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Open Forward Thinking: #215 June 28, 2015- Truth, Justice and the American Way
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Sunday, June 28, 2015. 215 June 28, 2015- Truth, Justice and the American Way. This means that truth can be a fact like 2 2=4, or a something like this. . . Patriot Ann Coulter Says Confederate Army the Greatest That Ever Took The Field. How can Ann Coulter and so many others in the Republican Party support the Confederate battle flag while also claiming to have a monopoly on patriotism? Why Justice Kennedy's gay marriage opinion is a bigger liberal victory than you think. As the School Year Ends, Public...
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Open Forward Thinking: February 2015
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Sunday, February 22, 2015. 201 February 22, 2015- Power Money Doesn't Equal Educational Opportunities. We live in a "democratic society" that claims as its cornerstones the concepts of liberty, freedom and equality. Our national identity is based on the belief that anyone can rise to the top and achieve greatness, no matter what their starting place. We are taught that America was different from the "Old World" system of rigid classes and a notable lack of opportunity. Our history has been one of constan...
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Open Forward Thinking: October 2014
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Sunday, October 26, 2014. 185 October 26, 2014- Public Education Held to a Higher Standard. Seeking Educational Perfection. . . We are constantly hearing from those who would "reform" public education about how they are seeking to make our current public educational systems more equitable in terms of opportunity and outcomes. One of the major flaws in the "reform" argument is that we can completely eliminate all gaps in opportunity and achievement. However, that's what we are asking our schools to do whe...
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Open Forward Thinking: March 2015
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Sunday, March 22, 2015. 205 March 22, 2015- Exhausting. I was exhausted at the end of this past week. It hit me when I realized that I thought an 8:20 PM start for the Wisconsin Badgers' NCAA tournament game sounded like it was pretty late. I joked with some colleagues that 8:20 used to be when we started thinking about what to do on a Friday night, but now I wasn't sure if I'd make it to the end of the game (I did by the way, watching them win their opening round game easily). That enthusiasm that educa...
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Open Forward Thinking: May 2015
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Sunday, May 17, 2015. 211 May 17, 2015- Data, Equity, Money and Public Education. One reason is that we really don't have a clear definition of what it means to be educated. As a society we struggle to decide whether being educated means something practical and employment related, or something broader and less easily defined. We want our schools to provide both aspects of education for our students, but at the same time aren't always financially committed to broadening our definition of education. Counti...
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Open Forward Thinking: July 2014
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Monday, July 28, 2014. 173 July 28, 2014- Education Crisis or Opportunity. Uniting the "We". . . Something truly awful is happening in America today. I know that the prevailing message from the media and our political leaders is always one of crisis and doom. We always seem to be on the edge of destruction and despair. As a nation we move from one crisis to the next operating under clouds of fear and anger that cause us to look for solutions in some unlikely (and often unhelpful) places. They accept the ...
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Open Forward Thinking: #212 June 7, 2015- Another School Year Ends, The Struggle Continues
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Sunday, June 7, 2015. 212 June 7, 2015- Another School Year Ends, The Struggle Continues. Public schools and the people who work in them are deeply embedded in our communities and are the cornerstone of our society. There are some who would say that this is simple self-interest for public educators. After all, without public schools we would all be out of a job, right? The DAMAGING changes in store for WI public schools in one appalling list. Superintendents decry state budget for public education. The i...
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Open Forward Thinking: August 2014
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Sunday, August 31, 2014. 177 August 31, 2014- Happy Labor Day! Same Reality. . . Reality and truth are too often portrayed as absolutes based in either common sense or a shared perception of ideas, actions or events. Yet, we know that different people can experience the same thing and come away with very different perceptions of what occurred. It is also true that our own ideologies and biases cause us to define words and concepts differently. The idea that we can be condemned to repeat our past mistakes...
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