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Rapid Victory of West Virginia Teacher Strike Shows What Happens When Progressives Join the Fight Against School Privatization

Mar 1, 2019 | 0

West Virginia’s most recent statewide teacher walkout came and wentso quickly there was too little...

Feb 7, 2019 | 0

When striking Los Angeles teachers won their demand to call for a halt to charter school...

Jan 25, 2019 | 0

“Isn’t it reasonable to have some regulations on charters?” asked Ingrid King, a kindergarten and...

Jan 18, 2019 | 0

This week, Republican lawmakers held a press conference on Capitol Hill to kick off National...

Dec 14, 2018 | 0

When prominent advocates for “school choice,” such as U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos,...

Dec 5, 2018 | 0

At a recent school board meeting in New Orleans, more than 100 parents swamped the hearing room,...

Nov 21, 2018 | 0

The blue wave that swept the nation in the recent midterm elections was also a broad rejection of...

Nov 6, 2018 | 0

For years, the policy window for privatizing public schools has been wide open, and what was once...

Oct 31, 2018 | 0

The moment Beth Lewis realized the powerful political forces she was up against was when she was...

Oct 20, 2018 | 0

It’s increasingly clear that if the November midterm elections are to produce a “Blue Wave” for...

Jul 6, 2015 | 0

It’s Tuesday evening, and people have come to church — but not for religion. What’s...