Robert Pondiscio: 19 reasons that knowledge-rich curricula have not been broadly adopted in the US, despite strong research support. I'd add this one: "educators underestimate what young children can learn, and the joy with which they will learn it." https://t.co/NQPakMfP3B
Ash described the 2011 riots that saw an Ealing pensioner punched to death by a looter as “taut, tense, purposeful” and added that they showed the “explosive power that can be unleashed when marginalised people see themselves reflected in each other’s struggle”.
I suppose it’s ok to torch people’s homes, as long as it’s done by marginalised people?
... Less horrific than the holocaust in important respects, for sure, but more horrific in other respects, for instance in the amount of (UK establishment) treachery involved.
Hyperbolic if you think the Holocaust was exclusively defined by death numbers, but as a general recognition of atrocious racially-motivated evil on an incomprehensible scale it's spot on. https://t.co/ol3wEW6tHN
'Our officers were misled at the scene, including denial of weapon use'. Amazing that you can completely outwit the British police at the very murder scene after you've just stabbed someone simply by saying 'no I didn't'