I have mixed feelings about whether I should continue devoting so many posts to the multiple transgressions of Trump.
On one hand, this is a blog devoted to education.
On the other, I believe we are in the midst of a historic and unprecedented national crisis. We have elected a man who is angry, bitter, ignorant, vengeful, unstable, and tied to the white-supremacist alt-right and the Kremlin.
He has already turned our country into an international laughing stock.
He has appointed a cabinet composed mostly of incompetent, unqualified, or mean-spirited people at odds with the agency they are supposed to lead.
He refuses to divest himself of his conflicts of interest, and several of his appointees–including Betsy DeVos–have followed his example. He has demonstrated contempt for the norms of ethics and transparency in government.
What is the reason for his admiration for Putin? Putin is the richest man in the world. Does Trump owe him billions?
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I love my country. I vote in every election. I am patriotic. I hate what Trump is doing to our country.
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My question to you:
Should I stick to education or continue to speak out on the issues of national significance, as well as education?
I find it hard to separate the two. Should I?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Keep speaking out, Diane. It’s important. 30 states are now “right to work”– which is really right to either freeload or be screwed. This is bigger than Trump. The Kochs and other superrich ruling class types don’t want an educated populace. Our community schools may be our last bastion of democracy. We must save them.
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Never be silent!! Your perspective on the current debacle is very much needed. Your followers trust you. And the children of America need you.
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Stick with education.
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I agree. Stick to what you know best. There are other online sources that are more competent to deal with 45 POTUS.
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I love and respect your work. Keep doing what you do best!
However, tone down the Trump stuff. Stay focused on education.
Your readers have multiple sources to track the Trump transgressions.
You are a force of nature and I want you to stay strong during these crazy times.
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Please devote your energies and expertise to educational matters.
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Keep up the great work you are doing!
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Dear Ms. Ravitch,
I value your voice in matters concerning education and in current political affairs. I don’t think you have to separate two if you can continue at this pace. I appreciate your writing and speaking very much.
Thank you.
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You should absolutely continue. The president has made it clear that the intention is to reduce if not elimate public education and replace it with a corporate model. Any commentary by you towards the administration will highlight that intent coming from the top. Remember that a fish rots from the top. This is a direct analogy demonstrating how Trump’s actions will impact education. Keep it up!
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I think the expansion to the national crisis makes sense. All of this garbage in Washington has the potential to change fundamentally how our children are educated. Thanks for raising important issues.
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Please continue to speak out on the issues. This is education. Without open educated dialogue there is no democracy. Without democracy no public education.
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Keep speaking out on both. They are intertwined
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Please stick close to education. There are already many, many people running about with their hair on fire about Trump. He is Distraction Personified and while we are fascinated by his antics, things are happening behind the scenes that will harm many people. Ignore Him, focus in on the actions of The Current Administration, and you are especially able to point out actions on the education front. Don’t dilute your message with Trump Antics, please.
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I think you need to continue doing what you are doing – speak out for both. If we quit speaking up, tyranny wins. It is personally less depressing knowing that others see and understand the same things. Reading your blog is a personal choice – if people don’t like it, they can go elsewhere. Keep doing what you are doing. Thank you Diane for your courage and efforts.
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Diane, this says what so many of us know must be done.
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Definitely keep up the commentary on Trump. It all affects children and education.
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Hello Diane,
Thanks for soliciting our input about this.
My feeling is that there are numerous & worthwhile groups attending to the vast array of issues this Trump Presidency has called into question.
I value your blog & NPE to focus on education issues & keep me apprised of activity at the national, state & local levels. I urge you to keep that your focus.
We have other avenues to keep us focused on other issues. Too few are focused on public education.
Peggy Patten
Urbana, IL
School Board Education
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I feel that you should continue to blog on issues effecting both public education and issues of national security. These are important issues/events that we progressives most be informed of and therefore promote our values. We need to fight for public education and the country that we love.
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It is your blog. I like the focus on education but I can read what I want and skip the rest if need be.
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Please keep posting. And thank you.
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Please, continue both. Your voice is needed.
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Because of your connections, I look to you for any news that may ultimately affect education. I am happy to have you as a resource for any item that you believe your readers should be aware of. In the end, the information can guide us as we make our decisions to act on behalf of public education. Thank you.
