@tultican

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Former ME and school teacher; pro Public ed, for healthcare as a human rite and believe billionaires should be taxed out of existence. Blog: http://tultican.com
Some lying President background info. #Politics
In Defense of Liberty: When Stanford Stands Tall—and Michigan Shrinks - This is about the right of universities to exist as independent institutions of inquiry and dissent. https://cloakinginequity.com/2025/04/18/in-defense-of-liberty-when-stanford-stands-tall-and-michigan-shrinks/ #FightingAuthoritarianism
In Defense of Liberty: When Stanford Stands Tall—and Michigan Shrinks

Every once in a while, your alma mater does something that reminds you what higher education is supposed to stand for. In a moment when academic freedom is under siege, when censorship is being rep…

Cloaking Inequity
What's in a name? - More bad school outcomes from Florida where all bad ideas are born. https://reflectionsinedblogblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/whats-in-a-name/ #Defascist
What’s in a name?

Florida public education ranks 41st (worldpopulationreview.com). What is most prevalent in the minds of Florida school administrators and lawmakers? Names. A Brevard County teacher was recently fir…

Reflections in Education
The Freedom Flip: When the Right Became the Left (But Not Really) - They conflate Jewish identity with Israeli state policy, weaponize antisemitism claims and suppress student and faculty expression. https://cloakinginequity.com/2025/04/17/the-freedom-flip-when-the-right-became-the-left-but-not-really/ #EducationPolitics
The Freedom Flip: When the Right Became the Left (But Not Really)

For decades, the ideological divide in American politics could be roughly characterized by values: the political left pushed for anti-discrimination, equity, and inclusion, while the political righ…

Cloaking Inequity
Aaron Tang highlights two Supreme Court cases that could change public education as we know it. The change would be terrible. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/aaron-tang-the-biggest-threat-to-public-education-is-coming-from-an-unexpected-place/ #EducationMatters
Aaron Tang: The Biggest Threat to Public Education Is Coming From an Unexpected Place - Network For Public Education

Writing for Politico, Aaron Tang highlights two Supreme Court cases that could change public education as we know it. The first case, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, poses the question of whether the 46 states with charter schools must offer public funds to schools that would teach religious doctrine as truth. The second case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, involves […]

Network For Public Education
Trumpski Chooses Lawyer as DC Federal Prosecutor Who is a Putin Puppet and J6 Defender - Of course an unAmerican would-be dictator picked this guy. https://dianeravitch.net/2025/04/18/trump-chooses-lawyer-who-is-a-putin-puppet-and-j6-defender-to-serve-as-federal-prosecutor-for-dc/ via @dianeravitch #Traitor
Trump Chooses Lawyer as DC Federal Prosecutor Who is a Putin Puppet and J6 Defender

One of the most important jobs in the federal government is that of the DC federal prosecutor. He or she handles important cases related to national security, among other things. Trump has chosen E…

Diane Ravitch's blog
Texas: The Sordid Story Behind the Passage of Vouchers - Billionaires pulled out all of their guns and finally forced vouchers on Texans who in a democratic country would have voted them down with a big margin. https://dianeravitch.net/2025/04/18/texas-the-sordid-story-behind-the-passage-of-vouchers/ via @dianeravitch #Politics
Texas: The Sordid Story Behind the Passage of Vouchers

It was no secret that Governor Abbott was intent on passing voucher legislation by any means necessary. In 2024, he called four special sessions to demand a voucher law, offering a big increase in …

Diane Ravitch's blog
Yes, Middle Schoolers Are Hard To Teach, and Nobody Is Really Lazy

Stop me if you've heard this hot new insight-- primary grade students love to learn, and middle school students do not.

Curmudgucation
Will San Diego County Survive Trump? - I don’t know how pragmatically realistic Lawson-Remer’s vision might be, but she all-but-said *eff it,* “we’ll do it on our own.” @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/will-san-diego-county-survive-trump?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #Politics
Will San Diego County Survive Trump?

Supervisor Lawson-Remer plans to do better

IRS Considering Revoking Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status, New York Times Reports https://dianeravitch.net/2025/04/17/irs-considering-revoking-harvards-tax-exempt-status-new-york-times-reports/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters
IRS Considering Revoking Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status, New York Times Reports

Trump hates Harvard. It refuses to follow his orders. Harvard’s President Alan Garber flatly refused to let the Trump goons take control of the university. Trump wants to show Harvard who is …

Diane Ravitch's blog