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Let’s All Enjoy a Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Moment
Friday , 20, October 2017 Religious Fundamentalism, Sad!, Section 16, Trumpenreich Leave a commentAlright everyone, play some relaxing meditative music, maybe light a few candles to set the mood. Find a comfy chair to relax in and close your eyes as you begin to visualize what it’s like to be a billionaire who bought her way into a cabinet seat in the United States Federal Government. You’re sitting […]
The Nerd’s Detroit School Plan is Politics As Usual: Detroit Teachers Fight Back
Thursday , 30, April 2015 Nerd Problems, Section 16 Leave a commentToday 18 Detroit Public Schools closed for the day as their teachers went to Lansing to protest the Nerd’s announcement of his latest plan to destroy public education in the city. The city’s public schools, after decades of constant attack from politicians and school reformers finally had enough and went to Lansing to let Snyder […]
Listen To EMU Regent Jim Stapleton Tell The Dirty Rotten Truth About The Origin of the Education Achievement Authority
Monday , 3, November 2014 Nerd Problems, Section 16 7 CommentsIt seems fitting to know now that the first meeting to discuss the governor’s concept for the EAA was at a restaurant called “The Chop House.” The EAA most certainly lived up to being a horrific chop house of children and their education. This recording was made on September 22, 2014. Eastern Michigan University Regent […]