Category: Education in Elections
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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Joe Biden Has a Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Public Education
In picking Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona to be his nominee for U.S....
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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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