Education Establishment Opinion
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MARTIN: A Charter School Gets Canceled for Wanting to Teach Indigenous History
The case has it all: white-centrism, the charter school problem, and the obscene way in which North Carolina is failing…
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KLEIN: Betsy DeVos Might Outlast Them All
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is one of the Trump administration’s most reviled Cabinet members. Here’s why she’s here to stay.
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FURFARO: Do Charter Schools Increase Socioeconomic Segregation?
Do charter schools affect school segregation by income? According to new research published this week, public schools in the United…
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SHELTON: There Is No Way Forward Without Organized Workers
Corporate leaders, reactionary Republicans, and neoliberal Democrats have told Americans to keep lowering their expectations — a better world isn’t…
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COPE: The Power of a Wealthy PTA
Thanks to parents’ donations, some public schools can afford shiny extras like coding classes, camping trips, and classroom iPads.
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MAAS: ‘When We Fight, We Win’: Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education
The tentative agreement adds up to $1.5 billion in concessions to the teachers’ demands over five years. But the even…
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GREENE: The One and Only Lesson to Be Learned from NAEP Scores
The world of education is a fuzzy one, with some declaring that teaching is more art than science. But then…
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GERSHON: The ‘Parenting Tax’ of School Choice
For decades, when the topic of unequal public schools comes up, one of the main prescriptions politicians and policymakers have…
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STAHL: This Is Still Happening: Betsy DeVos
While the Corinthian case is the most dramatic instance of DeVos’ loyalty to corporations trumping her responsibilities to students and…
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HAYTHORN: Dark Money Seeps into 2019 Denver School Board Election
Denver7 has discovered they are spending hundreds of thousands in Denver's school board election this year on board positions that…
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LONG: How Higher Salaries Could Save the Teaching Profession
The stresses of teaching are far higher than they were a generation ago, and they are taking a toll on…
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BRYANT: How Billionaire Charter School Funders Corrupted the School Leadership Pipeline
Charter school funders have turned school leadership into a cartel system focused on enriching businesses.
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HARRIS: An Attempt to Resegregate Little Rock, of All Places
A battle over local control in a city that was the face of integration shows the extent of the new…
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TULSA WORLD: Private School Parents Shouldn’t Be Able to Use Public Money for Their Kids to Enroll in Virtual Charters
Whether state law prohibits private school children from enrolling in virtual charter schools or not is a question for the…
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FELTON: Don’t Believe the Rhetoric. Tax Credits, Vouchers and Charter Schools Harm Children
Educating our children is the most important thing we do in the commonwealth. Educating all of our children no matter…
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GREEN: Your Neighbor’s Christian Education, Courtesy of Your Tax Dollars
Espinoza is the inevitable next step in an important string of Supreme Court decisions about religious discrimination and the U.S.…
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COHEN: Bernie Sanders Stood Up to Teach for America When Congress Wouldn’t
While he has said in the past that he is a “strong supporter of programs like Teach For America” and…
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RIHN: A Charter School Co-Location Debacle
Armed with a state override of its rejected application, Promise Academy filed a new request. Then came the lawsuits.
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The Walton Takeover of Public Education Continues
If this is the path to be chosen, whyhire a middle man? Just ring up Kathy Smith at the Walton…
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BARNUM: Worried about School Segregation? Don’t Forget Private Schools
Private schools play a disproportionate role in segregating American schoolchildren by race, according to an analysis released Friday.
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CBC EDITORIAL: NC Private School Vouchers Must Be National Model, Not Object of Ridicule
North Carolinians deserve a private school voucher program that is a national model – not the one it has now…
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Intelligent HQ: Why Teaching Could Be the Best Career Choice in 2019
Before entering any profession, there are a number of factors that need to be carefully considered to ensure the right…
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SHIBATA: Why America’s Teachers Unions Must Endorse Bernie Sanders
No other presidential candidate has anywhere near as strong a platform on public education as Bernie Sanders. That’s why America’s…
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SINGER: Charter Schools Were a Corporate Plot All Along
The concept always was about privatizing schools to make money.
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WRIGHT: Caught in the Middle: Whatever Happened to the Individuals with Disabilities Act?
No child wants to feel like a failure. No educator wants to feel like they have failed a child. Most…
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