Education Establishment Opinion
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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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LAATS: Betsy DeVos Wants to Resurrect an Old — and Failed — Model of Public Education
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently proposed a “new definition” of public education. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Education…
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PAYNTER: Our Education System Is So Underfunded That the Classroom Donation Industry Is Booming
Teachers need money for supplies, field trips, and amenities–and there are now multiple organizations competing to give it to them.
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RAMEY: Redefining Private School Vouchers in Florida
There’s a train heading down the track toward a place where parents control, private schools dominate and the state simply…
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CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: The Danger Private School Voucher Programs Pose to Civil Rights
This issue brief provides a comprehensive analysis of the various ways that voucher programs fail to provide the civil rights…
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ROBERTS and KIM: To Promote Success in Schools, Focus on Teacher Well-Being
Without question, teachers are central to student success. Anyone who has taught knows how rewarding it is to witness student…
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MURRAY: Mental Health Workshops Should Be Part of Teachers’ Professional Development
During 25 years working in NHS mental health services, the one professional group that I have seen more frequently than…
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GREENE: Charter Schools Have a Big Problem, and Rebranding Won’t Help
Charters promised all sorts of miraculous educational achievements at low, low prices. But those achievements haven’t appeared. More people are…
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BLEST: Betsy DeVos Has a Lot of Nerve
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, an immensely wealthy person who has seemingly never actually worked a day in her life towards…
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TAMPA BAY TIMES: The Death Sentence for Florida’s Public Schools
The Legislature votes to divert tax money to vouchers for private school tuition. Republicans bet the new state Supreme Court…
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TEACHER: My Salary Was So Low I Slept in My Car
I rent out my apartment in order to help make ends meet. Many other teachers work multiple jobs. Is this…
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BRYANT: Progressives Take a Bold Stance at an Epicenter of the Charter School Movement for Public Education
Unifying this diverse coalition was an uncompromising political argument about what makes public schools public.
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THE WASHINGTON POST: Betsy DeVos Emerges a Trump Cabinet Survivor
In a presidential Cabinet that resembles a season of “Survivor” more than “The West Wing,” an unlikely contestant is still…
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MALONE: Political Confessional: I Think Private Schools Should Be Banned
I feel very strongly that private schools — especially in a place with very segregated schools, like where I live…
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THE INQUIRER: Philadelphia’s Teacher Turnover Is Yet Another Education Crisis
The School District of Philadelphia is facing a new crisis: a high rate of teacher turnover that is leaving many…
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WESTNEAT: The Fight to Fund the Schools Was Supposedly Won, So Why Are They Now Slashing Librarians?
I ask Craig Seasholes: Who’s to blame for throwing your profession under the bus? Tellingly even he doesn’t have a…
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ADDAI-POKU and GALANT: Education Privatizers Have Gone Global, So Must We If We Want to Stop Them
The fight for public education reminds us that working-class struggles around the world are linked
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: Softly Killing Public Education by Sending Taxpayer Money to Private Schools
The surest way to undermine public schools is to redefine the very meaning of public education.
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BRYANT: The Sacramento Teacher Strike Is a Warning to the #RedForEd Movement Everywhere
The enduring RedForEd movement that has spurred teachers to walk out of schools, organize massive labor actions, and stage protests…
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LETTER: Praise for ‘Charter Schools’ Series
Regarding “Millions of your tax dollars have disappeared into NJ's flawed charter school experiment” (northjersey.com, April 3):
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POLUMBO: The Left’s Never-Ending Betsy DeVos Hatred Is Baseless
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is a heartless woman who wants to shut down the Special Olympics. At least, that’s the…
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DOWNEY: Georgia Public School Advocates Celebrate Defeat of Vouchers, But Vouchers Will Be Back
With the failure of the voucher bill to rise from the dead in the final hours of the Legislature Tuesday,…
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FRANKLIN: Metro Nashville Public Schools Must Be Fully Funded to Succeed
Metro Nashville Public Schools has been underfunded for so long, it cannot afford another year of cuts or another lean…
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POCAN: Betsy DeVos Is Unfit to Lead the Education Department. It’s Time for Her to Resign.
DeVos' confirmation hearing raised many red flags. Now America's children are dealing with the consequences of her incompetence.
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WINGFIELD: Abandoning Public Education Will Be Considered Unthinkable 50 Years from Now
Private and charter schools, and public schools in expensive communities, fuel inequality.
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