This is episode 51 of the TeachThought Podcast. Drew Perkins talks with Anthony Cody about the second edition of his book The Educator and the Oligarch and new developments in the type of education reform led by the Gates Foundation.
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It's not that we shouldn't discuss standardized test results, but we should stop pretending that they represent some larger truth. We should call them by their name, simply "scores on the standardized test."
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Instead of having separate national conversations about living wages, now is a good time to start the conversation at a global scale.
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A worldwide wave of school climate strikes, begun by the remarkable Greta Thunberg, has reached the UK. Some critics claim these activist-pupils are simply playing truant, but I disagree. I believe school walkouts are morally and politically justifiable.
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