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Nebraska: Bigoted Rightwing Extremist Takes Control of Senate Education Committee by Diane Ravitch

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Read  Nebraska's Michael Groene's exchange with a constituent about education, and you will see his hatred for teachers and his grand ego. "Teachers are lazy and second-rate, and protected by tenure". As the exchange continues, his hatred grows more intense. People like this want to destroy public education, destroy teaching as a profession, and drag down a great democratic institution that made America great. "Nebraska has one of the best state school systems in the nation. It does not have vouchers or charters. But Nebraska public schools  are under attack by mean-spirited politicians  like Groene who want to destroy public education.  Like his peers in other red states, he wants to turn schools over to profiteers and Wall Street, to turn taxpayer dollars into profits for investors. Shame on him."

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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