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john thompson

@drjohnthompson

former Okla historian, retired inner-city teacher, education writer, searching for cross-generational, cross-cultural conversations, to make some sense of ???

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Oklahoma County judge promises changes to bail system after concerns of constitutional violations kosu.org/bail-system-changes…
Oklahoma County judge promises changes to bail system after concerns of constitutional violations

Oklahoma County judge promises changes to bail system after concerns of constitutional violations

Judges in Oklahoma County routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges. Other counties have already faced civil rights...

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Russians Pummel Humanitarian Aid Center in Ukraine dianeravitch.net/2026/11/06/… via @dianeravitch
Russians Pummel Humanitarian Aid Center in Ukraine

Russians Pummel Humanitarian Aid Center in Ukraine

It’s important to remember that there is a brutal ground and air war in Ukraine, which started with a Russian invasion in February 2022. The Ukrainians target their missiles and drones at mil…

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Dems await the ‘Ghost of 1962’ stevelalli.substack.com/p/de…
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Timothy Snyder: Trump's Big Lie About Ukraine dianeravitch.net/2026/11/03/… via @dianeravitch
Timothy Snyder: Trump’s Big Lie About Ukraine

Timothy Snyder: Trump’s Big Lie About Ukraine

Timothy Snyder is one of the world’s leading historians of European history. He has been a staunch defender of Ukraine in its fight to survive the Russian invasion of 2022. He explains in thi…

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Trump Is Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts dianeravitch.net/2026/11/03/… via @dianeravitch
Trump Is Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts

Trump Is Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts

You gotta give Trump credit: He has figured out how to cash in on the Presidency. want a Presidential pardon? Make a large donation to the right person. Want a membership at Mar-a-Lago? They are av…

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Texas Public Schools Are Under Attack: Consider the Case of Austin dianeravitch.net/2026/11/02/… via @dianeravitch
Texas Public Schools Are Under Attack: Consider the Case of Austin

Texas Public Schools Are Under Attack: Consider the Case of Austin

A journalist in Texas wrote the following. He/she lives in Austin and requested anonymity to avoid reprisals. I have double-checked the information shared. It is accurate. The journalist describes …

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Why I Cannot Claim a Whistle Blower Award from the Federal Government! dianeravitch.net/2026/11/01/… via @dianeravitch
Why I Cannot Claim a Whistle Blower Award from the Federal Government!

Why I Cannot Claim a Whistle Blower Award from the Federal Government!

On October 20, Trump offered two rewards. One was $1 million for anyone who reported voter fraud that led to the arrest and conviction of the fraudsters. So far, no one has claimed the prize, but w…

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Peter Greene: Why the Panic Over College Readiness, Again? dianeravitch.net/2026/10/30/… via @dianeravitch
Peter Greene: Why the Panic Over College Readiness, Again?

Peter Greene: Why the Panic Over College Readiness, Again?

Kids today! Low expectations! Low standards! Bad teachers! Lazy kids! Cell phones! Social media! We are in the midst of yet another panic about high schools failing to prepare their students for co…

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Oklahoma educators push for creativity over standardized testing | Opinion oklahoman.com/story/opinion/… via @theoklahoman_
Oklahoma educators push for creativity over standardized testing | Opinion

Oklahoma educators push for creativity over standardized testing | Opinion

Oklahoma educators discuss shifting from test-driven accountability to a whole child approach for student success.

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Caedmon Brooks
@brooks_caedmonOct 27
Replying to @MazzeiMike
@MazzeiMike’s loyalty won’t be given to Oklahomans; it’ll be given to the rich and powerful who will help him pay off his campaign loans. Vote accordingly, Oklahoma.
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The Republican nominee has loaned his campaign more than $12.8 million, accounting for the bulk of the $25.3 million in personal loans that have fueled this year’s gubernatorial race. readfrontier.org/stories/mik…
Mike Mazzei loans himself more money in the Oklahoma governor’s race

Mike Mazzei loans himself more money in the Oklahoma governor’s race

The Republican nominee has loaned his campaign more than $12.8 million, accounting for the bulk of the $25.3 million in personal loans that have fueled this year’s gubernatorial race.

