Why Striking Teachers Across America Are Fighting for Much More Than Their Paychecks
While national news outlets hail the conclusion of a historic teacher strike in Chicago, another...
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Jesse Hagopian: The Chicago Teachers Strike: ‘Until We Get What Our Students Deserve’
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, 25,000 teachers and...
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How Billionaire Charter School Funders Corrupted the School Leadership Pipeline
It’s rare when goings-on in Kansas City schools make national headlines, but in 2011 the New York...
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School Leadership Disaster: Private Companies Work an Insider Game to Reap Lucrative Contracts
In July 2013, the education world was rocked when a breaking story by Chicago independent...
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Sarah Lahm: Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
Charter schools, once the darling of politicians on the right and left, have become a hot potato...
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A National Public School ‘Leadership’ Disaster: Private Firms Vetting Candidates for Superintendent
Flint, Michigan, became a national poster child for incompetence and corruption when a small group...
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The Teacher Movement Against Charter Schools Helped Send Puerto Rico’s Governor Packing
Puerto Rico’s teachers fought off charter school corruption and helped oust a governor
Read MoreJeff Bryant Leads Panel at Netroots Nation on “What Philly Taught Us: How Philadelphia Activists Beat Back School Privatization to Restore Local Control
Thu 2:30pm: What Philly Taught Us: How Philadelphia Activists Beat School Privatization to Restore...
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Why Won’t the Charter School Industry Acknowledge Its Documented Failures
Public schools remain society’s most preferred and best attempt to guarantee an education to every child, while private enterprises like charters have the option of closing down whenever they want because the public system remains as a safety net for students and families
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Why Many School Districts Are Being Set Up for Fiscal Failure
Former vice president and current presidential hopeful Joe Biden recently caught a lot of flak for...
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The Charter School ‘Dumpster Fire’ in Pennsylvania Provides an Important Lesson for 2020 Democratic Candidates
Charter schools have finally broken into the national political dialogue, with presidential...
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The Federal Government Has Poured Millions into Failing Schools in Louisiana
When Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education under President Barack Obama, said Hurricane...
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Things Didn’t Go Well When Betsy DeVos Was Confronted with Her Department’s Charter School Fraud
During a series of recent congressional hearings in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Education...
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Three Questions That ‘Created Havoc’ in Betsy DeVos’s Department of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is famous for giving a nonresponse to fairly...
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Sacramento Teacher Strike Is a Warning to #RedForEd Movement Everywhere
The enduring RedForEd movement that has spurred teachers to walk out of schools, organize massive...
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