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I agree!
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Continue to post on both: they are intertwined.
Prue Goodale
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I followed you because of you expertise and insight on education. There are many out there commenting on politics but few with your expertise on education. I value and prefer to read posts with an education focus.
It is a disturbing time for many reasons.
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Stick to education related issues; you’re losing me.
Betsy Lehman Savery, MA Sent from my iPhone
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Both. Please.
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I don’t know how the two can be separate. Keep doing what feels right to you!
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Keep on doing both! We need your voice on both!
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Please continue to do both.
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Your focus on education is vital to our public schools n their communities. You cannot separate equity, health and well being and justice from education. Keep us informed with the truth.
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Good morning Diane,
I enjoy reading all of your posts both strictly educational and political. I find the links that many people post about politics very helpful and interesting. I’m grateful for the many reading suggestions which may not have been discussed if you had posted strictly on education. I think you usually have a good mix of education, politics and humor (which we need!). I’m enjoying the blog, and I’ve learned a lot. Keep on keepin’ on!
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TRUMP 35%, Education (inc Betsy and relevant Trump) 65%
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Please keep posting on anything that you think is relevant. Your posts on Trump-related news have been very informative for me. You have a wider range of sources than I do, so if it weren’t for your blog, I’d miss some things.
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separate the two–focus on DeVos
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ALL your posts are helpful and I appreciate your insights and TIMELINESS.
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I think it is difficult to separate the two issues at this time because things are spinning out of control so quickly
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I hope you will post as you feel called to do. But don’t let Trump eat up all your time. Your education posts are invaluable.
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Diane, education is related to all other issues of human life and social stability. Donald Trump’s manifest unfitness as president of our country threatens the provision of quality education for all children. I encourage you to continue using your platform and voice at your discretion in challenging his destructive the behaviors and policies. Thank you for asking.
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Education and the direction put forth by our incompetent President are intertwined. Keep up what you are doing.
Betsy DeVos isn’t the only one unfit for the job.
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Please post on all topics. I agree that we are in an unprecedented crisis and I believe we need as many forums as possible in which to make sense of everything going on.
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I would ask you to stay with education, and comment on the Trump administration as it affects education. I, and I would suspect many others who follow your blog, follow analysts of all persuasions (and the conservative analysts tend to be as critical as liberal) and would like your focus to continue on education.
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I pretty much delete your posts that aren’t education. I see all the other stuff everywhere else.
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Diane, keep doing what you have been doing. You are merely an educational treasureto our country, but a national treasure in the general sense. If there is one word that describes you, it is SINCERITY. signed Terry Marselle, AP Psychology teacher on h.s. level and community college Psych 101 adjunct instructor. Donald Trump is truly (not just an expression) is mentally ill. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
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Yes. “used to love NY” is correct, we don’t have to make the personal choice to read your blog. However, there are also destructive things going on in education across the country about which we need to be aware (e.g. greater segregation in schools, achievement gaps widening because of how we measure achievement, Black teachers disappearing in a time when the demographics of schools is browning). Well, you see where my particular interests lie, but you have followers, like me, because you speak to their interests as well. I appreciate your blogs and will continue to follow and just skip the ones about the politics that are reported so much everywhere else.
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Post on anything you deem worthy.
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My question to you:
Should I stick to education or continue to speak out on the issues of national significance, as well as education?
I find it hard to separate the two. Should I?
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Although we clash from time to time (which I think is a good thing, since at least one of us is learning) speak out! You could start a second blog, of course.
Suggestion (and this is not intended as a dig, insult) deal with FACTS. Innuendo and sensationalism does not help anyone get a better understanding of what actually is happening. But then, what do I know…
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Your words give me hope and others. We need a place that gives us the information we need to fight. You are providing us with an education. Knowledge is the only way we will be able to fight the hate, ignorance and greed of Trump and his crew. They represent all the plagues of the apocalypse.
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Absolutely continue! Yours is a vital voice for reason and practicality in education. Please don’t stop!
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Honestly, I don’t mind the political commentary, but really rely on your blog for your expertise, and as a clearinghouse for all things education.
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There are many who speak out eloquently and forcefully against Trump.
Your blog is special for the particular fight for public education and against Education Reform.
I prefer you spend your energy on the education battle.
