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U.S. and Education Reform Need a Critical Free Press

By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. June 19, 2014 Few things are worse than mainstream media coverage of education. Except for that sentence above, which stretches hyperbole beyond credibility. But that is exactly where the mainstream media finds itself when covering [...]

U.S. and Education Reform Need a Critical Free Press2016-11-29T17:37:55-05:00

REVEALED: Gates Foundation Financed PBS Education Programming Which Promoted Microsoft’s Interests

By Nathaniel Mott and David Sirota | Originally Published at Pando Daily. June 5, 2014 In September 2011, a newly-launched nonprofit called the Teaching Channel announced that it would be producing a video series dubbed “Teaching Channel Presents” for PBS. The videos would be produced in partnership [...]

REVEALED: Gates Foundation Financed PBS Education Programming Which Promoted Microsoft’s Interests2016-11-29T17:37:57-05:00

The Unbearable Whiteness of Liberal Media

By Gabriel Arana | Originally Published at The American Prospect. May 12, 2014 This article has been corrected. If left-leaning publications value diversity, why don't they have any? On the staff of The American Prospect, I’m the only member of an ethnic minority. That's not because [...]

The Unbearable Whiteness of Liberal Media2016-11-29T17:38:03-05:00

CNN’s Chicagoland Does No Good For Chicago Public Schools Students

By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino: A Chicago Latino English Teacher | Originally Published at Chicago Now. March 14, 2014 at 12:27 am A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a conversation about Chicago Public Schools with a group that learned about our schools mainly through [...]

CNN’s Chicagoland Does No Good For Chicago Public Schools Students2016-11-29T17:38:12-05:00
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