Public Schools

Mainstream media, cued by corporate press releases, routinely claim that America's schools are markedly inferior to schools in other developed nations. The claim is part of an organized campaign …

In the rush to privatize the country's schools, corporations and politicians have decimated school budgets, replaced teaching with standardized testing, and placed the blame on teachers and students.

“I wanted to know why Gov. Chris Christie portrays New Jersey public schools as failure factories. Apparently that question struck a nerve.”

Teachers blockade downtown Mexico City to protest education reforms they say is harmful to public schools.

Both students and parents are at a loss as to what will happen in September.

‘Go Public’ is a welcome antidote to the bleak and misleading message of ‘Waiting for Superman.’

The seductive power of authoritarianism is particularly strong during times of economic and social stress.

Giroux writes on pedagogy and fundamentalism in his book, “America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth.”

Activists say national union leadership needs to give more support to Black and Latino working class families fighting school closures.

What do the war on drugs and market-oriented education reform have in common?