The fundamental mission of schools is the nurturing of productive, responsible citizenship within a democratic society. That’s the true narrative of U.S. schools and their heroic educators who deserve much better.
Al Churchill
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Opinion | Want to help Michigan’s poor and middle class? Scrap the gas tax
We don’t tax groceries. Why do we tax another necessity – fuel for our cars?
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Put down your No. 2 pencils: Too much testing in public schools
If we really want students to learn, let’s get back to classroom learning time, and cut way back on standardized testing. Their own results show it’s not working
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Ignore 'reformers,' U.S. schools doing just fine
Education reformers claim U.S. students are falling behind students in top nations. Actually, U.S. schools where there is little poverty are matching schools in Finland, Japan and Korea. The problem is poverty, not our public schools.
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Guest commentary: Founders knew the value of unions to our land
By Al Churchill For a while now, unions have been taking a public beating without much pushback. (courtesy image/used under Creative Commons license) During earlier protests against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s bill to emasculate collective bargaining by public unions, Sarah Palin said, “… these union bosses that are acting like thugs are misleading their union […]