announced recently its entrance into the digital textbook market. Dead-tree textbooks, the company claims, are a thing of the past. And, as David Thier notes, is off to a very strong start with its new textbook service – selling over 350,000 textbooks in just three days. Many are enthusiastic about the tech giant’s entrance into […]
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I enjoy poking fun at dishonest arguments from time to time, but one thing I enjoy even more is having a little fun with dishonest headlines. I recently wrote a piece about Michigan charter schools in which I quoted a professor, Dr. Gary Miron of Western Michigan University, who testified before the House that 80% […]
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The charter school movement began as a grassroots attempt to improve public education. It’s quickly becoming a backdoor for corporate profit. In Michigan, four out of five charter schools are run by for-profit EMO’s. Once upon a time, the charter school movement was a grassroots phenomenon. Its proponents wanted to create a system of experimentation […]
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