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Traverse Bay ISD Considers Giving Nearly $5 Million In School Funding Away To Yet Another For-Profit Charter School In Traverse City

Friday , 2, December 2016 Up North Progressive Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 2 Comments

Apparently the malignant tumor known as Grand Traverse Academy isn’t enough. Northwestern Michigan College and Traverse Bay Area ISD are being asked to authorize a new for-profit charter school in the Grand Traverse area based on the Hillsdale “classical” education model according to the Traverse City Record Eagle. Traverse Classical Academy is the fever dream […]

Jeb Bush Is A Fan of Charles Murray: This Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone

Friday , 1, May 2015 Up North Progressive Candidates, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a comment

“I like Charles Murray books…which means I’m a total nerd.” — @JebBush #NRISummit15 — National Review (@NRO) April 30, 2015 Yesterday at the National Review forum former governor of Florida and GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush mentioned his views on poverty were shaped by author Charles Murray. If you’re not sure who he is, he […]

Racism Blinders, Public Education, and Civil Rights: GLEP Is The Problem, Not The Solution

Thursday , 21, August 2014 Up North Progressive Section 16 Leave a comment

Last week Gary Naeyaert @GLEP_MI tweeted an image that sparked outrage with many people in the state and earned the organization dedicated to destroying public education much deserved notoriety. After three additional tweets trying to explain what he meant by the meme to compare Michigan State School Superintendent Mike Flanagan to school segregation champion George […]

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