South Carolinians Fed Up with Nikki Haley’s Raid on Teachers
A petition circulating on the Web and in the state describes the frustration South Carolinians have with glitzy Nikki Haley and her constant bashing of public school teachers. Haley’s treatment of...
View ArticleEducation? Republicans Say We Don’t Need It
If any of you out there watched the Republican National Convention, not only did you witness an array of lies, but you also saw the full denouncement of education in this country. Specifically, public...
View ArticleChicago Teachers Union Heads Toward First Strike in 25 Years
Chicago Teachers Union members will go on strike Monday morning after talks failed to yield a new contract, the head of the union announced late Sunday. “In the morning, no CTU member will be inside...
View ArticleJim DeMint’s endorsement of Todd Akin reflects, affirms ‘women are inferior’...
South Carolina is a cesspool of Republican ideology and policy. However, it should be duly noted there are quite a few trying to spread the disease-like views across the nation. Specifically, Jim...
View ArticleNew ad hits Romney over his claims that he wants more teachers: Rated “Not True”
The ever changing Mitt Romney now claims that he wants more teachers, but previously the Republican Presidential candidate has stated otherwise. I know that comes as a shock. Teachers have been...
View ArticleGOP Gov. McCrory’s priorities are in the toilet while his head is up his butt
Borrowing a phrase from Laffy of The Political Carnival (I love her writing), “what I’m not going to write about today” are bills signed into law by N.C.’s governor that gift the wealthiest while...
View ArticleRepublican Bill In Texas Would Allow Teachers To Use Deadly Force Against...
The Teacher’s Protection Act by Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van) in Texas, would allow teachers to use deadly force against students. If a teacher uses deadly force, they would be safe from prosecution, under...
View ArticleTexas Teacher Longs For Segregation In Racist Facebook Rant Over Pool Party...
A fourth grade teacher in Texas said she apologized to the ‘appropriate people’ after referring to ‘the blacks’ in a post to support segregation over the pool party melee in which an officer brutalized...
View ArticleVirginia High School Teacher Suspended For Using N-Word In Class
Normally, a headline such as this causes an immediate reaction along the lines of disgust and outrage, but the details in this case don’t seem to be typical. Lynn Pierce teaches an...
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