The Digital Guilded Age
Move over Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt, the new tech giants are hear to start a new age of unchecked growth and inequality. Just like their 20th Century counterparts, a favorable tax environment coupled with a disregard for the environment (social and natural) is back in style:
Dismantling Public Education in Ohio
“Ohio GOP threatens to cut school funding, calling spending 'unsustainable'” 5 News Cleveland
Genuinely perplexed at the mental gymnastics state lawmakers must do when addressing education in Ohio:
Put in place an unconstitutional funding scheme for K-12 education.
Complain that public schools are failing . . .
Chipping Away at the Wall Between Church and State
The Case Against Vouchers
Dr. Josh Cowen of Michigan State University author of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers. A special thanks to my former colleague Dr. Thomas Shipka for recommending this interview.
Processing the 2024 Election
I am still trying to process the elections. Normally if I say to someone I am porcessing something it is strictly an intellectual thing. But I have to admit that there is a good amount of emotional processing going on as well. The two are of course inextricably linked: the anger, frustrations, bewilderment I feel is due in large measure to my . . .
What will Education Look Like Under a Trump Presidency
(from Ohio Capital Journal)
Trump won the presidency. What does that mean for education?
by Shauneen Miranda, Ohio Capital Journal
November 6, 2024
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s return to the presidency could set the stage for sweeping changes in U.S. education policy.
Throughout his campaign, Trump has vowed to “save American education,” . . .
What many have been thinking.
I don't always agree with Michael Moore, but I think he gets it pretty much right
"With just two weeks left until the election, Vice President Harris still won’t clearly say what she’ll do differently from Biden to end the U.S. taxpayer-funded slaughter of Gaza’s civilian population. Every poll shows the American people . . .
