Education Establishment Opinion
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KAPLAN: Saving Public Education Isn’t About Idealism, but Survival
Los Angeles may seem like just one of the teachers strikes — in Kentucky, West Virginia, Arizona and Colorado —…
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LOS ANGELES TEACHER: I’m Striking to Stop Charter Schools from Draining Our Schools
Or, as our union president Alex Caputo-Pearl recently wrote, the district superintendent and the pro-charter majority board members want “to…
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DOCTOROW: Los Angeles District Prepares for Strike with Army of Expensive Scabs
In response, the nation's largest public school district has sourced 400 high-paid scabs to cross the picket line, raising $3…
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15 LOS ANGELES TEACHERS: We Don’t Want to Strike, but This Is Why We Must
Teachers who are on the verge of striking in Los Angeles Unified School District — barring a last-minute contract deal…
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FLAHERTY: Arizona Lawmaker Proposes ‘Charter-izing’ Procurement Rules for School Districts
A bill from an Arizona lawmaker could radically transform school procurement laws, allowing districts to adopt some of the shadiest…
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CHEN: A Labor Strike at a Charter School?
All their proposals spoke to frustration with a charter model that treats schools like a commercial investment, rather than a…
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BOST: Investing in Education Is Key to Having Top-Notch System
The first classroom I ever taught in was Room 18 of Mars Estates Elementary School in Essex. It’s where I…
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SHRIVER: Why Newsom’s $2B Pledge to Early Childhood Ed Will Be Money Well Spent
Reading about Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom’s nearly $2 billion commitment to early childhood education programs was the best way to start…
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TELL: Charter Schools Haunt More Election Races
The intensely controversial nature of nonprofit and for-profit charter schools in the U.S., due in no small part to endless…
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ADAM: The Future of MOOCs Must Be Decolonized
Since their glory days only a few years ago, MOOCs have been on the receiving end of much critique, and…
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HARRIS: When School Choice Means School’s Choice
Parents of students who are “harder to educate” may have a hard time getting schools to reply to their emails…
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BLOGGER: The Charter School ‘Choice’ Scam
Allowing charter operators to cherry-pick the best students (they deny it, but they do) and to pay themselves whatever they…
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BRYANT: ‘Choice’ Has Become an Excuse for Charter and Voucher Schools to Discriminate
The evidence mounts: Not all families have equal access to the education opportunities advocated by Betsy DeVos.
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CHENEY-RICE: America Is Sacrificing Black Education for a False Meritocracy
Every American wants their child to have a quality education, but few seem invested in a quality education for all…
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WONG: Parents Are Biased Against Even Quality ‘Urban’ Schools
Many of these schools are improving, but the persistent stigma against them contributes to segregation.
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GREENE: Six Ways Betsy DeVos Gets Teachers’ Unions Wrong
DeVos’s antagonism toward unions shows not only her disrespect for teachers but also how her animosity toward organized teachers warps…
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FERLAZZO: The Best — and Worst — Education News of 2018
As usual, I don’t presume to say this compilation is all-encompassing, so I hope you’ll take time to share your…
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MONTINI: Will Ducey the Grinch Steal Christmas from Charter Schools … Finally … Please?
The governor expressed interest in charter school reform during the campaign. It's Christmas every day for charter owners. And you…
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LABAREE: Public Schools for Private Gain: The Declining Commitment to Serving the Public Good
When schooling comes to be viewed mainly as a source of private benefit, both schools and society suffer grave consequences.
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TEACHER: Tenure Is Not a Gift, It’s Earned
Do older teachers “relax” more than those seeking tenure? Some do, and why not? As a young teacher, I started…
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TELL: Impossible to Regulate Deregulated Charter Schools
Regulations have to do with what is allowed and what is not allowed. They establish what an individual, organization, or…
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS: The Real Winner in Texas Tuesday? Public Education
Thousands of residents in the Dallas, Frisco and Richardson school districts sent a strong message that kids in their communities…
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BRYANT: The Midterms Show America’s Major Shift in Attitude to Charter School Privatization
Politicians of all stripes have been extremely reluctant, especially at the national level, to lean into a real discussion of…
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RICH: Teachable moments from the Pittsburgh Shooting
Change begins with discussions in school and at home.
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RAVI: Addressing Inequality in Long Beach Unified Through We The People High School
As an educator and Long Beach resident, I am dismayed to see our school district abdicating its responsibility to serve…
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