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March 14, 2018
Sarah Jones
How Public Schools Became a Battleground in the Trump Era
It’s not just that schools are fighting low funding and mass shootings. They’re also some of the last genuine public squares in this country.
March 13, 2018
Amanda Abrams
Forget Tax Breaks. Education Is the Key to Attracting Businesses.
The failure of North Carolina to secure a Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant points to the shortsighted thinking of Republican statehouses.
March 12, 2018
Rachel Stone
Betsy DeVos admits she doesn’t know a whole lot about schools.
March 8, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Next Big Battle for Worker Rights Is in Oklahoma
Inspired by their counterparts in West Virginia, teachers in the Sooner State say they will walk out of classrooms if their demands aren’t met.
March 7, 2018
Sarah Jones
Requiem for a Strike
West Virginia's teachers ended their historic walkout in a deal with the state's Republican governor. But at what cost?
March 2, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
The Gun Control Fight Is a Fight For Equality
The Parkland shooting has sparked another debate about guns—a debate mistakenly siloed from other issues that contribute to deadly violence.
February 28, 2018
Sarah Jones
West Virginia’s teachers are skeptical of a deal to end a five-day walkout.
February 27, 2018
Sarah Jones
West Virginia Rises
A teacher work stoppage has shuttered schools across the state—with ramifications for workers everywhere.
February 16, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
How to Halt Labor’s Slow Death
The success of a Minnesota teachers' union shows the way forward for a beleaguered movement.
February 14, 2018
Emily Atkin
Did Flint’s Water Crisis Damage Kids’ Brains?
Third-grade reading proficiency has plunged in the lead-poisoned city, setting off a debate about the possible causes.
January 18, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Turpins Won’t Be the Last
How lax homeschooling laws protect child abusers
December 28, 2017
Aaron R. Hanlon
The Decline of Debate on College Campuses
The real intellectual crisis in higher education is not over free speech, but the quality of speech.
December 27, 2017
Magazine
Diane Ravitch
Settling for Scores
Why are schools still judged by the results of standardized tests?
December 27, 2017
David Dayen
Betsy DeVos’s Gut Punch to Defrauded Students
The education secretary's latest move is another favor to for-profit colleges.
November 9, 2017
Rachel M. Cohen
Life Lessons from a Charter School Founder
Eva Moskowitz's new memoir says little about her philosophy of education and a lot about her battles with critics.
November 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos thought privatizing the U.S. education system would be much easier.
October 23, 2017
Sarah Jones
Betsy DeVos’s incompetence will harm students with disabilities.
October 19, 2017
Graham Vyse
Ralph Northam Is Taking on Betsy DeVos—by Breaking With Barack Obama
Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate is a staunch defender of public schools and a skeptic of charter schools and standardized testing.
September 25, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos is headlining Harvard’s Koch-backed conference on school choice—with no critics of school choice.
September 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
Why Does America Keep Falling for “Sham Schools”?
The country has a long, maddening history with for-profit colleges—and the blame is bipartisan.
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