Public Education

In a wide-ranging consideration of 21st century education, Noam Chomsky argues that much of what passes for education reform is 'a way of turning the population into a bunch …

Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC's public schools, continues her work in education by endangering the financial security of public school teachers.

On election night, as it became increasingly clear that Mitt Romney was going to lose the election to Barack Obama, I watched Fox News host Megyn Kelly ask you, …

Teachers' personal money is the most common source of funding for classroom projects.

Hopefully, this strike will provide the fulcrum for social movements to take up this fight, remembered not just as a struggle for the future of Chicago public schools, but …

Maya Schenwar: When it comes to teachers, Rahm Emanuel needs to sit down, shut up and listen to their more-than-reasonable demands.

In our concluding episode, we take readers to Finland, in an extensive original interview with world-renowned education expert Pasi Sahlberg, director general of Centre of International Mobility and Cooperation …

The Texas GOP's hidden curriculum against critical thinking and other educational threats to authoritarianism is now part of its official platform.

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign isn't backing off the candidate's claim that America needs fewer teachers, firefighters, and police officers.

Corporate power and money are unchecked as they privatize, deregulate and destroy all vestiges of public life.