Dr. Steve Perry
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100% 4-year college acceptance rate for the entire
#CapitalPrepHarlem
graduating class? We say now THAT’s a vibe! 🎓 💯 🥇
#CollegeBound
#WeAreCapitalPrep
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Great principals care about everything. Clean windows matter. The sounds in the hall matter. Lunch matters. Who coaches your kids matters. Who answers your phones matter. The lighting in the building matters. How ppl talk to them and they talk to ppl matters. It all matters.
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I never comment on
@realDonaldTrump
tweets, that ends today.... Seriously. A child is dead. No matter the circumstances, a CHILD is dead. Just be empathetic as opposed to pathetic.
...children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!
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Black folks, seriously. Aren’t you a little curious how some of the most outspoken leaders of our time like
@marclamonthill
@MichaelEDyson
@rolandsmartin
etc and those listed below disappear from
@MSNBC
and
@CNN
? We don’t even all agree, but damn, aren’t you curious what happens?
Thinking this morning of
@AnnCurry
@soledadobrien
@tamronhall
@jemelehill
@TiffanyDCross
Those who know.
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During my nearly 30 yrs in education I have never seen our kids come to school so far behind in reading and math, but also in general knowledge like, where states or countries are, who’s the president or the most basic writing. Folks it’s time to STOP fighting. We’re all losing.
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Father/son, founder/scholar, proud/graduate.
@CprepHarbor
raised.
@Morehouse
bound.
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I have teachers who are working towards their certification, taking on crazy debt, for what? A masters will cost at least $50k. Completion could add $4k in salary. So in 13 years it’ll pay off, just the masters! Why are we still using this outdated system of certification?
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When
@DIDDY
said he wanted to start schools together, he was serious. It feels so good when brothers and sisters can come together to build our own schools for our communities.
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I wish the entire world, especially every little Black boy, could be at
@Morehouse
right now to see just how much the world has lied about how magnificent you are. I wish teacher w eyes could see and w ears could hear how spectacular Black boys could be when you teach them.
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Raise your hand if you, a person of color, have ever been accused by one of your White colleagues of attacking them simply for expressing your opinion on a professional matter.
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Smile. Stop bringing your ish to work. Do you honestly believe you’re the ONLY one who had a rough weekend, night, commute etc? Get over yourself. Save the rest of us from adding your ish to OUR plate. Keeping it real is overrated. Smile & keep it moving.
#aggressivelypositive
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I rarely hear ppl discuss what college students wear to class. Keep in mind, college is your JOB & the prof IS YOUR BOSS. Impress her.
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Parents, teens are children. No matter how much your teen protests, she doesn’t have a RIGHT to be w anyone for anything w/o your consent. She can be mad all she wants, no matter how much LOGIC she throws at you, if it feels wrong, it’s wrong. Let her be mad.
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The Black community has not been able to count on either Party. There’s no reason to guarantee either your vote. Educate yourself to who truly represents your family’s interests. Your vote is yours. You don’t owe anyone an explanation.
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Vaping is deep in suburban schools so the US & mainstream media wants to ban it. Middle America & large numbers of White kids got hooked on legal pills. THAT industry was shut down. When they get hooked the US shuts the INDUSTRY down. When we get hooked, they locked us up.
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We better wrap our prayers around
@DeionSanders
bc he is threatening a multi billion dollar industry that uses Black bodies and wants nothing to do w Black minds or coaches.
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In 2022 I was hospitalized 3 times, one included a stroke & brain surgery. Prior to that I’d been hospitalized once, 36 yrs ago. Work has been challenging, bc selfish ppl do selfish things. Yet, I’d mark 2022 as the best yr yet bc I saw the depth of love that surrounds me.
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Little girls and little boys CAN’T CONSENT. Ever. No matter what they say. Any level of sexual relationship w a minor is a crime. This includes texts, emails and calls all the way through physical contact that can be CONSTRUED AS SEXUAL. It’s all a crime. Everywhere.
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I don’t open charter schools in the ‘hood bc I believe in America. I do it bc I don’t. How can I believe in a nation that both kills and blames us for dying? I am opening charter schools to beat the system, not to be it.
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When I was single there were things that I found super sexy. At yr 22 of marriage, after 16 hrs of work, walking in and seeing aluminum foil carefully laid over the top of a plate, is next level hot. That foil says, ‘I was thinking about you enough to put something aside.’
