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While the motive for the #shooting murder of Charlie Kirk is unknown, "the United States is undergoing its most sustained period of political violence since the 1970s. Reuters has documented more than 300 cases of politically motivated violent acts since Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/charlie-kirk-shot-1.7630416

This #GunViolence #crime is an obvious outcome of #GOP #MAGA policy: No reasonable firearm controls. No quality #PublicEd, #PublicHealth, or economic justice.

Popular U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after shooting at university event | CBC News

U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

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Church & State challenged: States pushing to display Ten Commandments in public schools (https://tinyurl.com/4ur79k8v). This defies SCOTUS precedent (Stone v. Graham), risking religious coercion & eroding foundational separation. Huge implications for public education. #SeparationOfChurchAndState #PublicEd #ReligiousFreedom

“There has been too many occurrences where committees have resulted in very weak recommendations that don’t provide meaningful solutions or meaningful improvements"

Hence, why these things need to be addressed within the bargaining process.

#skpoli #sask #PublicEd

Moms for Liberty and the Dominionist Assault on America’s ‘Education Mountain’

The "seven mountains" mandate is a strategy used by Christian supremacists in order to achieve societal dominion for God. They seek control over these seven spheres: business, government, family, religion, media, education, and entertainment.

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Hello #Education friends! I'm working on a manuscript that describes philosophical foundations of #PublicEd in the US, describes how the enterprise went off the rails with misunderstanding of “#progressive” and more, and places #schools within the administrative state in the US (with a call to reinvent the work of that state so that it’s more person- and mission-centered). Thread continues …

#teachers #students @edutooters @edutooter

Collier teacher under investigation for showing “Confederate History Month” video to school

A teacher at a Collier County school is facing backlash from parents after they showed a video celebrating “Confederate History Month” to the entire school.

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What. The. Actual. Fuck?!?

Confederate History Month? Seriously? A staff member in #Collier County #Florida created the video, narrated it and put it on morning announcements at #ManateeMiddleSchool. District is investigating. How many things had to go wrong for this to happen?

#PublicEd

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR3q3mRE/

Chasing Oz on TikTok

Currently happening in #Florida #manateemiddleschool #colliercounty #confederatehistorymonth #floridahistory #fyp #foryou #whitewashedhistory #fascistflorida #floridafascism #foryoupage

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Dr. Jody Longo-Schmid MLR 2 22 23

Listen to this episode from My Labor Radio's Podcast on Spotify. Meet Educator, Author, Researcher Dr. Jody Longo-Schmid, PhD. We spend the hour talking about her 2022 book, Children Not Widgets - How to fight and fix the willful miseducation of students and the dismanteling of Public Education. This show is an enlightening conversation about the book but it is also about the history of how we got to where we are today in American Public Education. You can find out more on Dr. Longo-Schmid by visiting her website JodyLongoSchmid.com you can find her on Twitter @jody_schmid You can order her book from a Union Shop by following this link to Powell's Books in Portland OR. Those workers are represented by ILWU Local 5.  Dr. Longo-Schmid wrote a great piece that is on Medium about Childhood Hunger and why it hinders education in America. Childhood Hunger is a Political Choice: It Shoudn't Be. As a Democratic Society, we must do better The Powell Memo we speak of in this episode is linked here if you have not read it before. Written by Lewis F Powell in 1971, it has been a roadmap for the right as they work to dismantle any thoughts of a progressive society in America.  Get your update on the struggle of the Brookwood AL United MineWorkers and their 23 month struggle vs. Warrior MET. UMWA.org   As always you can find us at MyLaborRadio.org and on Twitter we are @mgevaart 

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