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Public Education
Henry A. Giroux | Barbarians at the Gates: Authoritarianism and the Assault on Public Education
The emergence of larger social movements depends on public education maintaining its democratic sphere.
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Racism and the Charter School Movement: Unveiling the Myths
Schools should be grounded upon cultural inclusiveness, social justice and economic democracy, not profit potential.
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Poll Shows How Democrats Can Win With a Public Education Agenda
Democratic candidates need to make support for public education front-and-center of their campaigns.
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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Global Coalition of Access to Research, Science and Education Organizations Calls on STM to Withdraw New Model Licenses
Let us work together towards a world where the whole sum of human knowledge, both that from within academia and that from without, is accessible, usable, reusable and interoperable.
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Flipping Schools: The Hidden Forces Behind New Jersey Education Reform
In New Jersey, Chris Christie justifies charter school growth on the basis of fair competition and parent demand. But behind the scenes, budget austerity and little-known development incentives have …
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Without Clear Regulations, Disabled Children Regularly Restrained and Isolated in School
More than 250,000 school children - many of them disabled and of color - are restrained or put into isolation each year for behaving in ways that are considered …
How’s He Doin’? Bill de Blasio After Six Months
Six months after the widely hailed mayoral election of the liberal Bill de Blasio, Danny Katch looks at what has changed - and not changed - from Michael Bloomberg's …
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“Alternative High”: Raising the Bar on Public Education
The New York State Department of Education has granted some public schools waivers that allow them to avoid most standardized testing. Instead, they developed performance-based assessments to determine student …
Bill Ayers | With Teacher Tenure Threatened, Trouble in Every Direction for Public Education
The California teacher tenure case was cast as a group of poor kids suing to get rid of bad teachers. In reality, it's more about education privatization than education …