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Shani Robinson Speaks About Her Trial in Atlanta

Shani Robinson is one of the teachers who was convicted of cheating in the infamous Atlanta case. In her absorbing book None the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators , Robinson makes a convincing case that she was railroaded by an over-zealous, unscrupulous and racist prosecution. In this brief video , she ex
District of Columbia: Rachel Cohen Explains How Taxpayers Fund an Army of Charter School Lobbyists

In an insightful article in the Washington City Paper, Rachel Cohen describes how the charter industry in the District of Columbia has organized campaigns to prevent any accountability , and has arranged that taxpayers fund their lobbying efforts, with the help of a few billionaires. It takes money to persuade politicians to vote your way, and the charter industry has figured out how to get the p
Wall Street Journal: Schools Invest Zillions in Technology, Parents Push Back

Technology in the classroom has become so ubiquitous that the use of papers and pencils or pens seems innovative. The Wall Street Journal published a front-page story about the high-powered push to buy technology and the growing disillusionment of some parents and teachers. When Baltimore County, Md., public schools began going digital five years ago, textbooks disappeared from classrooms and pap


New Yorker: Did Jeffrey Epstein, Sexual Predator, Persuade Bill Gates to Donate $2 Million to MIT Media Lab?

The New Yorker magazine published an expose of Jeffrey Epstein’s connection to the MIT Media Lab and its efforts to conceal the connection. After the story appeared, the director of the Lab resigned. The article: The M.I.T. Media Lab, which has been embroiled in a scandal over accepting donations from the 
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