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Only one short week ago, Gary Naeyaert, self-proclaimed warrior for Team Jesus and aldius of billionaire Betsy DeVos, vented his frustration at the Michigan State School Board because Natasha Baker who refused to roll over and do everything Gary Naeyaert Betsy DeVos wanted: Eradicate Detroit Public Schools and replace the district with for-profit cancer schools […]
@BetsyDeVosED: Yes She Really Said That About Historically Black Colleges Because She Really is That Willfully Dense
Tuesday , 28, February 2017 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 1 CommentIgnorant, insulting, and underhanded are words that best describe Betsy DeVos’s press release about historically black colleges and universities on February 27, 2017. You really have to read the whole thing to get the full impact: “It sure was nice black folks had the option of attending schools for black people because schools for white […]
DeVos @GLEP_MI Lackey Gary Naeyaert Calls State Rep Charles Brunner Names: May Want To Beat Him Up and Steal His Lunch Money Too
Wednesday , 6, April 2016 Section 16 Leave a commentGary Naeyaert reached a new low tonight. Michigan State Representative Charles Brunner called out the Michigan Department of Education’s really bad decision to give Brian “gotta save my meal ticket” Lynch more time to reduce the debt of Bay City Academy. BCA is the charter school that finally exposed convicted felon Steve Ingersoll for the […]
That Moment In The Story When The Hero Finds Proof of The Villain’s Evil Plan: Richard D. McLellan’s 1990 Notes On School Choice
Monday , 23, March 2015 Section 16 7 CommentsIn Michigan, one of the first instances of school choice happened in the 1970s when Jack Hoekstra, president of the Kalamazoo School Board, tried to stop desegregation of Kalamazoo Public Schools by allowing parents to choose the school they wanted their kids to attend with the condition they were responsible for transportation. School choice has […]
The Continuing Story Of Dr. Steve Ingersoll: Glistening Quivering Underbelly
Thursday , 16, October 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 3 CommentsMiss Fortune found me last spring when Up North Progressive published the first article about Steve Ingersoll and his for-profit charter school scam on the state of Michigan. This blog focused on methodology, their approach to special education services (Everyone’s a visual learner), and the fact that the same vision therapy used in his schools […]
Racism Blinders, Public Education, and Civil Rights: GLEP Is The Problem, Not The Solution
Thursday , 21, August 2014 Section 16 Leave a commentLast week Gary Naeyaert @GLEP_MI tweeted an image that sparked outrage with many people in the state and earned the organization dedicated to destroying public education much deserved notoriety. After three additional tweets trying to explain what he meant by the meme to compare Michigan State School Superintendent Mike Flanagan to school segregation champion George […]
UPDATE GLEP removed the offensive tweet comparing Superintendent Mike Flanagan with George Wallace. We apologize for anyone offended by our post comparing @suptflanagan with George Wallace. It was inappropriate and has been removed. — GLEP (@GLEP_MI) August 15, 2014 This is the image that was removed from GLEP’s twitter feed. Too bad once something is […]