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Henry A. Giroux | Schools as Punishing Factories: The Handcuffing of Public Education
While the video of an 8-year-old boy handcuffed in an elementary school classroom in Kentucky has rightfully drawn media attention, the boy's treatment was far from unique.
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Georgia Is Moving Children With Disabilities Into Schools Used During Jim Crow
A DOJ investigation found that Georgia is putting kids with behavioral issues in the same buildings that served Black children decades ago.
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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.
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The Calamity of the Disappearing School Libraries
School libraries are being neglected, defunded, repurposed, abandoned and closed.
Congress Considers Expanding Charter Program Despite Millions Wasted on Closed Schools
Nearly 2,500 charter schools have been forced to shutter, affecting 288,000 American children.
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Testing Wars: Opt-Out Movement Gains Momentum and Critics
A growing legion of parents, students and educators have joined the high-stakes battle over standardized tests.
Keep Kids Out of Handcuffs
Children as young as 5 are threatened, arrested, arraigned and detained.
Physical Education Takes a Hit: Schools’ Emphasis on Testing Is Making Kids Sick
Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, 44 percent of school administrators admit that they've cut physical education or recess to focus on test …
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The “Two-Sizes-Fits-All” Approach to Bilingual Education Doesn’t Work
An Oregon bill to cut back time given ELL students to achieve English literacy defies the research on how long it can take.
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Connecticut Schools Pin Down and Restrain “Staggering” Number of Kids
A new state report found one public school student was restrained more than 700 times in one year.