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Don't miss this! "a conservative group called Turning Point USA published a “Professor Watchlist” that targets academics accused of pushing a “radical agenda -- an attempt to intimidate and defame them.” But the project is part of the group’s much larger effort to organize young conservatives at college Since 2012, the group has started local chapters at hundreds of universities and high schools. They claim affirmative action is unfair and suggest being confrontational with groups seeking safe spaces. The “5 Reasons Big Goverment Is The Real War On Women,” report makes the  argument that “government essentially trains women to believe they are victims.” Its report “Urban Failure,” claims that unions are ruining urban school districts.“There is a continuing cycle  of things which serve to intimidate individuals from speaking plainly in their classrooms or in their publications.”

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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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