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A 21st-century Model for Education

It’s Time for a New American Revolution
Part 2: American Democracy Grows Up
Part 3: The Future of Democracy

The Common Sense Party: principals and platform

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Nov. 2nd: Ask Joe: Sweeten or Stir the Pot;
Discussing the War Isn’t Easy;
About to Make a Terrible Mistake;
A “personal, non-partisan perspective”;
CIA & the 1953 coup; “An overwhelming tragedy”;
Differ We Must”; No Place to Stand;
Common Sense Ethics in Gov’t; SAT data & inequality;
“News Sobriety” & Mental Health;
Trigger Warnings Are Counterproductive;
Too Much Silent Disagreement;
ChatGPT in the classroom; To Improve Student Motivation;
A School Focus on Empathy; Read the Room;
Math Instruction & AI; Math Teachers v. Math Ed Professors;
HS Students of Color on Becoming a Teacher;
Break Up With Fake Sugar; AI Traffic Lights; 8 Sex Myths;

Oct. 25th:
Laurel Zydney and Dr. Carline Crevecoeur
The upcoming elections and the role of the school board

Oct. 19th: Civics test policy failure;
Democracy in Action; 5-Point Plan for School Boards;
Citizen assemblies: School Equity; We need to change school;
Competing Math Philosophies;
Pictorial representations in math; Teacher math anxiety;
America’s Gun Violence; On ‘nudging’;
Reich on economic populism;
Sex ed guidelines; “Sex is a spectrum”, debunked;
Mindfulness is not about you

Oct. 12th:
Strategies For Effective DEI; Why Progressive Movements Fail;
DEI is Obsessed With Power & Privilege?
Anti-racists are overcorrecting.
Kristof on 2-parent families; deBoer on socioeconomic status;
Poverty is a policy choice; Common sense on immigration;
Effective Science Communication;
Challenging Our Approach to School? Disrupt High School Now;
Students Welcome Cellphone Restrictions?
How to Change Minds; Mental health starts in the classroom;
Opportunity Pluralism
Democracy & classroom journalism: Democracy in Action;
Neale on the energy of life;

Oct. 5th: Living wisely/Sharing the Commons:
Brought to you by Big Tobacco; The Media is the Problem.
The Wolf of Wall StreetOn Leadership;
The Common Good: A Civic Education for All;
Educating-for-Democracy; Students on School Boards;
How to Learn Effectively? Better Student Engagement;
America’s greatest resource; Data-Driven SEL;
The Science of Math Instruction; The Reading Wars;
Science-Based Reading Instruction;
A School w/o Report Cards;
A Letter to Neale;

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