Education Establishment Opinion
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GREENE: Is Your Charter School a Public School?
It seems to be one of the eternal questions (well, sort of a question) of the education debates-- aren't charter…
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JONES and GRAMER: Education Bill Undermines Idaho Constitution
Supporters of privatizing education are about to change the Idaho Constitution and 130 years of education policy without going to…
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BAUMANN: HB 563 Diverts Public School Dollars to Unaccountable Private Entities
Kentucky still has a lot of work to do to make sure all students can thrive, but taking money out…
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YAN: The Debate Over Reopening Schools Is Fierce and Divisive. Here’s Where People on Different Sides of the Issue Are Coming From
It's been one year since millions of students last stepped inside a classroom. One year since schools started shuttering to…
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FINKELSTEIN: School Districts Need to Scrutinize Dollars Spent on Private Schools
Many taxpayers are unaware of these expensive, long-term arrangements. And one can certainly argue these private schools are a key…
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BOWMAN and WEINGARTEN: America’s COVID Spring Shouldn’t Include Standardized Tests for Any Students
After the year our children have had, we must consider their well-being above all else when making decisions about schooling.
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JOHNSON: I’m a Baptist Minister, and the Educational Scholarship Program Threatens Truth and Education
As an ordained Baptist minister whose wife is a retired Florida public school teacher, I am almost genetically hardwired toward…
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JONES: Teachers Unions Aren’t the Obstacle to Reopening Schools
A full year into the pandemic, teachers say they’re still waiting for school districts to make in-person instruction safe.
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RAVITCH: The Bipartisan Assault on Public Schools
Betsy Devos was no exception in education. She pushed an agenda that Republicans and Democrats have strangely united behind for…
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ELLSWORTH: Vouchers Are Just a Ploy to Distract From Properly Funding Education
Legislation to expand vouchers even more is happening even though schools continue to be underfunded. That's the real debate we…
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BUTZIN and YURKIN: Don’t Be Fooled: School Voucher Bill Has a Dark Side
The voucher program for private, online and home-schooling has no accountability.
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CONNOR: Alabama Public Schools Is Pushing Forward Privatization Plan
In the midst of the pandemic and educator deaths, the Montgomery, Alabama Public Schools is pushing forward a plan for…
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PRINS, FELDMAN, and CARTUS: Teachers and Their Unions Are Demanding Truly Safe Schools Reopening — Not ‘Ignoring Science’
Some prominent academics have taken to lecturing teachers and their unions for insisting that reopening schools is still too dangerous.…
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JOHNSON: Charter Schools, Vouchers Will Erode What Unites Us
If aliens flew to Earth on any given Friday night in October, they would see a strange ceremony taking place…
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NORTH: How School Funding Can Help Repair the Legacy of Segregation
America’s schools spend less money on Black students. Closing the gap is key to equality.
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ONOSKO and MARHEFKA: Voucher Bill Does Not Serve the Public Good
The net effect will be devastating for our community schools that serve 89% of New Hampshire families with school-age children,…
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SANCHEZ and WILLBACH: Philly Leaders Lied for Decades About School Safety. Why Should Teachers Trust Them During a Pandemic?
Last November, when the Philadelphia School District aimed to reopen in-person schooling, the plan was thwarted by a surge in…
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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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