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The Bellarminf Forum: Stephanie Block reviews "A Match on Dry Grass" by Mark R. Warren, Karen L. Mapp, and the Community Organizing and School Reform Project. The cover features a black-and-white photo of people gathered together, with the title and author names prominently displayed in white text against a blue background."

Controlled Burn, Alinskyian organizing, and Common Core (Book Review)

By Stephanie Block | February 18, 2014

Controlled Burn Alinskyian organizing and Common Core: A Book Review of A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform By Mark R. Warren, Karen L. Mapp, and the Community Organizing and School Reform Project, Oxford University Press (2011) The title of this book, A Match on Dry Grass, is a…

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A propaganda poster featuring a man in military uniform with an outstretched arm, surrounded by people. Text discusses indoctrination of children into communism and the influence of Soviet schools. The background includes a map with red areas, likely representing communist territories. The text is in English and Russian. Common Core: What's Old Is New Again We must make the children, likesoft wax. We must rescue them from themselves under the beneficient influence of Communist schools. To oblige the mother to give her child to the Soviet state - that is our task Young people should be moulded into good children from the harmful influence of their families. In the earliest days of their little lives, they must find themselves under the influence of Communist schools. Под водительством великого Сталина - вперёд к коммунизму!"

Common Core and Catholic Education

By Stephanie Block | November 12, 2013

Catholic Education Daily recently broke the news that The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – criticized in pro-life circles for its “family planning” grant program encouraging the use of contraceptives in developing countries – paid the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) more than $100,000 to support teacher training and materials on implementing the Common Core…

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