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Top 11 Education Articles of 2022 Hidden by Facebook, Buried by Twitter, and Written by a Gadfly
If you’ve stumbled across this article on social media, congratulations!
You’re one of the few people allowed to read it!
This…
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Who is Education For? | gadflyonthewallblog
Everyday we send our children to school.
Why?
In whose interest are we sending our kids to school?
Is it for…
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Artificially Intelligent Chatbots Will Not Replace Teachers
Education pundits are a lot like the guy in the “Distracted Boyfriend”meme.
They’re walking with teachers but looking around at the first…
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Workers Rights are Human Rights – Even If Our Government is Too Cowardly to Support Them
In today’s America, the more essential your job, the fewer rights you are allowed to exercise.
Teachers aren’t allowed to strike. It’s bad for…
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Posting Learning Objectives in the Classroom is Still a Dumb Idea
One of the worst problems in education is that we never let bad ideas die.
There’s always some know-nothing hack from another field who pokes…
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School Vouchers Don’t Increase Academics; They Increase Bigotry
Let’s be honest.
At best, school vouchers are a failed education policy experiment.
At worst, they’re an attempt to normalize bigotry.
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What Democratic Midterm Victories Mean for Pennsylvania’s Schools
We can breathe a sigh of relief.
Fascism was defeated at the polls.
Christian nationalism, snake oil salesmen and…
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Standardized Test Scores are Incompatible with Your School’s Equity Plan
The primary goal of public education is to teach all children fairly.
But since its inception, the system has never been set up to actually accomplish…
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The Teacher Exodus Continues Whether You Care or Not
Remember when federal, state and local governments actually seemed poised to do something about the great teacher exodus plaguing our schools?…
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Will We Even Try to Keep Students and Teachers Safe from Gun Violence? Or Just Keep Preparing for…
“Teachers, we are operating on a lockdown. Please keep your doors locked until we tell you it has been lifted.”
Before me a sea of wide eyes and…
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