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By Bob Bowdon and Corey DeAngelisNews
Random Assignment episodes
- Teachers Union President: In-Person School for Me But Not for Thee
A local California teachers union president is caught on video taking his child to in-person learning while fighting to keep public schools closed, the COVID debate pivots in Texas schools, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona releases a five-point plan critics call "policy theater."
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55 min - Teachers Unions Losing Their Grip on School Closure Narrative
A new lawsuit appealed to the United States Supreme Court could remove the obstacles in place to leave teachers unions, a new study combines charter school academic performance with how much less funding per student they get compared to districts, and student ignorance hits TikTok.
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1 hr 2 min - District School Closures Drive New Wave of School Choice in States
Vice President Kamala Harris dodges multiple interview questions about reopening schools, federal legislation aims to create school choice for every low-income family whose public schools are not open for in-person learning, and a school district in a major city may have changed the grades of 90,000 students.
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54 min - Teachers Unions Are Providing Free Advertising for School Choice
Some school districts are receiving double their annual per-student spending in federal COVID relief money, a defender of Missouri district schools gets flustered when testifying about school choice at a state hearing, a city government sues its own school board, and more.
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52 min - What President Biden Means for Education
Joe Biden is now the President of the United States. Guess how much money he says is needed to reopen K-12 schools. Also, a flurry of new school choice legislation is popping up across the country. And Bob gets into a Twitter war with an NPR reporter. All this and more.
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Links mentioned:
- 'Miss Virginia' Movie: https://www.missvirginiamovie.com/
- States With Active Legislation to Fund Students Instead of Systems: http://efinstitute.org/legislation-map/
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44 min - Have Teachers Unions Overplayed Their Hand?
Are teachers unions about to experience the second phase of their Faustian bargain to trade schools reopening for fresh new cash? Los Angeles students were told to get the vaccine when it comes around or be refused admission. And a Florida principal claims the school district discriminated against her because of her “alcohol dependency problem.” All this and more.
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1 hr - Riots at U.S. Capitol
Would Biden have picked a more strident education secretary if he knew the Democrats would be controlling the confirmation? Also, about half of Chicago teachers refuse to show up for work as ordered. And Corey takes apart an author who incorrectly claims the average private school spends more per student than traditional public schools. All this and more.
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56 min - The Random Assignment Holiday Spectacular
Corey and Bob count down the top K-12 education stories from this year, Joe Biden makes his pick for education secretary, and much more on the last episode of the year.
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50 min - Not Logging in for Class? We'll See You in Court!
Betsy DeVos triggers a cavalcade of misleading mainstream media headlines, public schools use truancy laws to bring kids to juvenile court for the crime of not logging into class, and parents pose an awkward question that didn't get an answer: "Will private companies own students' DNA from compulsory coronavirus tests to use however they want?"
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1 hr 9 min - Why Would Giving Families a Choice 'Defund' Public Schools? 🤔
A deep dive into one of the establishment's very favorite catchphrases: school choice is an attempt to 'defund' public schools, why the vice president of the Michigan state school board says charter schools aren't accountable to parents, a first-year Oregon teacher freaks out at anti-lockdown protesters, and more.
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