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Marc Elias: A Heroic Defender of Democracy Details Trump's Efforts to Disrupt the Electioms dianeravitch.net/2026/10/29/… via @dianeravitch
Marc Elias: A Heroic Defender of Democracy Details Trump’s Efforts to Disrupt the Electioms

Marc Elias: A Heroic Defender of Democracy Details Trump’s Efforts to Disrupt the Electioms

Marc Elias is founder of Democracy Docket and a legal team devoted to fighting the enemies of free and fair elections in court. Marc jumps in to defend democracy whenever itvv cc is threatened in c…

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Julian Vasquez-Heilig: A Win by Gina Hinojosa Would Dramatically Change Education in Texas dianeravitch.net/2026/10/29/… via @dianeravitch
Julian Vasquez-Heilig: A Win by Gina Hinojosa Would Dramatically Change Education in Texas

Julian Vasquez-Heilig: A Win by Gina Hinojosa Would Dramatically Change Education in Texas

Julian Vasquez-Heilig is a scholar and activist who has been a leader in studying and promoting equal access to educational opportunity for all students. He writes here about the consequences for T…

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2026 ballot measures are written at a graduate-school reading level, report finds oklahomavoice.com/2026/10/27…
2026 ballot measures are written at a graduate-school reading level, report finds • Oklahoma Voice

2026 ballot measures are written at a graduate-school reading level, report finds • Oklahoma Voice

This year’s statewide ballot measures are written, on average, at a graduate-school reading level, according to a new report.

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Who Ever Imagined that the U.S. and Russia Would Become Business Partners? dianeravitch.net/2026/10/26/… via @dianeravitch
Who Ever Imagined that the U.S. and Russia Would Become Business Partners?

Who Ever Imagined that the U.S. and Russia Would Become Business Partners?

Expanding on the story that Heather Cox Richardson told in the previous post, the following story in The New York Times explained the deal-making arranged by Jard Kushner and Howard Witkoff, two am…

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If YOU Ran a Public School (Part 2) themerrowreport.com/2026/10/…

If YOU Ran a Public School (Part 2)

Last week in this space I suggested four changes I would make if I ran a public school.  You can find those ideas described here and here.  What follows are six more changes I would do my…

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Trump Makes BIG Deals with Putin, Who Is Now Our Closest Ally dianeravitch.net/2026/10/26/… via @dianeravitch
Trump Makes BIG Deals with Putin, Who Is Now Our Closest Ally

Trump Makes BIG Deals with Putin, Who Is Now Our Closest Ally

Heather Cox Richardson reports on the deals that Trump is making with Putin. The U.S. is going into business with Russia! Where is Lindsey Graham when we need him? Trump can’t understand why …

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Bruce Baker Evaluates the Sorry Condition of Education in Florida dianeravitch.net/2026/10/23/… via @dianeravitch
Bruce Baker Evaluates the Sorry Condition of Education in Florida

Bruce Baker Evaluates the Sorry Condition of Education in Florida

Bruce Baker’s evaluation of education policy in Florida demonstrates that the state operates on the crazy theory that cutting funding is good, diverting funding from district schools to chart…

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Benjamin R. Cremer: An Outpouring of Hatred While Shouting "USA! USA!" dianeravitch.net/2026/10/22/… via @dianeravitch
Benjamin R. Cremer: An Outpouring of Hatred While Shouting “USA! USA!”

Benjamin R. Cremer: An Outpouring of Hatred While Shouting “USA! USA!”

Every day, as I read the political news, I think to myself “This is not America.” A country where masked men assault people on the streets, drag them out of their cars and homes, run th…

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John Thompson: Please! No More Miracles! dianeravitch.net/2026/10/21/… via @dianeravitch
John Thompson: Please! No More Miracles!

John Thompson: Please! No More Miracles!

Belief in transformative miracles is a recurring theme in the history of American education. Sometimes educators are compelled to embrace “miracles”” based on word of mouth. Other…

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Aaron Parnas: Putin Orders Military to Make Cities in Ukraine "Unlivable" dianeravitch.net/2026/10/17/… via @dianeravitch
Aaron Parnas: Putin Orders Military to Make Cities in Ukraine “Unlivable”

Aaron Parnas: Putin Orders Military to Make Cities in Ukraine “Unlivable”

Aaron Parnas writes up-to-the-minute news on his blog “The Parnas Perspective.” This was shocking to read today: Good evening, everyone. I want to start tonight with Ukraine, because th…

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