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Blog Entries by Steve Nelson from 01/2012

Education "Reform" -- Garbage In, Garbage Out

| Posted 01.06.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Pearson Education, Education, Racism, Meritocracy, Kaplan University, Education Reform, White Privilege, McGraw Hill, Huffington Post News

The problems with education in America will be addressed only when we recognize that it's all about race, class and inequity.

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Up Is Down and Down Is up -- Alice in America's Wonderland

| Posted 01.15.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Immigration Reform, Reverse Racism, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Tucson Unified School District, President Barack Obama, Affirmative Action, White Privilege, Mitt Romney, Class Envy, Racism, Immigration, Capitalism, Newt Gingrich, Class Warfare, Separation of Church and State, Free Markets, Huffington Post News

The recent decision to axe an ethnic studies program in Tucson is symptomatic of a bewildering turn of events in our country.

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Educational Inequity Is No Accident

| Posted 01.30.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Race-to-Nowhere, Race to the Top, White Privilege, Education Equity, Public Education, Charter School, Public Education Reform, Public Education Reform Ny, Education Reform, Income Inequality, Education Reform Ny, Huffington Post News

What's good for the goose is evidently not so good for the gander. In America's current educational environment, the disparity of experience is bad and getting worse.

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