Education Establishment Opinion
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HARNER: Legislation Would Put an End to Cyber Charter Waste
The gasoline for America’s economic engine and national security is the quality of its workforce. When the vast majority of…
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SACKS: Charter Schools’ Have a Destructive Impact on Public Education
Sincere charter parents need to understand that while for some students charters can be beneficial, their overall impact on public…
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OTTENBERG: Gentrification, School Closings, and Displacement in Chicago
A former Chicago public school teacher sees school closings as part of a deliberate effort to push African Americans out…
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PARTELOW: Fear of Strikes Forcing States to Give Teachers Much-Needed Raises
Last year, teacher strikes and walkouts took state capitols by storm across the country. In these states and far too…
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RIOS: California’s Teachers Are Finally Going After the Original Sin That Wrecked the State’s Public Schools
“There’s no reason that California shouldn’t be the state that spends the most on students.”
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WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE: Teachers Speak Out at Indianapolis Rally to Defend Public Education
On Saturday, over a thousand teachers from across Indiana rallied in the state Capitol to oppose the growing attacks on…
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GREENE: Education Scholarship Tax Credits and Undercover Boss: Feeling Good While Fixing Nothing
This act of generosity will not help that underfunded, undersupported, struggling public school, nor any of the students who weren't…
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WICHITA EAGLE: Those Who Want More School Funding Need to Get It Together
Just when you think Kansas leaders may be making progress on education funding, the how-much-is-enough debate begins anew.
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SINGER: DeVos’ Right Wing School Indoctrination Program Betrays a Fundamental Misunderstanding
The billionaire heiress who bought her position as Donald Trump's Education Secretary plans to spend $5 billion of your tax…
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ADDONIZIO: America’s Schools Are Crumbling — What Will It Take to Fix Them?
When I was asked to support a federal lawsuit that says Detroit’s deteriorating schools were having a negative impact on…
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HARRIS: At Arizona Charter Schools, Parents with Complaints or Objections Find Nowhere to Turn
A lack of independent oversight leaves students and families without recourse to challenge charter school officials' actions.
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BLAIR: Charter Schools Aren’t Held to Same Standard as Public Schools
"I work in New Orleans, and I have talked to parents and students who have said it is not choice,…
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TELL: Charter School Promoters Terrified of Growing Opposition to Their Full-Frontal Assault on Public Education
The ongoing widely-supported teachers’ strikes across the United States are bringing to the fore many problems that have been confronting…
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BREWER: Georgia Voucher Bill Is Not ‘Neutral’
As was recently reported, there are dual efforts under the Gold Dome to push for sweeping school voucher bills in…
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STRAUSS: Betsy DeVos and Her Allies Are Trying to Redefine ‘Public Education’
To DeVos and those who agree with her, it is wrong to say public education means only traditional public school…
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LETTERS: Use Private School Voucher Dollars to Pay Teachers
Politicians are currently proposing plans to increase teacher pay in Indiana by using road tolls, for example. I’m surprised they…
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THURSTON: Florida Finds Another Way to Turn Public Education on Its Head
Florida seems hellbent on sending its public schools into K-12 purgatory.
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PITTMAN: Mississippi Voucher Program Helping Segregate Schools Should Go
On Valentine's Day, a voucher program that subsidizes private schools for special- needs children got the gift of four more…
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PBS: Amid Immigration Debate, Top Teachers Gather to Protest Child Detention
Dismissing the notion that they shouldn't get involved in political advocacy, teachers said they see some U.S. policy and procedures…
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WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE: West Virginia Teachers Denounce Attack on Public Education
Teachers across West Virginia walked out of their classrooms on Monday in a strike against a bill circulating in the…
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BLACK, BAKER and GREEN: Charter Schools Exploit Lucrative Loophole That Would Be Easy to Close
Charter school supporters are reluctant to acknowledge, much less stop, these practices.
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SACKS: Teachers Unions Are Right to Call for a Moratorium on Charter Schools
Charter schools boast of their innovations and ideas, but they “win” because they cherry-pick their students.
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TOOHEY: Education Funding in Michigan Falls Short for These Students
In Michigan, students learning English as a second language are not receiving the English instruction, counseling services, social work services…
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STRAUSS: 30 Years On, Supporters and Detractors of Charter Schools Recognize Drawbacks
Supporters first described charters as competitive vehicles to push traditional public schools to reform. Over time, that narrative changed and…
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PEACE: How West Virginia’s Education Bill Will Punish Children
Lawmakers are lashing out at teachers after their strikes. The children will lose the most.
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