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#RedforEd Wave Gets Bigger in North and South Carolina

By Tim Walker Sometimes it helps to say things twice – and maybe just a little bit louder. Last year, 20,000 educators and their supporters in North Carolina attended the “March for Students and Rally for Respect” in downtown Raleigh to demand the legislature reinvest in the state’s public schools.  Lawmakers didn’t listen, which is…

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Hostile, divisive political climate ensnaring U.S. schools

By Tim Walker, this article originally appeared on NEAToday.org Political debate in the United States has deteriorated over the past two decades, as reasoned, well-informed dialogue has been eclipsed by hyperpartisanship, name-calling, even paranoia.  But can anyone reasonably deny that the political climate today is debased beyond a point unimaginable perhaps even five years ago?…