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I’m so proud of
@KingJames
. Our team wishes you the very best and thanks you for being a champion for children. Much respect.
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My mother and me going to her high school graduation. She was 18. I was 2. Peep the part though. I’m not new to this. I’m true to this.
@CNN
@soledadobrien
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I agree. Imagine if each of our little girls had a dad like this just w/n earshot of every adult questioning their gifts....wooooweee! Gives me goosebumps.
This video of Richard Williams defending Venus's confidence when she was 14 yr old is the best video on the internet
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When 98% of the 6th graders who enrolled in our middle school in Harlem COME TO US below grade level in math, don’t give me some silly excuse about resources. What resources do you need to teach BASIC MATH? These excuses are killing our kids.
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Parents of adult children, remember that they’re adults. You can’t say and do what you used to do the way you used to do it. Be nice. Be kind. You’re gonna lose them. It’s not worth it. Adults have choices. As do you. If not you’ll be alone bc of you.
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I don't know what's worse,
@TheDemocrats
for not looking past party or the
@GOP
for threatening to undo checks and balances.
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My wife is out of town. I asked my sons to go grocery shopping for the three of us. I gave them $250. This is the result.
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If you are a ‘journalist’ who spent the last 4 yrs chasing Trump around, trying to uncover his latest scandal, how do you let
@CDCDirector
and
@rweingarten
off the hook for KNOWINGLY misleading the public about the conditions needed to return to school? Turn in your credentials.
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Your employer is not you parent. They are not responsible for taking care of your social, emotional and economic needs. You agreed to work there, for an agreed fee & under agreed circumstances. Simply bc things changed in your life, that doesn’t make it your employer’s issue.
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I’ve NEVER reported on a parent for getting creative w her address so her kid could go to a better school. I never will. Now THAT’S snitching! What difference doe it make to you where they live? Play w me and I’ll
@let
‘em use my address. An unjust law is more unjust than law.
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Explain to how a child can end up at our school in the 4th grade unable to read the words 'know or how' but nobody loses their job.
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Wake me up from this horrible nightmare of an administration. If we as educators & social workers tweeted about every ungrateful parent we couldn’t do our job...oh wait, maybe that’s why
@realDonaldTrump
can’t do his. Dude, may I introduce you to the high road?
It wasn’t the White House, it wasn’t the State Department, it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence - IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think..
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Seriously? You’re letting kids sit in your class w AirPods in? No college taught you to do that. No administrators told you to do this. That’s YOU being scared of kids and lazy. Don’t give me that crap about the kids having home issues. AirPods in class? Ridiculous!!
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Some Black commentators are given a pass bc they look and sound ‘Black,’ but when it comes down to it, White ppl chose them to speak for Black ppl in tones w which White liberals and conservatives are comfortable.
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I wish America knew how many teachers and administrators are one more nasty email, one more confrontational parent, one more kid who's allowed to curse them out, one more change in curriculum, one more missed prep or one more lunch away from leaving education, never to return.
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I hate that in order to be a responsible Black father of sons that I have to teach them how to deal w cops. This ish is old man. Real effing old. Stop harassing Black boys. I shouldn’t have to teach them what their ‘rights’ so they can walk around the ‘burbs.
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I’m so tired of ppl saying they CAN’T find qualified Black candidates. Have you gone to a Black church, fraternity, sorority, Masons, Eastern Stars, etc? Every profession has professional orgs. Each of those has a Black version. Is it that you can’t find us or aren’t looking?
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I saw a teacher asleep in a class w kids, TWICE. When I went to fire him, the union bosses fought for and WON a transfer to another school. They are grotesque bc they know that the ppl they are defending are hurting CHILDREN. That does not affect them in the least.
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One of the hardest parts about running schools is when parents justify the bad behaviors of children. Especially, when they are more concerned about the severity of the correction then they are the significance of their child’s behavior.
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When THIS MANY ppl are required to make you not seem like a huge jerk, you might actually be a jerk and maybe you should reflect on yourself
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Raise your hand if you, a person of color, have ever had a White colleague accuse you of being aggressive.
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An unavoidable difference between being a Black man at a PWI & on
@Morehouse
’s campus is no one asked if my sons are athletes or poor kids on scholarship. Everyone is seen for what they are, accomplished scholars, athletes and non, rich and poor, they’re all SUPPOSED TO be there.
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Teach your child manners. When entering a room, they should greet the people in the room. Something as simple as hello is more than enough. Too many parents allow kids to be disrespectful bc they are often disrespectful. Greet people. It’s not that hard.
