Education Establishment Opinion
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RIM: Did Betsy DeVos’s School Choice Program Enable Puerto Rico’s Corruption Scandal?
This scandal comes as a shock to many, but those who have been paying close attention to Keleher’s salary and…
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VAUGHAN: Educational Fight or Flight
How do you keep rural schools open when enrollment is declining and small towns are emptying out?
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LEONARD and NASIRIPOUR: Trump Picked His Perfect Education Secretary in Betsy DeVos
She said, “Government sucks.” Now she’s rolling back Obama-era student protections.
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SACKS: DeVos, Charters and School Choice Hurt African American Children
Charters (a.k.a. “school choice”) hurt African American children by draining critical funds from public education. Charters’ “success," limited and questionable…
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SMITH and MCHENRY: America Must Focus on the Early Childhood Education Workforce
Early care and education professionals provide the next generation of citizens and leaders the opportunity to build the foundations of…
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GUSTAVUSSEN: Bernie Should Oppose Nonprofit Charter Schools, Too
By calling for a ban on for-profit charter schools, Bernie Sanders has gone further than any other candidate to confront…
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TELUSMA: DeVos Hindering Obama-Era Law Meant to Help Disabled Minority Students
The Trump cabinet member wants to stall laws passed years ago to benefit nonwhite special education students, a group which…
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ORLANDO SENTINEL: Florida Voucher Schools Criticized in Parent Letters to State
The Sentinel obtained the complaints through a public records request that took the department more than two months to fulfill.
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THE NEWS TRIBUNE: Who Pays the Price for Tacoma’s Failed Charter Schools? Kids Do
Charter school skeptics just got an “I told you so” moment handed to them with a bright red bow.
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STRAUSS: Report that Detailed Up to $1B in Wasted Federal Funds on Bad Charters May Have Underestimated the Problem
Now, one of the authors of “Asleep at the Wheel,” Carol Burris, is back with an update.
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SUN SENTINEL: Florida Funks Oversight of Charter Schools
The NEA gave Florida full credit for making open meetings and open records laws apply to charters — which take…
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SACKS: Students Need Properly Resourced Schools, Not Gimmicks Like Charters
Union policies –including recent, high-profile legislative battles in Sacramento–are a reasoned and long overdue response to charter school abuses and…
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REED and WEST: The Charter School Industry’s Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders
Arguing that charter schools offer unique opportunities for poor African American children isn’t borne out by the facts.
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SOLOCHEK: Don’t Read Too Much into Florida’s Charter School Report, Expert Warns
Several state and local leaders invested in Florida’s school choice system seized upon a March Department of Education report detailing…
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BARKAN: The Trump Administration Is Waging a Quiet War on Education
The Trump/DeVos vision of American education? Unshackle the rich and let them turn a profit at the expense of working-class…
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GREENE: If The Supreme Court Hears This Case, It Could Change The Face Of Public Education
To grasp why this case matters and why it's coming up now, there are two pieces of background you need…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It’s Time to Put a Moratorium on Opening DC Charter Schools
I am not a fan of charter schools by any stretch of the imagination, but I do believe that, if…
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SNEDEKER: As Voucher Plans Proliferate, Let’s Not Forget Their Religious Aim
Why isn’t there more full-throated outrage from nonreligious Americans against religious-school voucher schemes methodically being pushed nationwide by evangelicals, led…
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PERRY: Attacking Public Education in West Virginia Is Not Productive
A thriving school system, inclusive of a free public education, provides students with the tools needed to not only overcome…
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LUBIENSKI and MALIN: School Vouchers Expand Despite Evidence of Negative Effects
For the past couple of decades, proponents of vouchers for private schools have been pushing the idea that vouchers work.
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BRYANT: Epic Fail of Charter Schools in Louisiana
The legacy of the federal government’s charter school grants in Louisiana should not be understood just by the sheer waste…
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GREENE: A Teacher’s Scorecard for Democratic 2020 Hopefuls
This time around, teachers unions have announced their intention to cast a wider net for member opinions. I’m happy to…
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SCHNEIDER: Why Americans Are Turning against Charter Schools
The grand promises of the charter movement remain unfulfilled, and so the costs of charters are being evaluated in a…
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RELL: Thousands of Charter Schools Perform Poorly
It is becoming clearer to everyone with each passing day that charter school promoters have long vastly over-promised and under-delivered,…
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MONTINI: Will Lawmakers Use Navajo Kids as Voucher Pawns?
Well, considering the fact that they’ve already used disabled kids as pawns to expand the voucher program …
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