Share Resources for Teaching the True History of the Iraq War With a Teacher You Know

Bill, I appreciate your temperate response. And I don't disagree that, if the texts are indeed as you describe, they...

Hi Jeff, Thanks for weighing in on this. No, I would never claim that either Howard Zinn or Naomi Klein is a "calm, d...

Share Resources for Teaching the True History of the Iraq War With a Teacher You Know

Thanks, I did. Despite some worthwhile observations, it's a deeply biased article, but I'm guessing that doesn't str...

Check out the article: http://www.good.is/posts/ten-years-after-how-not-to-teach-about-the-iraq-war/

Share Resources for Teaching the True History of the Iraq War With a Teacher You Know

Strongly disagree. The UN - not the US, the UN - found WMDs after Gulf War I. So you can't say he never had them - ...

If we're going to teach kids that the search for WMDs was justified, yes, that's propaoganda.

What You Won't Hear in the Presidential Debates: Five Crucial Education Fixes

It's not an issue of not "blaming" teachers, of "teacher-bashing." Brandishing those terms to shut down discussion o...

I haven't seen "Won't Back Down," which is the title of the film put out by Michelle Rhee's "Student's First," (thus ...

What You Won't Hear in the Presidential Debates: Five Crucial Education Fixes

Liz, I'm certainly not saying there should be NO job protection for teachers. As so often, it's a matter of balance....

Jeff - It's interesting because as a former teacher in an urban public school, the union had no official impact whats...