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Diane, I think you and all of us should do what we think is our best contribution to resolving the current crises surrounding us. To me, it is clear that until this man vacates Washington, nothing readers of your blog believe in is safe.
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sorry – meant to say “You are NOT merely an educational treasure to our country, but a national treasure in the general sense.” But I think the readers picked up on that. T.M.
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Every post is important–politics AND education. Thanks for all you do.
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Yes, please continued. Sadly education here has a long history and future ties to politics.
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I think you should start a separate blog for politics outside of education. This provides you with an opportunity for you to “vent” on about politics that you feel strongly about. Those that want to follow your political blog will have that opportunity.
Keep Betsy on the education page. Keep her on the hot-seat.
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Please continue with your postings about the state of our country. I find myself depending on your blog as a reliable filter for how much of the horrendous news coming out of Washington I need to know.
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Just moments before reading this post, I was thinking to myself just how much I appreciate your coverage of what is going on in our country. Please keep doing what feels right for you, we need your sage and humane voice.
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If you concentrate on the driving forces behind the $$$ flowing to privatization without paying the least bit of public attention to current Republican antics, you will continue to Bring Home the Gold. Ideology of all kinds will lose its traction without this $$$$ issue clearly defined — again and again (thank you!) — for the “progressive” Dems of the growing resistance to get their heads around. Per below: https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/social-impact-bonds-are-just-another-form-of-privatization-bad-news-for-special-needs-students/
Whatever your decision we heart Diane in our little Title 1 enhanced corner of NYC. Hearts and Flowers a day late!
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Am weary of all your Trump, etc. posts and find myself deleting them one after the other, as I look to you for news on education, not politics, slanted or otherwise.
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I don’t think the issues can be separated. It’s important to point out the inconsistencies in this administration and to help connect the dots regarding how this will change the face of education. Talking about both is also important as this downward spiral will change the world that our children will inherit.
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No you shouldn’t separate the two. You are posting these because you feel the connections.
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I don’t think there’s a hard line between the two. Betsy DeVos’ work in Michigan was primarily political and that has continued
Listen to the “conversation” she held with Trump yesterday. The first ten minutes were Donald Trump campaigning for Donald Trump by talking about Donald Trump’s achievements.
The language they use is political too. They open with “failing public schools” -this is deliberate. They want the word “failing” to become part of the phrase “public schools”
Trump does not use the phrase “public schools” unless it’s coupled with “failing”.
This is the US Department of Education doing this but it’s not “education policy”- it’s a political campaign for charters and vouchers. it’s nonsense that ed reform isn’t ‘political” – it’s HUGELY political and right now they’re campaigning for more charter schools and vouchers.
I actually accept this. I’m reconciled to the fact that ed reform is exclusively focused on charters and vouchers. What I object to is the idea they aren’t lobbying for this. They are. It’s political.
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There is not enough in depth coverage of education, which is why I follow this blog. National media are extensively covering Trump, we have much access to good analysis of Trump.
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I’d say, “Keep on with both tracks.” We can’t get enough information out there.
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This is your blog. You have been posting what you believe is important. Please continue to do so.
Public education and its survival is important to us, but we don’t live or work in a vacuum. Politics has a real impact on the education of our children and students. The days of a teacher going into his classroom and closing the door to teach, and ignore the outside world, are over (if they ever existed at all).
Many teachers are unwilling or unable to speak out against the political attacks on their profession and their schools. This blog, among others, is their voice. Silence won’t help anyone.
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I like your perspective. so, both, please.
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Just be more selective. Often your notices simply duplicate news alerts I already receive from The New York Times.
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You will always focus on education. That is your calling. The changes we see in the Government will have immense impact on education and provides opportunity to learn the process of government. Carry on. Well done.
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Stick to Education! That’s why I followed your blog to begin with and have really stopped reading lately due to trump posts! There’s enough negativity and divisiveness out here already!
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In terms of Trump, I would like the focus of your posts to be on education and how is antics affect the education world. You are more knowledgeable in this area than most, so we can especially benefit from your reaction to these things.
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They are connected. Anything impacting kids should be covered.
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The Citizen, the Learner, the Teacher are of Education al compact …
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Stay the course. The reader can choose what to read.
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Yes!
You are the best!
