been asked about racist Loomer like 15 times on the hill this week. Zero times about how @AshleyMoodyFL has yet to condemn her racism + how Moody stole $10 million meant for children and funneled it to a campaign 🤔
Reasonable chance there will be a "JD is pivoting" series of stories as he starts to roll out his presidential campaign.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last mo.JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
Apple: Think Different is now Apple: Think Compliant
When you open up the gates to ed profiteering, this is what you get… opportunists feeding on public dollars and trust @dianeravitch.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @hechingerreport.org @progresstexas.bsky.social @politico.com www.texastribune.org/2026/09/02/a...
Alpha School eligible for Texas voucher money despite rejected charter bid - The Texas Tribune
Alpha School quadrupled its Texas private school campuses. Most are eligible for state dollars through the new voucher program.
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I know. My brother was one of them. That is what neighbors do. Keep the faith for 2 more years, Canada. We will be back. @dianeravitch.bsky.social
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
I know. My brother was one of them. That is what neighbors do. Keep the faith for 2 more years, Canada. We will be back. @dianeravitch.bsky.social
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
This idiot seems to believe they can change people's lives at their discretion.
Cassandra Ulbrich explains why Michigan public schools' student achievement has dropped. Follow the money to charter schools, where nearly 70% are run by for-profits. www.crainsdetroit.com/opinion/comm... @casandraulbrich.bsky.social @michigandems.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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As my NYC 3rd-grade grandson told me..."They call it Fundations. All we do is break words into syllables. There is nothing fun about it!" No wonder scores dropped. So-called Science of Reading is a scam. @nycschools.bsky.social @uft.org www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline ...
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‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families progressive.org/public-schoo...
‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families
Voucher and charter school programs are taking funds that could make our public schools stronger.
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there is no “science of reading”  when you teach all students as if they needed remediation you get scores you would expect from students who do. Low level heavy handed phonics. @rweingarten.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
As NYC reading scores plummet amid literacy overhaul, officials investigate
NYC saw dramatic declines in reading proficiency, nearly wiping out last year’s gains. Officials say the sharp swings deserve “careful, rigorous analysis.”
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When you treat all kids as though they can't read and turn instructions into mechanics, you get the scores of nonreaders. No surprise. @nycschools.bsky.social @uft.org @nydailynews.com @chalkbeat.org www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline ...
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When you treat all kids as though they can't read and turn instructions into mechanics, you get the scores of nonreaders. No surprise. @nycschools.bsky.social @uft.org @nydailynews.com @chalkbeat.org www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline ...
yahoo.com
As my NYC 3rd-grade grandson told me..."They call it Fundations. All we do is break words into syllables. There is nothing fun about it!" No wonder scores dropped. So-called Science of Reading is a scam. @nycschools.bsky.social @uft.org www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline ...
yahoo.com
Good reading programs are enriching & foster love of reading. Then you provide remedial skills on an as-needed basis as a supplement. NYC bought into the "science of reading" bs sadly. Scores sank. @nycschools.bsky.social @uft.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline ...
yahoo.com
there is no “science of reading”  when you teach all students as if they needed remediation you get scores you would expect from students who do. Low level heavy handed phonics. @rweingarten.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
As NYC reading scores plummet amid literacy overhaul, officials investigate
NYC saw dramatic declines in reading proficiency, nearly wiping out last year’s gains. Officials say the sharp swings deserve “careful, rigorous analysis.”
chalkbeat.org
‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families progressive.org/public-schoo...
‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families
Voucher and charter school programs are taking funds that could make our public schools stronger.
progressive.org
‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families progressive.org/public-schoo...
‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families
Voucher and charter school programs are taking funds that could make our public schools stronger.
progressive.org
A New Federal Voucher Program Poised to Ramp Up School Segregation from @tcfdotorg.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm... @carolburris.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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