Are Community Schools the Last, Best Shot at Addressing Education Inequity?
When Tiffany Allen and her husband first moved to a house in Montgomery County, Maryland, their...
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Can Community Schools Rescue a ‘Troubled’ District?
“Why are we still fighting for basic needs?” asked Karen Guzman, a parent and community organizer...
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Sarah Lahm: Why Michigan Public School Parents Might Be Too Strong of a Match for Betsy DeVos and Her Privatization Agenda
Culture war issues dressed as serious K-12 classroom concerns, such as trumped-up battles over...
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Why Did Oakland Decide to Shut Down Popular Community Schools?
The Oakland, California, school district touts itself as the nation’s first full-service community...
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Jeff Bryant on Salon: ‘The Far Right’s National Plan for Schools: Plant Charters, Defund Public Education’
“In recent years, Hillsdale College, a small private Christian school in Michigan, has...
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Anna L. Noble: How Big Tech Sees Big Profits in Social-Emotional Learning at School
In June 2021, as students and teachers were finishing up a difficult school year, Priscilla Chan,...
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Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Profit Company
It didn’t take long for Tasha Stiles to realize there was something very wrong with the school...
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Corporations Are Turning Public Schools into Their Workforce Training ‘Pipelines’
Nearly all public schools in the United States (98 percent) offer some form of career and...
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Jeff Bryant and Velislava Hillman in The Progressive: How Big Businesses Are Colonizing the Classroom
“It’s going to be great,” Houston entrepreneur Jim McIngvale told a reporter about the charter...
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How Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of Tough Times
Days after the GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, announced a round of crippling...
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Sarah Lahm: Why a State Known for Charter Schools Is Now Joining a Nationwide Trend for Community Schools
Minnesota is widely known as the land of 10,000 lakes—actually, there are more than 10,000. But...
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For-Profit Charter Schools Provide an Entryway for Private Investors to Exploit Public Education
Charter school industry lobbyists, who appear to have lost a fight in the U.S. House of...
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Sarah Lahm: How Increasingly Popular Community Schools Boost Rural America
The often hidden reality of rural schools in America is that a higher percentage of students in...
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Sarah Lahm: In Minnesota’s ‘Most Diverse City,’ Schools Are Addressing the Community’s Deep Trauma
Sizi Goyah, a high school math teacher in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is overflowing with...
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Industry Lobbying Firm Rushes to Defend Charter Schools That Think of Children as a Business
The top lobbying group for the charter school industry is rushing to preserve millions in funds...
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