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Friday Link Roundup
This week’s reading was dominated by the terrible story of a school resource officer who slammed a student to the ground at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina. The incident was caught on video, and the officer was fired. … Continue reading
Is “Donors Choose” Right for Our Schools?
By Eric Braun On September 11, 2015, the major television networks—ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX—simultaneously broadcast Think It Up, a celebrity-loaded telethon to raise money for public education in the United States. Put on by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), … Continue reading