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Saturday, February 9, 2019

NO STATE TAKEOVER OF OUR SCHOOLS!

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The Children Are Watching The state of Texas is threatening to “take over” the Houston Independent School District and its school...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

School Blames Sick 2nd Grader for Funding Shortages

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Or, Principal Sends Obscene Memo to Parents Or, The Memo I Can't Show You The Children Are Watching  Well, maybe not obscene i...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Institutional Mourning: Chicago School Closings and the Supreme Court

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The Children Are Watching In 2013 Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel closed 49 public schools at one time.   “Bad schools,” “failing schools...
Friday, October 26, 2018

True Confessions (by Republicans, No Less!)

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Despite all their invoking of religion and piety, I’ve never had high expectations that Republican politicians would confess to the err...
Monday, September 17, 2018

200 Students, $50 to Spend

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The thick envelope gave a hint of elegance inside.  An invitation.  Colorful graphics, fine card stock, strategically placed photographs, “...
Friday, September 14, 2018

“KidLit” Authors Taking a Stand for Children

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The Children are Watching Children’s books are the best! The children in my family – and my friends’ families – always know that...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Your Kids, Their Data, No Privacy

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Who, exactly, is watching? A woman is pacing up and down the sidewalk in front of your child’s school, taking pictures of the chil...