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RT @DetroitCityFC: Tonight's Attendance: 1,823!!!! The only team where our announcer never has to say "I Can't Hear You!" Thank you Fans! #… 6 hours ago
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@scott_watson Done and done! I'll probably order a couple of those. 1 day ago
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RT @TruthSerumUSA: #GOP has wasted roughly $55 million trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. #DoYourJobGOP #ACA #Obamacare #tcot #ccot … 1 day ago
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Isn't this the definition of insanity? http://t.co/Ox0EoYcRJ7 Try fixing some ACTUAL problems, GOP. 1 day ago
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Off to Ann Arbor to get my butt kicked on a group ride. 2 days ago
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Rick Snyder Is Dead Wrong on Right To Work
”Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.” This quote was uttered not by some left-wing union leader, but by one of the idols of the conservative movement, Ronald Reagan. This fundamental freedom, so eloquently defended by … Continue reading
The Impact of Collective Bargaining
I can definitely understand why outsiders think that collective bargaining in the educational field is all about money and benefits. It seems like those two things are the only things mentioned when politicians say that we need to curb these … Continue reading
Teacher Tenure—Debunking the Myths
Teacher tenure has been around for over a century, and is currently one of many talking points in the War on Education coming from the political right. What is tenure? It’s simply the contractual right for a teacher to not … Continue reading
It’s Not About The Money…But It Kinda Is…
So many pundits have tried to frame the war on unions and collective bargaining rights as being “all about the money” for the teachers and other public workers being affected. Teaching has never been about the money, but right now, … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Rick Snyder
Dear Governor Snyder, Congratulations. If one of your campaign goals was to start creating a generation of under-educated, ignorant cretins, you are well on your way. Your proposed budget would cut hundreds of dollars per pupil from every district in … Continue reading
Modern Education Funding: Crippling Our Future
Children! Children! Future! Future! In two words, The Simpsons was able to sum up the importance of funding education. Not to disparage my favorite show, but this is a concept so easy, even Barney Gumble can grasp it. Why is … Continue reading
The War On Music Education…
…Or “Maybe things aren’t all that bad in the United States, after all.” While browsing for music ed news this weekend, I stumbled across a pretty depressing item from Kuwait. Essentially, a hardline Islamist MP is taking the government to … Continue reading
Making Advocacy Work
Try and picture a day without any music. Go ahead, give it a real earnest shot. Even if you can imagine such a day, I bet it feels weird, inhuman to some extent. That exercise alone should illustrate the importance … Continue reading