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On My Son’s First Day of Kindergarten: OurSchoolsAreNotFailing.org Organizes Communities to Defend Their Schools From NCLB
It's time for the voices of parents, teachers and students to be heard and respected.
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Twelve Theses on Education’s Future in the Age of Neoliberalism and Terrorism
The profit-driven goals of neoliberal education policies are antithetical to progressive goals to educate productive participants in democratic culture.
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If Only American Kids Could Eat School Lunches Like They Do in France
Students eat veal marinated with mushrooms and broccoli followed by a cucumber and tomato salad; for dessert, an apple tart.
The Fight for Universal Pre-K: New York Charts a Checkered Path Toward Equal Early Education
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio touted universal pre-kindergarten as a way to fight inequality. But the program shows inequalities of its own.
Heralding a National Trend? Enrollment Surges as New York City Begins Full-Day Prekindergarten for 50,000 Kids
As the school year begins, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is launching his signature initiative of full-day universal prekindergarten at public schools.
Truthout Interviews Featuring Adam Bessie and Dan Carino on Bill Gates, Graphic Journalism, and the Education Reform Hype Machine
Ted Asregadoo speaks to English Professor Adam Bessie and Graphic Journalist Dan Carino about Bill Gates' free-market education reform movement that emphasizes a more technocratic and quantitatively rigid curriculum.
Students Should Be Creative Innovators, Not Force-Fed Consumers of Status-Quo Knowledge
Unless students are empowered to help shape their own educations, and use their skills and energy to fight for justice and make their neighborhoods better places, there will be …
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How the #FergusonSyllabus Can Help Teachers Talk About Race and Rights on the First Day of School
Teachers and educators collect ideas and resources for how to talk about Ferguson with students of all ages.
A Teacher in Kabul
Zekerullah yearns for knowledge as well as justice, and he's willing to sacrifice for both.
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Elite Attackers of Public Schools Don’t Admit the Impact of Economic Inequality, Racism on Education
In the Progressive Pick book, ‘Badass Teachers Unite,’ Mark Naison points out that school reform policies scapegoat teachers and represent a brilliant tactic to avoid dealing with the real …