Education

Every kid in the US could have a free public college education right now if George W. Bush hadn't been such a war monger.

Four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in an economic Darwinism that promotes privatization, commodification, free trade and deregulation, Henry Giroux writes in the introduction to his book.

Seclusion or restraint for students is much more widely used in schools than you'd think, and it's endangering student health. The Keeping All Students Safe Act would outlaw the …

The Chicago Board of Education has consistently voted to close schools or turn them over to private management - laying off most of the staff in the process - …

A new report by the Economic Policy Institute, documents the effects of both for-profit and non-profit charter schools that are taking over struggling public schools in Milwaukee.

Teachers are fighting the privatization wave by connecting with families right where they live.

As the US Supreme Court upholds a ban on affirmative action in Michigan and the country marks 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education, Democracy Now! interviews ProPublica's …

Public Intellectual Henry Giroux speaks with Truthout about his new book and its exploration of how neoliberalism forces students into an intellectual and moral dead zone devoid of imagination.

A Teach For America teacher grows leery of the role of charter schools.

ProPublica reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses her year-long investigation into how one of desegregation's success stories in Tuscaloosa, Alabama became one of the most segregated school systems in the country, …