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Critical Reform of Public Education

by May 13th, 2011 - Politics » Society »

Through the course of what would be grades 7-9, replace the entire curriculum with math, science, logic, research and writing activities responding to every episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit and the grim meathook reality of The Wire.

Educating Educators: The Price of Doing Nothing

by March 15th, 2011 - Politics » Society »

A lot has been said recently regarding the costs of public education and society’s respect or lack thereof for teachers. And as usual, the foaming sea of all that is said misses most of the points and devolves into the normal tried-and-true political battle of unexamined, preexisting emotions that are the core of Red vs. […]

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