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Public Schools
A Primer on the Damaging Movement to Privatize Public Schools
Schools need a complete transformation in what and how students learn - not the Common Core State Standards and standardized tests.
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Impending Chicago Teachers’ Strike Adds Power to Nationwide Movements Against Inequality and Racism
As Chicago protests continue, the teachers union has an opportunity to make powerful demands for racial and economic justice.
How Police Became Part of the Public School System and How to Get Them Out
As students of color continue to face police violence in the classroom, we must ask, why are police in public schools?
Henry A. Giroux | The Curse of Totalitarianism and the Challenge of Critical Pedagogy
Critical pedagogy is much more than a set of teaching strategies. It may be our greatest defense against totalitarianism.
Los Angeles’ 1% Disrupted Democracy and Dismantled the Public School System
Nearly 1000 marched against the “philanthrocapitalist's” plan for unregulated charter schools.
When Not to Listen to a Columnist: The Dyett Hunger Strikers Must Be Heard
Bronzeville has exactly one community high school left. This is the school the hunger strikers are trying to save.
Chicago Hunger Strikers Challenge Rahm Emanuel’s Push to Privatize Schools
Education activists are entering the 19th day of a hunger strike to save Dyett High School.
Back to ALEC, Back to (Private) School
Despite public urging for adequate public education funding, Republican legislators chose to put more money into the private voucher school system.
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ALEC Admits School Vouchers Are for Kids in Suburbia
School vouchers were never about helping poor, at-risk or minority students.
South Los Angeles Students and Teachers Speak Out Against Quick-Fix School Reforms
The Crenshaw district's own students and teachers detail the consequences of a school superintendent's quick-fix reforms.