Tag: teachers

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In 2020–2021, the United States spent approximately $927 billion on education. This figure exceeds the GDP of many developed nations and represents one of the largest public expenditures in American history. Yet despite this extraordinary investment, the outcomes have been deeply disappointing. (more…)

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NEA Thanks President Biden, Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris in General Election.

One school principal has said that Randi Weingarten, of the [AFT] teachers union, would protect a dead body in the classroom. 
From a New Yorker cartoon, illustrated by Richard Thompson

In recent posts, here, here, and here, I have argued that 21st century, Americanized Stalinism made its initial germination and unique American hybridization in the thought laboratories of higher education, the universities. (more…)

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Life is hard in the column racket, I tell you. The work load is crushing. Every week I get many hundreds of e-mails (well, okay, I would if I did, but this is close enough for journalism) asking, “Fred, Fred, what beneficial and meritorious measures will you enact when you become dictator? What will you do to set the course of American society for centuries to come?” (more…)