Education Establishment Opinion
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LAHM: Charter Schools Movement Sees a Growth Opportunity in Public School Funding Cuts
The damage has already been done, as a confluence of factors — from the pandemic to the decades-long decline in…
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WELNER: Yes, Some Charter Schools Do Pick Their Students. It’s Not a Myth.
This is a rebuttal to a recent column by The Washington Post’s Jay Mathews, who has long written in support…
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ROBINSON: On Biden’s To-Do List Today Is Rescinding the Racist 1776 Commission
After his inauguration today, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the arduous process of undoing much of the racist mess put…
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LEAR: Education Secretary-Designate Miguel Cardona Must Act Urgently to Protect Public Education
It’s time to have a secretary of education who loves public schools as much as the educators literally sacrificing their…
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SURIANO: Bye, Betsy — and Good Riddance
DeVos leaves behind a trail of cruelties for the Biden administration to correct. Addressing student debt and Title IX changes…
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WILLEN: As Betsy Devos Steps Down, Critics Hope It Is Time to Put the Public Back in Public Education
The most succinct reaction to her meaningless resignation 13 days before her term ended came in a two-word statement from…
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Wreckage Betsy DeVos Leaves Behind
The departing education secretary, Betsy DeVos, will be remembered as perhaps the most disastrous leader in the Education Department’s history.
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WELLS: New York City’s New Middle School Admissions Will Test White Parents
This policy change creates a real test for more affluent white parents who say they live in New York City…
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ROBBINS: Too Many Parents and Decision Makers Treat Teachers Like They Don’t Matter
Some organized groups of parents are issuing increasingly forceful calls to reopen schools. But too many of them neglect the…
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CARRANZA, BEUTNER AND JACKSON: We Need a Marshall Plan for Our Schools. And We Need It Now.
Our schools, like thousands more across the nation, need help from the federal government, and we need it now.
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SHELTON: The End of Public Schools Would Mean the End of the Common Good
If education is nothing but a provider of the “human capital” that will help students get a job, the argument…
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JONES, GLASGOW, and WAHLTINEZ: Should Schools Stay Open? Not So Fast.
Data on coronavirus cases in U.S. schools suggests in-person classes contribute to the virus’ spread.
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QUINTANA and WONG: Betsy DeVos Vowed to Change American Education. for the Most Part, She Didn’t.
DeVos, a conservative billionaire philanthropist, went on to clinch her unpopularity with her advocacy for school choice.
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WEINGARTEN: A Blueprint to Safely Open Schools
Parents and educators know that our children do best at schools, where they can get support, and they worry that…
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SCHNEIDER and BERKSHIRE: Trump’s Longest-Serving Cabinet Official May Start a Revolution
In response to Ms. DeVos’s polarizing influence, moderate Democrats including President-elect Joe Biden recommitted to teachers unions and adopted more…
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STANCIL: Defenders of Public Schools Call on Biden to Ditch Trump’s Disastrous Education Policies — and Obama’s Too
"50.8 million children who attend real public schools need a secretary of education who will be their advocate, not an…
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PERRY: Dear Black Students: Don’t Let White Efforts at Miseducation Deny Your Legacy
‘The upholders of white supremacy have always tried to control us by obstructing our path to the schoolhouse through law,…
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EMMRICH: Bye, Bye Betsy: The Damage DeVos Has Done as Education Secretary and the Challenges Facing Her Successor
One bright note, and the one giving many parents and educators hope, is that the incoming first lady, Dr. Jill…
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KOIS: Goodbye, Betsy DeVos
You sailed into the Department of Education as if sailing into port on one of your yachts, buoyed by your…
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BARTH: Both Trump and Biden Have Misinformed Voters About Public Charters
As millions of families struggle to keep up with remote learning at home amidst a pandemic, neither President Donald Trump…
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ARNETT: Teachers up Against Continued Low Pay, Increasing Workloads
As teacher pay remains low, the workload placed upon the educators continues to grow, especially amid changes due to COVID-19.
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MOUND: Neoliberal Education Reformers Have Found a New Way to Scapegoat Teachers
Liberal writers sympathetic to the corporate education reform movement are beating the drum about reopening schools, claiming to stand up…
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HESS: Education Experts Weigh in on Biden’s Proposal to Triple Funding for Low-Income Schools
Even before the coronavirus pandemic began, many experts warned that U.S. public schools were struggling and that inequality, was widening.
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BRICKNER: How Teachers Union Activism Helped Shift the U.S. Election Debate on Education
In both tone and content, Biden’s plan represents an evolution in the focus of American education policy and a departure…
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