Editor’s note: This article appeared last week on the74million.org. Among the six candidates the Georgia Association of Educators endorsed for statewide office, all were Democrats, save one: Republican schools Superintendent Richard Woods. The two-term incumbent’s support of a controversial new “divisive concepts” law that restricts what teachers can say about race and diversity in[Read More…]
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If we try, sometimes we just might find we get what we need
The American public has entrusted the White House to Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden. It appears that the Republicans will at least be favored to retain a slim Senate majority. Republicans gained an estimated 8-13 seats in the House, which will retain a Democratic majority. The turnout rate was the[Read More…]
School choice movement leaders try to push past political polarization
The divide between Democrats and Republicans has grown starker over the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. That growing polarization, documented by the Pew Research Center, has begun to plague the politics of education. Last week, when Foundation for Excellence in Education convened advocates and policymakers for its annual conference in[Read More…]