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Marshall Tuck’s racist dog whistle

October 26, 2018 by Robert D Skeels

Marshall Tuck’s racist dog whistle

First published in Schools Matter * * * “Blowing the racist dog whistle in politics is shameful. This disgraceful practice against black candidates unfortunately has a long and shameful history. That this would happen in California in 2018 is deeply disturbing. It appears you have chosen to follow President Trump’s playbook of using lies and […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools Tagged With: Marshall Tuck, Racism, Tony Thurmond

Who is the California Charter Schools Association?

February 12, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

Who is the California Charter Schools Association?

Who is the California Charter Schools Association? Founded by nativist Steve Poizner. Revenues of over $2.23-Million. Walmart fortune heir Carrie Walton Penner on their Board of Directors. Director Jed Wallace stuffing his pockets with over $.335-Million in “compensation.” With those dark secrets and massive revenues to protect, it’s no wonder they are attacking sitting school […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter Schools Association, CCSA, LAUSD, neoliberalism, Privatization, Racism, rdsathene, Ref Rodriguez, School Board, Walton family

American anti-intellectualism more popular than ever, and why not?

December 28, 2014 by Robert D Skeels

American anti-intellectualism more popular than ever, and why not?

“The capitalists, from the start, complained that universities were unprofitable. These early twentieth century capitalists, like heads of investment houses and hedge-fund managers, were, as Donoghue writes “motivated by an ethically based anti-intellectualism that transcended interest in the financial bottom line. Their distrust of the ideal of intellectual inquiry for its own sake, led them […]

Filed Under: Educators Tagged With: academia, anti-intellectualism, Corporate Education Reform, neoliberalism, Privatization, Racism, rdsathene

Markham MS Community to Protest PLAS Policies started under Marshall Tuck

May 20, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

Former PLAS CEO Marshall Tuck’s school-to-prison-pipeline legacy for children of color lives on in the policies he established at Markham Middle School. However, the community is tired and fighting back! African-American and Latino parents/students to unite with Community groups and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) to speak out against discriminatory practices against African-American students, parents, […]

Filed Under: Los Angeles Tagged With: Marshall Tuck, PLAS, prison pipeline, Racism, rdsathene, struggle, The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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