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If all we did was provide the poorest kids w access to a quality education, every class & race would benefit. The expenses & implications undereducated communities would go away. While it wouldn't be utopia, it would cause more ppl to live longer, healthier & productive lives.
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Parents, when your school has a uniform, buy it and make sure your students wear it. Stop arguing over silly stuff. If you don’t want to wear the uniform as your school has determined, select another school. Too much time is wasted on such matters.
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I'm pleased to announce 100% of the graduating seniors at Capital Prep Harbor, Bridgeport, CT are accepted to 4 yr colleges -100% since 2006
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Name a private or parochial school that has a 41% fail rate where no one lost their job and they get to blame poverty, resources, the pandemic, technology, the sunshine, moonlight..boogie.
41% of Baltimore public high school students earned below a 1.0 GPA this year
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The hardest part about the return to school is getting buy-in after
@CDCDirector
and
@rweingarten
conspired to engage in a misinformation campaign that has led to real confusion among parents and educators. How
@CDCDirector
is still employed after this is unconscionable.
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This is a different generation of employee. When I was fresh outta college or grad school, I was broke. My boss was my boss and my job was my lifeline. I’ve seen many twenty-somethings treat work like it’s an option that they’re deciding between. It must be nice to not need a job
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I don’t care which college you graduated from. I’ve been bamboozled by grads from every kind of college. I don’t care about your GPA. I’ve been hustled by the brightest. All I want to know is do you love our kids and have the grit to not quit in the middle of the year?
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If I commented on women wearing bonnets & pajamas in public, my timeline would go nuts. When I comment on hair, it goes nuts. When I announce that 7.2 mostly Black, Latin and poor White kids don’t have teachers, not even ‘education reporters’ follow up on it. We are in trouble.
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If your kids came home from college and said they decided they want to be a teacher, what would you say?
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Truth is traditional schools ARE at a disadvantage bc of their structure. Teachers & kids are 'assigned' v choosing.There's a big difference
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I need y’all to dial in to this,
@rolandsmartin
was, like many of us, a contributor on
@CNN
. The 1st 5 yrs he did it FOR FREE! He hustled that into creating his own NETWORK through grit, obliteration of his personal assets & an unwavering faith. Do you want it as bad as he does?
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Little Black boy, from the time that you enter school, there are ppl who are supposed to see the best in you, but chose to see the worst. Their blindness is their handicap, not yours. Their labels justify their ineptitude, not yours. Your strength is their weakness.
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The kids are in college and we’re outside! Thank you to the Black Author’s’ Festival for honoring our work.
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I have no capacity to listen to a full interview w a 9 yr old describing how his friends and teachers were murdered.
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Ever notice how ppl who claim to be so against ‘segregation’ support limiting schools’ enrollments to zip codes? They say they want to PROTECT neighborhoods. They fight efforts such as charters, magnets & busing. In the 50’s they were called racists. Today they’re limo liberals.
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Imagine if every local news network was like
@NC5PhilWilliams
. The country would run better. THIS is what a free press could do. Thoughtful, even coverage in the public’s interest. Well done sir.
This is an incredible work of local news journalism from
@NC5PhilWilliams
. Republicans are abandoning democracy.
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The
#SchoolChoice
movement is picking up more and more steam thanks in large part to teachers’ unions abhorrent behaviors. Every movement needs a cause and a villain. Thank you
@rweingarten
for being the supervillain we needed. Your tone deafness is an inspiration.
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Mom has taken the 1st day pic for 13 yrs. Now that guy on the left is a senior...When ppl say it goes fast, believe them. I love my sons beyond comprehension. I know this bc I don’t always like them, they are teenagers of course. I wouldn’t change them for the world.
#fatherhood
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Don’t fall for it.
@rweingarten
is interjecting herself & her union in the CRT convo to get you to take your eye off what she did during the pandemic, how she is the central figure in our kids being in failed schools and the RACIST SYSTEM SHE PROFITS FROM. DON’T fall for it.
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I am proud to announce my daytime show on
@FOXTV
, "Breakthrough with
@DrStevePerry
” starts on 1/7/19. In this honest nonjudgmental space you’ll see ppl pushed past comfort to their Breakthroughs. Just like we do in our schools, we’re gonna go THERE to uncover what matters.
