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
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Jeff 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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Department of Education Wasted $1 Billion on Failed Charter Schools
A new report issued by the Network for Public Education provides a detailed accounting of how...
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Teachers Stage a Bold Protest that Scores National Attention
Don’t call what Kentucky teachers just did a “wildcat” labor action, at least not when you’re...
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Teachers Take a Bold Stance for Public Education at the Epicenter of the Charter School Movement
When President Trump appointed Betsy DeVos to be U.S. Secretary of Education and made charter...
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Rapid Victory of West Virginia Teacher Strike Shows What Happens When Progressives Join the Fight Against School Privatization
West Virginia’s most recent statewide teacher walkout came and wentso quickly there was too little...
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Charter Schools Are Pushing Public Education to the Breaking Point
When striking Los Angeles teachers won their demand to call for a halt to charter school...
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Los Angeles Teachers Make the Case that Charter Schools Are an Existential Threat to Public Education
“Isn’t it reasonable to have some regulations on charters?” asked Ingrid King, a kindergarten and...
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