Interview | Education & Youth The Case for a Right to Education A new lawsuit shines a light on our educational system. By Thor Benson , AlterNet October 5, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Black to School: The Rising Struggle to Make Black Education Matter Corporate education reformers are reeling in response to Black liberation activist opposition to charter schools. By Jesse Hagopian , Truthout September 8, 2016 Truthout
News | Education & Youth After Hundreds of School Closures, Black Families Are Still Waiting for Justice Hundreds of neighborhood school closures in cities across the country have had a disproportionate impact on Black and Brown students. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 6, 2016 Truthout
News | Over 109,000 Students Endure Physical Punishment Every Year While the use of corporal punishment in public schools has declined rapidly in the past 20 years, it is still legal in 19 states. By Judy Molland , Care2 September 4, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth A Turning Point for the Charter School Movement Resistance to charter schools, which are more racially segregated than traditional public schools, is growing. By Molly Knefel , Truthout August 30, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Where Has All the Money for Our Schools Gone? New government spending data could reveal how tax breaks for big businesses leave K-12 school funding out to dry. By Scott Klinger , OtherWords August 26, 2016 Truthout
News | School-Based Police Are Using Tasers on Students — and No One Knows How Often It Happens Children are being Tasered by school-based police officers, and no one knows about it. By Rebecca Klein , TheHechingerReport August 24, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth Mike Pence Loves ALEC and Keeps Pushing School Privatization, Despite Lousy Record With Charters Trump's VP pick won't give up on charter schools. By Steven Rosenfeld , AlterNet August 21, 2016 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Portland Teachers Expose Lead in Schools Periodic lead testing showed the presence of lead in Portland schools' drinking water back in 2001. By Samantha Winslow , LaborNotes August 3, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth Defending No Child Left Behind? Education Reform Hits the DNC The education reform movement has often shielded itself from criticism by effectively employing the rhetoric of civil rights and equality. By Molly Knefel , Truthout July 28, 2016 Truthout