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Look, I love Black entertainment and athletics as much as anyone, but what if during Black History Month, and beyond, we go hard to highlight Black educators, entrepreneurs, physicians and activists? Let’s shift the narrative of Black success.
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No person who claims to care about the well-being of the poor can be taken seriously if they are against
#SchoolChoice
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TN, it feels like it’s just a matter of time before
@NC5PhilWilliams
is headed to DC! His stories are so good that I’m watching them while riding the train in Harlem. Local news, watch and learn from a man on top of his game.
WATCH: For those just discovering our Revealed investigation following
#TheTennesseeThree
, check this one out! Does truth matter on Tennessee's Capitol Hill? Spoiler Alert: It doesn't.
(This one also involves
@tnhousegop
, as well as
@airbnb
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How lucky am I? Three amazing mother’s. Gwen Carr, Eric Gardner’s mom, Sabrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mom and Lalani Perry, my wife and Mason and Walker’s mom. There are no mothers stronger than the mothers of Black boys. None. Celebrate them.
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When running a school for our kids, you’ve got to be prepared, just in case one of our girls’ edges ain’t laying right. This came in handy today. She thanked me for looking out...my pleasure.
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Every year my wife asks me what I want for my birthday. Every year I say the same thing. “Peace.” Today makes 53. What do you ask for?
#Birthday
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...oh yeah, by the way,
@CPREP4Life
just confirmed that EVERY SENIOR has been accepted to a 4 yr college for the 13th consecutive year. That’s a 100%, 4 yr college acceptance rate for an over 98% Black/Latinex urban school in 2 cities since we stated in ‘06. How’s your day going?
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If your child were interested in math and science and there was a school focused on math and science, wouldn’t you want the right to
#SchoolChoice
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Boys overwhelmed by hatred of absent fathers forgave them tonight & decreed to be better men that they were. Goosebumps.
@IAmSteveHarvey
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I need you to suspend what you think you know about charter schools and consider this. I am a Black male social worker who started his own schools w like minded ppl bc we saw how Black & Latin kids were being undereducated, over disciplined and underestimated.
#Solutions
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Force Governors to send their kid neighborhood schools or force them to offer everyone access to the same schools their kids attend.
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I’m stepping way outta my lane... Ladies, as beach season approaches, please KNOW that you are already beautiful, w/ or w/o losing or gaining the weight you want. Any dude who feeds into your insecurities is an insecure ass & a liability. A real man makes you feel beautiful.
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I am proud to announce that
#CapitalPrepHarbor
has secured acceptances for 100% of our seniors. This is the 3rd of the 3 years of our Bridgeport school. This 100% acceptance to 4-year colleges rate began w
#CapitalPrepHartford
w/ our 1st class in 2006 and continues to 2018.
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They voted for
@realDonaldTrump
bc he wasn’t a politician. He was gonna DRAIN THE SWAMP and his special prosecutors would LOCK HER UP. To date he’s the biggest liar, most racially divisive, morally bankrupt, flip flopping, thin skinned, erratic POLITICIAN in modern history.
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STOP USING YOUR KIDS' SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS! You're being ridiculous. Now they can't get student loans bc YOU JACKED UP THEIR CREDIT!
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I cannot BEGIN to tell you havoc that the lies
@rweingarten
and
@CDCDirector
have told about returning to school have caused. We have kids we've been unable to locate. The State Dept of Children in both CT and NY are overrun w these calls. We have no recourse. A true tragedy.
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What do I have to do to get us to focus on that fact that the majority of Black children don’t read, write or do math on grade level, not bc they can’t but bc they’re not being taught?
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Folks, this is an easy one. We don’t support sexual assault, rape and sexual relationships between adults and minors. There is no grey. How the child dresses, what they talk about or say they want to do are all irrelevant as they do not make a sexual relationship w them legal.
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In NO US state or territory are Black kids educated on the same level as White or Asian kids. This is not, however, evidence of a failed public education system, it is in fact evidence of the American public education system that is working perfectly as it was designed.
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I can’t even stomach ppl who say that they ‘don’t like charter schools.’ It’s too stupid a statement to which to respond. You hate the best antipoverty program in history? Ok.
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If your child is doing badly in school and is still getting everything he was going to get if he was doing well, you have created a disincentive and you both w struggle w the bar that you have lowered for him.
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No matter what your religion or method of expressing your faith, please pray for the United States. We've really messed up this time.
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And THEN the Left wonders why it’s so easy for the Right to dismiss the politics that they refer to as hard science.
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