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A Rededication to Public Education
We need to put the public back in public education and be clear about our goals and the best way to achieve them.
The Fallacy of Financial Education
Dave Ramsey is a huge success because he is peddling one of the huge but popular illusions of American culture: that people can become rich by making better financial …
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Education Groups Battle Teachers Unions in State Races
Billionaire-backed groups spend big pushing charter schools and vouchers.
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This Is What Happened When Scholastic Tried To Bring Pro-Coal Propaganda to School
“The United States of Energy” was a colorful series of lessons on the advantages of coal, aimed at 4th-graders, and sponsored by Big Coal. Here's how educators and activists …
What’s Really Behind Education Policy in Newark?
Is a move toward privatization behind the turning over of Newark, New Jersey, public school buildings to charter school companies, investigators are asking.
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Discipline With Dignity: Oakland Classrooms Try Healing Instead of Punishment
As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers as part of the way to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Burned, Bombed, Beaten – Education Under Attack Worldwide
In a troubling twist to modern warfare, public squares are now common sites of protest and violence, while hospitals treating the wounded are considered fair game. But perhaps the …
JOBS, Again
The 21st century United States needs many services the private sector doesn't provide so well, such as preschool and post-secondary education and health and dental care.
The Test Boycott Is On!
The testing boycott is official! Today, two Chicago teachers are refusing to distribute the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT), even though Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has said …
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Modeling the Education They Want To Be: The Great Chicago Teachers Union Transformation
Micah Uetricht's ‘Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity’ relates the stirring transformation of the Chicago Teachers Union into a democratically organized force for social justice.