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Jay McNally Doesn’t Want To Answer Questions About Tea Party Charter School

Friday , 6, March 2015 Up North Progressive Section 16, Tea Party 2 Comments

It’s fun to watch people who deserve attention finally get it. Especially Jay McNally, Pasquale Battaglia, John Conely and Nick Fiani; all members of the team working to make American Christian Academy American Classical Academy Lindbom Classical Academy Livingston Classical Academy a reality in Brighton. Except these guys don’t like the attention they’re getting. They […]

Our Christian School Was Never A Christian School: Isn’t Lying One of the Thou Shalt Nots?

Tuesday , 3, March 2015 Up North Progressive Section 16 2 Comments

Yesterday Jay McNally of American Christian Academy American Classical Academy Lindbom Classical Academy Livingston Classical Academy wrote a rebuttal to Eclectablog after a series of articles were published on the blog reporting the treatment of Glenn and Sue Ellen Ikens after they tried to enter the Lindbom Elementary School last Saturday for an “open to […]

Brighton Area Schools Say No To Battaglia’s ‘Life’s Passion’: And A Response From A Challenger About Hillsdale College Promoting Religious Schools

Wednesday , 11, February 2015 Up North Progressive Section 16 4 Comments

On Monday night in a 6 to 1 vote the Brighton Area Schools board decided not to charter Pasquale Battaglia’s Hillsdale College American “classical” academy. As the parents and concerned citizens of Brighton are relieved that their district won’t be responsible for allowing this school to open in their district, the people involved with the […]

The Hypocrisy of Hillsdale College’s Charter School Model

Wednesday , 28, January 2015 Up North Progressive Section 16, Tea Party 56 Comments

There is good news for the students and parents of Brighton Public Schools and the taxpayers of Michigan. The Brighton Public School Board voted not to charter Pasquale Battaglia’s American Classical Academy on January 26. This is after many people voiced their objection to a charter school opening in their community that would take students […]

Firestorm of Energy and Blessed Breakout Sessions: Going On Offense Tea Bagging At Soaring Eagle

Friday , 9, January 2015 Up North Progressive Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a comment

The Going On Offense Tea Party Powwow at Soaring Eagle Casino has begun. Right now the meet and greet with no cash bar is going on, and everyone there is looking forward to Dave Agema making the keynote address. He certainly knows how to get people’s attention with just a few words. A couple of […]

“Classical” Education Spreading Up North To Traverse City

Saturday , 6, December 2014 Up North Progressive Section 16 1 Comment

As if the chaos surrounding for-profit charter school Grand Traverse Academy isn’t enough to convince you that the charter school fiasco in Michigan is … well, a fiasco, there are plans in the works to open up yet another for-profit charter school in Traverse City. The people responsible for this want to open their school […]

Tea Party Charter School Responds

Tuesday , 25, November 2014 Up North Progressive Section 16 Leave a comment

Subversive? But you were sent the link directly. Can’t argue with that logic.

Tea Party Charter School

Sunday , 23, November 2014 Up North Progressive Section 16 15 Comments

No one should ever forget that one of the leaders in the profits before kids charter school movement is Hillsdale College. Their brand of for-profit charter schools which they call, “Classical Education”, is a nice way of saying Christian conservative education that bears little relevance to what students actually need to be prepared in a […]