We can pick and chose what we wish to learn about!
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Lately your Trump posts cover same material as other reports. Was glad to read legislation report however. Had not seen that.
Would love to hear more about schools in general and less about Trumpishness. Others do cover that. Others do not cover school issues.
Thank you for you insights and energy. Best
Eva
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Do both, BUT, as things start to happen in the education arena, focus on that.
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Yes, saw this. I’m on Diane Ravitch’s blog list. She is still reporting mostly on education so her horrified posts on Trump & Co. don’t really both me that much. Of course, I’m not a Republican and I wonder how many Republicans are on her list particularly since she was part of Bush’s administration.
How are you doing? Amane came into my office yesterday to ask me if I would be doing your 372 class Friday — told him “Yes.” In the meantime, he video taped a Berlioz Sym Fant excerpt that we had as a score reading exercise for Theory 2 … very simple, just play the viola part’s restatement of the idee fixe … he played all the notes correctly but played the whole excerpt an octave above where it’s written. So I gave him a C. He’s a real screw up … for someone who’s obviously intelligent, he gives the impression of coexisting in another dimension.
R.
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The times are what they are. I don’t think you could stop writing about Trump even if you wanted to. People certainly shouldn’t stop talking about him.
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Both. But I’d say for Trump stories, post a new post but with a shorter, less in-depth blurb with links to whatever sources you have. In addition to the regular in-depth education posts, we could have the shorter, “As a side note, this is happening”….
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I rely on both. I’m also capable of scrolling past a post I’m not interested in. I appreciate your sanity, logic, intelligence, and expertise. Thank you for all that you do.
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Good Morning!
I love all your pieces! I do feel that education should be the priority but it is intertwined with Trump and all his aides/cabinet. Since Trump is an amazing contortionist he will distract from other policy changes, thus DeVos/education needs to be watched and reported on, and any action by ED advocates needs to be swift. I have no issue seeing both and as a reader I can decide whether or not to read a particular piece.
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Stick with education please. I get inundated with political opinion with the exception of education which is close to ignored by most media.
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Diane, I appreciate any/all information you choose to share with your readers. I know about your background, and I trust your judgment on education matters, and I agree with you about the threat Donald Trump presents, to our schools and to the country as a whole. That being said, this is an education blog. A lot of the broader news can be accessed many different ways, but your voice on education is unique. Could you stick to education?
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Look for yourself:
Ed reform orgs have an overwhelming bias towards positive mentions of charter schools and negative mentions of public schools- if public schools are mentioned at all.
They’re hugely influential politically and that has become the official stance of the United States. It’s political. If it were POLICY we’d occasionally hear about public schools other than as some disfavored “default” or test population to be used to compare to charter and private schools.
People talk about what they value. They don’t talk about public schools and that’s political in this context.
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I think it’s very appropriate to continue as you have been. I appreciate your insights about education, but also about the state of our country. Thank you!
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You should keep doing what you’re doing! Education has been under attack by Trump with his DeVos pick! The dysfunction follows all areas: education, security, environment, diplomacy (lack of) and attacks on our first amendment rights via lying about the media!
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Please continue as you have been. Your insight on political news is always welcome… and shared. Thank you for all you do!
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Persist.
Every voice is needed. Every time.
Every vote is needed. Every time.
Those who do not learn from history……
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Please continue with the Trump coverage. We depend on you, I depend on you. I wish there were many of you. Thank you.
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I would like to hear both – with a focus on education. Thanks for all you do!
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Persist.
Every voice is needed. Every vote. Every time.
Those who do not learn from history……
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It is not possible to separate the political climate from education. The gang in the White House will brainwash our children given the chance. DeVos is the perfect example.
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that is just plain lousy. you say it is not possible to separate political climate from education…..then you fail to mention Obama, Bill Gates, and Arne Duncan—like DeVos is the only problem. Great job of separating.
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Well, we all have freedom of speech–I would not ask you to keep silent on things you feel strongly about. That said, I’m bombarded with so much Trump circus, it gets overwhelming at times. Is it possible to try to stick to things that will directly impact teachers and our students?
I don’t get the education angle from many other sources, I value that from you most.
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90% education 10% Trump. Trump is everywhere and education needs your voice.
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Keep doing what you’re doing!
