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Extremists Are Using Lies to Undermine America’s Public Schools: We Need to Take a Stand
Yahoo News ^ | April 29, 2022 | Randi Weingarten and Jonah Edelman

Posted on 05/03/2022 6:23:42 AM PDT by artichokegrower

Just as extremists have used the Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election to undermine American democracy, far-right advocates of privatizing public education are using Big Lies to undermine public schools. Supporters of public schools must see these ugly attacks for what they are and take a stand against them.

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Meanwhile at my county's public schools

Santa Cruz County Office of Education honors legacy of Harvey Milk with rainbow flag

Many schools countywide raised the rainbow flag to honor the legacy of Harvey Milk, a gay rights pioneer and California’s first openly gay elected official whose advocacy fueled movements for LGBTQ+ rights across the country.

1 posted on 05/03/2022 6:23:42 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Give me a break you commie Aholes!


2 posted on 05/03/2022 6:25:25 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: artichokegrower

Fight back against the GROOMERS.


3 posted on 05/03/2022 6:35:03 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: artichokegrower

Written by the head of the union. Makes that credible…../sarc


4 posted on 05/03/2022 6:54:32 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: artichokegrower
Just as extremists have used the Big RUSSIAN COLLUSION Lie about the 2016 presidential election to undermine American democracy...

Fixed it.

5 posted on 05/03/2022 6:54:57 AM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: artichokegrower

They have been doing it since the 70s.. Carter raising the department of education to a cabinet level position gave these folks a single point of attack to compromise the entire educational system and they have been doing it ever since.

No need to convince individual school districts or states, just get the dept or education to agree, and demand districts do it or lose funding


6 posted on 05/03/2022 6:56:55 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: artichokegrower
Ms. Weingarten is a union thug, and not even a parent. Using argumentum ad hominem and clumsily emotive adjectives, she writes as might a high school student, desperate to draw attention but without the articulatory means for effective or convincing rhetoric.

Her tirade against privatization of public schools argues completely off the inconvenient point that public schools are such a tragic failure. From fuzzy math to sight-reading to elimination of honors programs, public schools are stealing quality basic education from generations of young Americans.

7 posted on 05/03/2022 7:07:29 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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There is a simple way to understand these Commies. If they say the 'right' is doing something, then they are the ones doing it. In this case, they say we use lies and big lies.

We are right over the target and they are scared. They don't have any evidence, examples, or arguments other than lies and false accusations. The right, on the other hand, has plenty to the contrary.

When it comes to government schools there is ample evidence they are exceedingly poor educating children. We have test scores. The evidence is clear when you speak to a young adult or read something they write.

People have concluded the reason for the poor and over priced education children receive is very simple. Schools are not focusing on the right things. The pandemic opened parents' eyes. Parents were able to stay home and see teachers spew their tripe online. There are videos all over the place.

But if there is any doubt about the crap government schools are pushing, just listen to the lack of evidence teachers, administrators, school boards, Democrats and the media pushes. Their argument boils down to that of a second-grader pointing his finger and yelling, "You lie". They are not able to point to success.

They are failures.

8 posted on 05/03/2022 7:14:20 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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“Just as extremists have used the Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election to undermine American democracy”

When an article starts with disinformation, you can bet the rest is bunk too. When teachers jobs are lost due to declining enrollment, Randi is going to be blamed for exodos of children out of public schools.


9 posted on 05/03/2022 7:16:59 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: artichokegrower

So a big, fat, lesbian with no kids ends up as the president of the teachers union?

I think I see what the problem is here...


10 posted on 05/03/2022 7:17:01 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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Don’t believe your own children or your own eyes and ears!


11 posted on 05/03/2022 7:21:18 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: artichokegrower
Government schools are NOT public. Like entering a public office in the People's House of certain public officials, visiting a government school runs the risk of getting drugged, molested, raped, mugged, stabbed, jumped, tazed, shot, arrested, imprisoned, or worse.


12 posted on 05/03/2022 7:48:19 AM PDT by Reeses
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A friend in Alexandria, VA, said about 150 teachers were hired by Catholic schools to meet the rising demand. Another private school bought a building to hold their new students. Parents, even in liberal enclaves, are pulling their kids quickly. Houston lost 11,000 students since the covid scares started. I don’t think they’re going back.


13 posted on 05/03/2022 8:16:21 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: artichokegrower
Too late. The public schools have already been destroyed as educational institutions, on a level much deeper than this or that item in the curriculum.

Start fresh with all new personnel or forget it.

14 posted on 05/03/2022 8:38:58 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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15 posted on 05/03/2022 8:59:45 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: HighSierra5
Give me a break you commie Aholes!


16 posted on 05/03/2022 12:41:50 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: Seaplaner

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17 posted on 05/03/2022 3:39:09 PM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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