Category: Education in Elections
Voters Across the Political Spectrum Gave Public Education Important Wins in the 2024 Election
In a general election that was by-and-large disastrous for the Democratic Party, voters across the...
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How a Struggling Boston School Found Success in the Roots of its Haitian American Community
In 2016, Boston’s Mattahunt Elementary was a school on the brink. A letter from the Massachusetts...
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Chicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?
There was an ironic moment in former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2024 Democratic...
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After Years of Failed Education Reforms, Chicago Embraces Community Schools
“Until now, we haven’t even tried to make big-city school districts work, especially for children...
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The Right’s Long Game to End Public Education
On February 13, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, did something...
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Maurice Cunningham: Who Are the ‘Moms’ for Liberty?
The Moms for Liberty (M4L) webpage states, “Our founders are Tiffany and Tina, moms on a mission...
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The Community Schools Movement Is Running Headlong Into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Hard-Right Agenda
“I do what I think is best for kids,” said Lauren Leto, a career public school educator at Brandon...
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What the NY Times Got Wrong About a Key Party Switch in North Carolina
A July 30, 2023, headline in the New York Times promised to give readers an “inside” story about...
Read More Did a North Carolina Democratic Lawmaker Throw the Party Under the Bus for the Charter School Industry?
So far, little has been disclosed about exactly why North Carolina state Representative Tricia...
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Sandra Jones: Is the Right Wing ‘Whitewashing’ the History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools?
“People still want to hide the truth about Black history,” Dione Archer, a resident of Richmond,...
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Maurice Cunningham: The Right-Wing Money and Influence Behind Moms for Liberty
Moms for Liberty (M4L) claims the organization was started by moms. But it is hard to believe that...
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Gail Sunderman: Parents Like Their Public Schools, No Matter How Much the Charter School Movement Tells Them Not To
Who would have imagined that after the past two tumultuous years, when so much...
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