Category: Education in Elections
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...
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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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Sarah Lahm: Why Michigan Public School Parents Might Be Too Strong of a Match for Betsy DeVos and Her Privatization Agenda
Culture war issues dressed as serious K-12 classroom concerns, such as trumped-up battles over...
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Jeff Bryant and Velislava Hillman in The Progressive: How Big Businesses Are Colonizing the Classroom
“It’s going to be great,” Houston entrepreneur Jim McIngvale told a reporter about the charter...
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The Right Wing Is Pumping Out Critical Race Theory Attacks to Boost its Propaganda War on Public Education
“No one deserves the school I went to,” says Celia Gottlieb. Gottlieb is currently enrolled...
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Here’s the Truth Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Critical Race Theory
When North Carolina public school teacher Justin Parmenter penned an opinion piece for the...
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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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