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Gloria Evans Nolan

Parent and Activist

Gloria Evans Nolan is a parent and public education advocate in St. Louis, Missouri. When she was six years old, her mother was sent to prison, and Gloria and her brother ended up in foster care. She credits two special teachers, Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Cowley, for nurturing her and sparking a love of learning. The parent of two children in the St. Louis Public Schools, Gloria is a passionate advocate for her hometown and its schools, encouraging her friends and neighbors to “build up what we know is being threatened to be burned down.”

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Charter Schools aren’t Public Schools. Here’s Why We Need to Change That.

Charter schools have had it both ways when it comes to the public/private divide.

I Never Thought I’d Become a Public School Activist. Then Extremists Took Over the School Board.

I Never Thought I’d Become a Public School Activist. Then Extremists Took Over the School Board.

Don’t Be Fooled. Education Savings Accounts are a Taxpayer-funded ATM for Private and Homeschool Parents 

Iowans deserve better than an education system cluttered with misinformation, waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer money.

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