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Get to Know the “Badass Teachers” Fighting Privatization
In New Jersey, teachers are fighting for community control of education and against state takeovers of school districts.
Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department
A former lobbyist for an association of for-profit colleges resigned from the Department of Education, where he had worked for about a month.
For-Profit Colleges Gain Influence in Trump Administration
Since Trump's election, for-profit college stocks have again begun to climb.
School Choice Is Not Serving the Most Disenfranchised
CounterSpin interviews Kevin Kumashiro on Betsy DeVos.
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Teacher Shortages Are Looming, but It Doesn’t Need to Be This Way
Teaching was deliberately feminized over a century ago so that public school teachers could be paid less.
New Grants Announced: Education Department Continues to Pour Millions Into Charter School Black Hole
The Department of Education announced it's approval of $245 million in grants under the federal Charter School Program.
After Hundreds of School Closures, Black Families Are Still Waiting for Justice
Hundreds of neighborhood school closures in cities across the country have had a disproportionate impact on Black and Brown students.
ITT Tech Shuts Enrollment After For-Profit College Disqualified From Federal Aid
A troubled for-profit college has stopped accepting new applicants, after a Department of Education ruling.
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Department of Education Demands Greater Accountability From College Accreditors
Accreditation agencies have recently come under fire for failing to keep schools accountable.
Department of Education Sides Against Students to Feather Its Own Bed in For-Profit Corinthian Colleges Debacle
Like homeowners who served to foam the runway for banks, students continue to be cannon-fodder for predatory lenders.