THERE'S ONLY ONE REASONABLE APPROACH TO FASCISM--DISOBEDIENCE!
Not One Inch Toward Fascism!
A Quick Note on Biden’s College Debt Forgiveness
...loan forgiveness falls short in that it is a one-time deal that may benefit students today, but leaves students tomorrow holding the magic growing bag of debt.
A Tale of Two Freedoms
Public goods make us more free.
A New Website Dedicated to Dangerous Knowledge
All over the country teachers are facing a conflict between doing what's right for their students and keeping their jobs. This new website is intended to help them resolve this conflict. But I could use your help.
They Were Always There…They Were Just Hiding
In the last few years I've had between one and six transgender students on my class roster. This is great! But where were these students in the first two and a half decades of my career? Well, they were there.
A Rally in Tally
When this many teachers are shaking their fingers at you...you've done something wrong.
How Are We Going to Pay for This?
First, there's plenty of money for everyone to get the benefits that they want. There's absolutely no need to have debates about raising taxes, deficits or MMT. All such arguments are distractions. If we want to pay for things like Medicare for All, Free College, or the Green New Deal, we need look no further than the coffers of the Transnational Corporate Class.
Giving a Beep for Education?
HOW ABOUT GIVING YOUR VOTE!
The Best Defense from Fake News is Self Defense
We cannot let the fake news panic become a pretext to empower the state or the corporate elite to limit our access to the news.
It’s Standardized Testing Season Again
It's testing season. It's that time again when my classes are half empty (half full). Students are spending hours at a time with their heads down, or staring at a screen, filling in bubbles because, in Florida, bubbles equal knowledge.
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