Teachers Were the Real Heroes ...
Often overlooked in histories of school desegregation are the teachers. By Michael Gengler / History News Network “There was not a...
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Betsy DeVos Is Planning to All...
Betsy DeVos is chipping away at an arrangement that would, without precedent for history, enable schools to utilize government assets...
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Michael Long, expert on the philosophy of Mister Rogers, talks about “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” By Chauncey DeVega – Morgan...
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Ted Thornhill taught a class on the history of racism — and was attacked by racists: “I didn’t cede any ground” By Chauncey DeVega /...
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The offending book features a trans character. By Martin Cizmar – Two elementary school districts in rural Oregon are pulling...
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Cuomo has been long accused of blocking fair funding for education as he stakes out a “centrist” position that could help raise funds...
read moreRepublicans Are Becoming Less ...
Nerds to the left. By Kali Holloway – There are several key attributes that define the Republican Party in its modern...
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De Blasio has closed many public schools in New York City. Unlike Bloomberg, he does not boast about it. By Diane Ravitch –...
read moreThe Skills Trap: Why the Right...
The politics behind the push to expand vocational education. By Jennifer Berkshire – When California home health aide Maya Luna...
read moreWhite Nationalists Could Be Co...
White supremacists have stepped up recruitment efforts on campuses across the nation. By Kali Holloway – In early 2017, Donald...
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Students living on the margins face added challenges. By Jill Richardson – Another semester is about to begin at the community...
read moreI Was Homeschooled, and I Beli...
We’re suffering from a national lack of innovation and engagement in our public education. By Chris Sosa – From...
read moreLet’s End Student Debt S...
Debt and austerity have often been used as control mechanisms for subduing the people. By Ellen Brown – This is the second in a...
read moreSegrenomics: Cashing In on Our...
Today’s Silicon Valley hustlers belong to a long tradition of making money off a segregated education system. By Jennifer...
read moreHow White Nationalists Hide in...
Fascist ideologues are hijacking academic courses. By Shane Burley – Even in the world of academia, a punchy headline can be...
read moreGroupthink Rules in Silicon Va...
Tech moguls and education reformers share a fondness for a self-reinforcing culture of ideas and a disdain for laws. By Sarah Darer...
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A school choice provision in the tax code could make K-12 parents and children the new student debtors. By MaryAnn Schlegel Ruegger...
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Selling old, increasingly discredited ideas to a youthful audience isn’t as easy as it sounds. By Matthew James Seidel –...
read moreOur Staggering Class Divide St...
By Joan Williams – Children learn class at their mothers’ knee. Childrearing, like so many other aspects of daily life, is...
read moreWhy School Shooter Drills Are ...
Teaching kids to hide from a gunman isn’t doing something about our nation’s monstrous gun violence problem—it’s just adapting...
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