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Terri Michal

What this pandemic reveals about public education

I love public education employees.  They are the most resourceful group of people you could ever meet.  They have to be.  These employees work in an atmosphere of politics and nepotism. They suffer through Legislators and administrators that create policies for them even though many of these policy makers have never worked in a school … Continued
April 8, 2020

An Inside Look At Glenn Beck’s (Comm)Unity (Theatrics) March

  By Terri Michal  You can’t have community without unity, but as Glenn Beck taught us this weekend, I guess you CAN have unity without community. Well, you can appear to, anyway.  With carefully placed camera angles, t-shirts quoting Dr. Martin Luther King, an abundance of posters displaying the words justice, and unity on them, … Continued
September 3, 2015

The Party of Greed

By Terri Michal While reading both charter bills, SB 45 and HB 192, I realized that for those Alabamians that are paying attention there is literally something for EVERYONE to detest in these bills, everyone except those that are profiting from them. Could the corporate ‘Party of Greed’, with Sen. Marsh, Rep. Hubbard, and Rep. … Continued
March 11, 2015

What Does Success Look Like?

By Terri Michal “What does success look like?” That’s the question Sacramento, CA, Mayor Kevin Johnson posed to a roomful of Birmingham citizens that had gathered in the 16th Street Baptist Church last Tuesday morning to discuss charter schools in Alabama. The event was sponsored by the Black Alliance for Educational Options and featured Michelle … Continued
January 27, 2015