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In response to the opinion piece in the Daily Herald last week, Susie Schnell wrote a comment and the Herald has published it as a new opinion column. Please check it out here:

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/utah-valley/article_a8051b72-93ad-590f-8cf7-8b05d0b2f900.html

“Some Alpine School District parents recently raised concerns about a Web link and phrases in the district’s mission statement. Former district teacher and [...]

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Originally posted by Oak Norton:

The Herald Journal published an opinion piece by Axel Donizetti Ramirez called “What ‘Social Democracy’ means to Utah County Educators.” Below is my response to his piece, which I hope motivates him to re-evaluate the motives behind those who use the phrase in question.
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Lets look at the history behind the “Enculturating the Young into a [...]

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Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite authors. As a child I read “Ender’s Game” and have been waiting for the movie for more than 20 years. Card is a registered Democrat (ie. not a right-winger for any educrats reading this) and lives in North Carolina where he writes a variety of books and [...]

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If you missed the Alpine School District Board Meeting on March 9, 2010, here’s a video provided by the Provo Daily Herald showing clips of many of the speakers. Contrary to the press article title about “angry parents”, the mood was quite calm and respectful.

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Here are links to 2 press articles reporting on the event:

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/article_c91cb886-2cbb-5ad0-9bdc-73f71bfbcd56.html

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700015320/Parents-oppose-district-wording.html