Category: Education in Elections
Worse than Betsy DeVos: The Disturbing Story of 2020 School Board Elections
When a Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election became certain, supporters of public...
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The Future of K-12 Schools Isn’t Online; It’s in New Mexico
“I think we’re all going to be different after this,” Mary Parr-Sanchez told me in a phone call,...
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Has the Democratic Party Reversed its Attitude on Charters?
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet wants you to know how much he cares—really...
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The U.S. Government’s Billion-Dollar Charter School Boondoggle Is an Even Bigger Disaster Than We Knew
Earlier this year when members of Congress repeatedly confronted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy...
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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...
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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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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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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Urban Communities of Color Increasingly Want No Part of Charter Schools
At a recent school board meeting in New Orleans, more than 100 parents swamped the hearing room,...
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School Privatization Took a Major Beating in the Midterms
The blue wave that swept the nation in the recent midterm elections was also a broad rejection of...
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Midterm Elections Show America’s Major Shift in Attitude to Charter School Privatization
For years, the policy window for privatizing public schools has been wide open, and what was once...
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How Teachers Might End Up Beating Back the Koch Brothers’ Plan to Privatize Arizona Schools
The moment Beth Lewis realized the powerful political forces she was up against was when she was...
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