Book Review: Will Teachers Save Our Democracy?
With nearly every day presenting more evidence of America’s eroding democracy, it’s understandable...
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Ashana Bigard – Elizabeth K. Jeffers: Twenty Years After Katrina, the City’s All-Charter Schools System Is Failing Many Families
To mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, numerous articles...
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How the Trump Administration Wields the Federal Government’s Power Over Public Education
The U.S. Supreme Court’s July 14 decision to allow President Donald Trump and his secretary of...
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Rural Communities Need the Community Schools Approach More Than Ever
“It’s just gotten worse,” Catherine Gilmore said when I asked her how her community was faring...
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Are Community Schools the Positive Disruptor Public Education Needs?
“It’s important for people to know they can trust schools,” Jenna Fernholz told The Progressive...
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Why Education “Reformers” Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration
During Donald Trump’s first presidential term and the Joe Biden presidential administration,...
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Voters Across the Political Spectrum Gave Public Education Important Wins in the 2024 Election
In a general election that was by-and-large disastrous for the Democratic Party, voters across the...
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How a Struggling Boston School Found Success in the Roots of its Haitian American Community
In 2016, Boston’s Mattahunt Elementary was a school on the brink. A letter from the Massachusetts...
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Chicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?
There was an ironic moment in former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2024 Democratic...
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Community Schools Are A ‘Game Changer’ For Students In This Big-City School District
Dawn Sydnor Cole, principal at Morrill Math and Science Elementary School in Chicago, has been...
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After Years of Failed Education Reforms, Chicago Embraces Community Schools
“Until now, we haven’t even tried to make big-city school districts work, especially for children...
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Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement
Judging by a rash of news reports beginning in late 2023, communities across the country may be...
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The Right’s Long Game to End Public Education
On February 13, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, did something...
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Maurice Cunningham: Who Are the ‘Moms’ for Liberty?
The Moms for Liberty (M4L) webpage states, “Our founders are Tiffany and Tina, moms on a mission...
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The Community Schools Movement Is Running Headlong Into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Hard-Right Agenda
“I do what I think is best for kids,” said Lauren Leto, a career public school educator at Brandon...
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