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As you well know, education does not exist in a societal vacuum, so we cannot be concerned about education without being concerned with the rest of society’s major issues and crises.
The future of our children and grandchildren is imperiled by two existential threats most media treat rarely, if at all: nuclear weapons and climate change. Both affect education, especially its funding.
Before he left office, Obama committed the U.S. to a one trillion dollar nuclear weapons “modernization” plan over the next 30 years, which will not only waste resources needed in other societal areas such as education and slowing climate change, but would make omnicidal nuclear war more likely because it would restart the dangerous nuclear arms race and also result in more miniaturized, “accurate” weapons (as though such weapons were really needed) which would more likely be used in a crisis. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as well as the Union of Concerned Scientists have criticized this “modernization” as dangerous and wasteful.
The Trump administration denies the dangers of climate change, but their ignorant, anti-science denials will not stop the catastrophic results of global warming, results which will coat hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars to mitigate and adapt to. Again, as with the nuclear weapons budget, these funds will be taken from other programs, including education, especially with an avowed anti-public school Secretary of Education. In addition, the physical effects of climate change on the health and well-being of our children will become increasingly threatening.
So, yes, you should continue to view education in a wider, societal context, though not get swept up in the distractions of the “scandal du jour” of the Trump administration unless they directly affect education, as with the completely unqualified Betsy DeVos.
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Both please.
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The public needs to know it can have confidence in the integrity of sources and in the relevance of their perspectives to ongoing discussions about public issues. Since you are such an authority and respected voice by anyone who knows anything about education your readers trust your insights and contributions to national dialogues when so much drivel finds its way into the mainstream. As much as you are able continue your advocacy for all matters in public education, and know that I value your determination to provide leadership in resisting the Trump regime. Keep it up!
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I think given our country’s current status, it is helpful to be informed in all areas. The more facts posted, the better. I have never delved so deeply into politics before this election and I think there are many who can say the same thing. To me the most positive outcome from this election has been that this is the most I’ve seen people educating themselves and paying attention to the different procedures and inner workings of our government. People are caring and want to make change. I say “post away!”
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Things are so interconnected. I think as someone who worked in government you understand what behind the scenes machinations might be driving education policy & funding before the rest of us ever see them spelled out. I hope you will point us in those directions to look at-and-for what we might otherwise miss until very late in the game.
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Please continue to write about trump. You provide links etc I sometimes miss. And there can NEVER be enough truth telling in these darkest days. You provide light.
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A wise person once wrote “The basic responsibility of public education is to develop a sense of citizenship, an understanding of democracy, and a readiness to help improve one’s community and society.” I think the answer can be found in there.
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You provide quality information on both. As for DeVos, I’m ok with her because the next ten choices Trump would make are as bad. She’s dumb and doesn’t hide it. The others are as dangerous and can hide that much better.
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Dear Ms. Ravitch,
I suggest you stick mostly to education issues and devote 1-2 postings per week to issues of other importance. This way you can do both, but the bulk of your posts would still be on education issues.
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I think it is a service to all of us to keep us informed. You often pass on information that I would not see but for your posts. I say, keep’m coming both about education and the dis-education of our government.
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It’s impossible for any right (correct) thinking human being to separate the current administration’s policies for education from any of the others. They are all of a piece. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re one of my lifelines.
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Education only, please. Your informed and important message on charters is being lost on those who do not share your narrow set of political beliefs.
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We need voices against Trump. Don’t stop.
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You should continue to speak about both. Education is a wide social reproduction act. Trump is part of it.
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The updates on Trump’s insanity are valuable. Keep it up.
Joseph Batory
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You can compare. This is the OH Dept of Education:
what do they spend most of their time on, based on the links? Public schools. Which makes sense, because that’s 90% of kids of ALL income levels.
The US Department of Education, inexplicably, is the opposite. 90/10 vouchers/charters.
I think the explanation for that is political. Which is fine, but should be admitted. Because then public school advocates can be “political” too and we can all stop pretending we’re objective scientists simply looking at “the data”.
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As I have expanded my reading sources because I want to be up-to-date on what 45 is doing, I am finding many of your posts redundant. I do think you should share the information but I would appreciate something in the subject line or in the first two or three sentences that would help me to know if you are giving me new information. I have so much email to sort through. Maybe even identifying information as education vs. political. Thanks for the time you take to pass this information along, Diane.
