How the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Went Wrong
From the outset, charter schools were somewhat of a blind man’s elephant—people saw in them...
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Florina Rodov: Charter Schools Should Get Zero Federal Dollars
The U.S. Department of Education’s Charter School Program (CSP) wasted more than a billion dollars...
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Biden Promised to End Standardized Testing in Schools—It Was Never Going to Be Easy
Barely a month after President Biden was inaugurated, educators and public school advocates reeled...
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Florina Rodov: I Believed the Charter School Myth—Until I Learned About the Reality and Who Was Behind It
I fell for the charter school hype. I agreed with former President Obama’s education...
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For-Profit Charter Schools Gone Wild—Proof That Greed and Education Don’t Mix
A new report by the Network for Public Education (NPE) explains why charter schools are often...
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Jeff Bryant on The Attitude: “Betsy Devos Is the Tip of the Iceberg in the School Privatization Agenda”
Jeff Bryant on the New Hampshire-based radio show The Attitude hosted by Arnie Arnesen explains...
Read More Betsy DeVos Is Out — But Her Right-Wing Agenda Lives On
Supporters of public education and school teachers were relieved to see Betsy DeVos leave her job...
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We Need a Democratic Approach to Reimagining Schools—Asking People, Not Billionaires and Ideologues, What They Want
As soon as Anna Grant’s busy workday at Forest View Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina,...
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Michael Mindzak: Teacher-Volunteers: Unpaid Labor a Symptom of Precarious Work
As we continue to contend with the various challenges surrounding COVID-19 one interesting result...
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Joe Biden Has a Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Public Education
In picking Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona to be his nominee for U.S....
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Sarah Lahm: Charter Schools Movement Sees a Growth Opportunity in Public School Funding Cuts
A promotional message on the website of the Minnesota Math and Science Academy (MMSA), a K-12...
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A Flood of New Charter Schools Shows How the Industry May Try to Thrive — Despite the Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic began closing school buildings and forcing schools to quickly ramp up...
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Worse than Betsy DeVos: The Disturbing Story of 2020 School Board Elections
When a Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election became certain, supporters of public...
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Emily James: Teachers Are on a Tightrope with No Safety Net
After more than a month into New York City’s experiment with reopening schools in a hybrid...
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How Online Learning Companies Are Using the Pandemic to Take Over Classroom Teaching
Opening schools during a pandemic in an underfunded urban district like Providence, Rhode Island,...
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