tultican

tultican, 10 months ago to random

North Carolina: GOP Passes Bill to Increase Charter Funding and Enrollment - These anti-public school politicians even voted to allow low-performing charters to expand! https://dianeravitch.net/2023/07/24/north-carolina-gop-passes-bill-to-increase-charter-funding-and-enrollment/ via @dianeravitch #privatization

tultican, 11 months ago to random

And The Lesson Today Is How To Hate - Equality was contingent upon LGBTQ+ individuals staying out of sight in their (gender-appropriate) closet. The anti-gay protest was outside an LA elementary school. @ChangeTheLAUSD https://link.medium.com/GgilYSR6HAb #bigot

tultican, 2 months ago to random

How About AI Lesson Plans? - Got to wonder about an administrator who encourages teachers to use this scam. Remember there is no intelligence or thinking involved with what AI does. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/how-about-ai-lesson-plans?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #profiteering

tultican, 10 months ago to random

Will the U.S. House Appropriations Committee Adopt Outrageous Cuts in Dept. of Ed Budget? - GOP wants budget cuts for children but not for military. Hard to comprehend their values. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2023/07/27/39064/ via @janresseger #EducationValues

tultican, 3 months ago to random

Research Shows What State Standardized Tests Actually Measure - Education centered around high-stakes testing has been pushing schools down the wrong road for twenty-some years. @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2024/02/10/research-shows-what-state-standardized-tests-actually-measure/ #BStest

tultican, 11 months ago to books

Holding Kids Back - We can always retain them if they can't read to standards but might those extra costs be better served in other more beneficial ways? https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2023/06/14/holding-kids-back/ via @nancyflanagan #reading

tultican, 5 months ago to random

Thomas Ultican always does his homework, and he smells something suspicious in the corporate dismay over test scores. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/thomas-ultican-panic-pandemic-learning-loss/ #profiteering

tultican, 1 year ago to random

#DeFascist

tultican, 29 days ago to random

#protests

tultican, 9 months ago to random

CURMUDGUCATION: The Koch Wish List (Spoiler: Microschools) - The real wish is removing government from the education sector and making parents responsible for getting their kid an education. https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-koch-wish-list-spoiler-microschools.html?spref=tw #Privatization

tultican, 8 months ago to random

North Carolina: Voucher Teachers Required to “Speak in Tongues” at This School - I don't even know what that means. http://dianeravitch.net/2023/09/15/north-carolina-voucher-teachers-required-to-speak-in-tongues-at-this-school/ #privatization

tultican, 6 months ago to random

#Floriduh

tultican, 5 months ago to politics

How Old is Too Old? - What is striking to me, four years later, is how good a job Biden has done. https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2023/12/01/how-old-is-too-old/ via @nancyflanagan #politics

tultican, 4 months ago to random

Who's Behind The Stripping Of Child Labor Protections? - A foundation supported by low-profile rich guys who are for ending 80 years of child protection in America. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/whos-behind-the-stripping-of-child?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #fascism

tultican, 2 days ago to climate

Cars, Cars, and More Cars– the Future of Transportation? - Somebody needs to step up to the plate and declare the end of this auto-centric era is coming. @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/cars-cars-and-more-cars-the-future?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #ClimateChange

tultican, 6 months ago to random

Brilliant! Houston Chronicle: Gov. Abbott, Give Up on Vouchers! - If at first (and second, and third, and so on) you don’t succeed, try strong-arming and threats. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/11/21/houston-chronicle-gov-abbott-give-up-on-vouchers/ via @dianeravitch #privatization

tultican, 25 days ago to random

Good News! Connecticut Eliminates Religious Exemptions for Vaccines - This kind of common sense is literally saving the lives of children. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/05/06/good-news-connecticut-eliminates-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines/ via @dianeravitch #VaccinateNow

tultican, 6 months ago to ukteachers

Virginia: Public School Parents Take Back Most School Boards - If Glenn Youngkin and his minions truly want to listen to parents, now is their chance. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/11/09/virginia-public-school-allies-sweep-most-school-board-elections/ via @dianeravitch #education

tultican, 6 months ago to random

Resign if you cannot follow the Constitution? Great idea. - Christian nationalist politicians like Speaker Mike Johnson must live up to their oath to support the constitution or resign. https://wapo.st/47sQgEL #PoliticalEthics

tultican, 13 days ago to random

Just Who is Trashing Public Education? - For some of the more famous public education haters, it is a case of "I got what I needed. I don’t really care about anybody else." https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2024/05/18/just-who-is-trashing-public-education/ via @nancyflanagan #privatization

tultican, 5 months ago to random

A second video has been recovered by police showing Bridget Ziegler engaging in sexual relations with a woman. https://flcga.org/police-have-recovered-second-ziegler-sex-video-sources-say/ #hypocrite

tultican, 4 months ago to random

Nick Covington is a parent and teacher who lives near Perry High School, the scene of the latest school shooting. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/nick-covington-iowas-vision-of-the-future-down-the-barrel-of-a-gun/ #GUNviolence

tultican, 7 months ago to random

Justin Parmenter: Moms for Liberty Lose When They Try to Ban Books in Charlotte, N.C. - The board rejected the ban request for 5 books. But they did say she could request her own child be excused from reading them. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/10/03/justin-parmenter-moms-for-liberty-lose-their-effort-to-ban-books-in-charlotte-n-c/ via @dianeravitch #censorship

tultican, 2 months ago to random

Justin Parmenter: North Carolina’s public voucher dollars are funding Christian Nationalist indoctrination https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/justin-parmenter-north-carolinas-public-voucher-dollars-are-funding-christian-nationalist-indoctrination-in-schools/ #vouchers

tultican, 6 months ago to random

Home Schooling Is on the Rise: For Good or Ill? - Is a terrible idea that cuts children off from their community. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/11/09/home-schooling-is-on-the-rise-for-good-or-ill/ via @dianeravitch #homeschool