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You should continue to print whatever you feel has the most impact on and relevance to education. In this climate it is impossible to separate education from politics. Both are important. It is your blog, and you should trust your instincts.
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Both please! Thanks for all you do.
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I have to admit I am getting so sick of your Rants on Trump that I am just deleting your post notifications when they come in my email. Sometimes you have great points! Other times I think they are hysterical and Not True! But… I agree with everything you just wrote about WHY you post these things. You are following what your heart truly believes and you are speaking your conscious! Your are also right when you say it is hard to seperate the two. Just like when Obama was in office you still spoke out about the horrors of Common Core and Data mining and the rediculous amounts and kinds of testing. You also spoke out about charter schools and it was The OBAMA ADMINISTRATION that rolled this all out. Was started by Bush with (no child left behind) Obama administration took it To a whole other level! You were an important voice and a wealth of information. You still are!!! And I Don’t agree with the majority of your political points of view! That said, I still admire and respect you for speaking your conscious. You are Courageous to do it! I think you should still speak your conscious. Like Deitrick Bonnhoeffer said. ” Not to speak is to speak, Not to Stand, is to Stand… I’m sure you know the rest.
May God Bless You! And May Heaven help all!!!! These are interesting times we are living in.
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Yes, I agree, Diane should continue to speak based upon her conscience and beliefs. Keep doing what she has been doing.
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You’re not posting less on education because you are posting more on Trump, are you? If this were an “either/or” decision, I’d say you should post on education because that is your expertise. But Trump politics and education politics are not separable. If you can address both issues, then do. I don’t have to read EVERYTHING you post. I can choose.
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Follow the suggestion of Bernice King. Refrain from on using DJT’s
name. Focus on education and call the party out
who is supporting his decisions.
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No you should continue to write what is on your heart! I appreciate your point of view on these political matters.
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Hi Diane,
William Cozart
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Don’t get distracted with every outrage Trump pulls, especially the nonsense he says. The man lives to be outrageous and get people outraged. As long as you react, he’ll keep doing it and get great satisfaction from doing so. Don’t let him be your puppetmaster.
That said, never be silent about the harm he causes by what he does. Keep your eyes on his policy changes, not his juvenile antics.
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Please continue reporting it all. It is all connected and the context dictates the actions impinging of education. In addition we are all responsible for educating our students to be strong, responsible, informed citizens in this democracy and we have come to depend on your connected networks to obtain the news and many perspectives. Please persist!
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An addendum to my previous comment:
A Boston Globe op/ed written by Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, pointed to the Bulletin’s 2017 Clock Statement and Doomsday Clock change to outline concrete steps that will keep the Clock from ticking closer to midnight over the next four years.
http://www.icontact-archive.com/xNL0qQCSSQU61TQn1ZB3dAMBvx-mrGJh?w=4
Trump and the Doomsday Clock
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/02/12/trump-and-doomsday-clock/1NQ1aEAzxTePCTrQbSSkUN/story.html
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Please continue. It’s important to have a source of “real” news.
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Please keep up the good work; it’s all connected.
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There is a huge reason why you need to stick to education. The points about how unusual the Trump problems are, and how they over ride everything else have some merit…..but the problems faced in education are unusual and serious, and require the utmost talent and urgency for confrontation.
Bill Gates and Arne Duncan set the table for the most unimaginable bad secretary of education to be selected and confirmed. As bad as she is, the destruction of public education by schemes to privatize and exploit children as products cannot be owned solely by DeVos and the republicans. It is a bi-partisan mess, and democrats, especially the elected ones who generally do not have to deal personally with the outrage through their own children, are those most vitally in need of education and re-enforcement in efforts to restore the value of public education.
Others will deal with the overall insanity. Your job takes more talent…it is less obvious, but more important in the long run. Stick with education.
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Stay with education. There are plenty of sights eager to give us the other.
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Continue to provide relevant political commentary
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Please continue. It’s refreshing for me to be able to get news from your blog. I read the comment section as I process the latest bombshells and feel as if I’m among like-minded people. This is my first ever comment and I’ve been devoted reader for years. Being politically aware now is more crucial than ever. If we hope to save public education, we must protect our democracy.
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