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Keep the Promise to Our Children (Bush Administration, Education Policy, Politics, Society)

The largest mobilization ever for public schools has one simple demand.

Robert L. Borosage
Schwarzenegger's Education Failures (Education Policy, Political Figures, States, Politics, Society)

The Governor is setting two dangerous precedents for education in California.

Shane Paul Goldmacher
No Politician Left Behind (Education, Education Policy, Society)

Education is always about politics--in the best and worst senses.

Deborah Meier
What's Good Enough? (Education, Education Policy, Poverty, Society)

Advocates are demanding not just equal but decent schools for all children.

Peter Schrag
Not Just a Test (Racism and Discrimination, Education, Education Policy, Society)

Why we must rethink the paradigm we use for judging human ability.

Claude M. Steele
The Heat of Summerton (Racism and Discrimination, Education Policy, States, Politics, Society)

Racial tensions still simmer in the rural county where Brown was born.

Alan Richard
The Long Road to Equality (Racism and Discrimination, Education Policy, Law, The Courts, Society)

The product of black legal skill and strategy, Brown has a black copyright.

Robert L. Carter
It Could Have Gone the Other Way (Racism and Discrimination, Education Policy, Law, The Courts, Society)

At the time, the Justices had doubts that Brown was rightly decided.

Michael J. Klarman
Beyond Black, White and Brown (Racism and Discrimination, Education Policy, Law, Society)

Click here to read Brown at 50 by Eric Foner and Randall Kennedy.

Various Contributors
Brown at 50 (Racism and Discrimination, Education Policy, Law, Society)

Prior
to the landmark Supreme Court rulings in Brown v. Board of
Education and Bolling v.

Randall Kennedy and Eric Foner

Blogs

Matt Damon, Arne Duncan and the Divisive Teacher-Quality Debate
The Notion

Last weekend, two very different speeches on the future of the teaching profession made news.

August 3, 2011
The Risks—and Potential Rewards—of Pre-K 'Testing'
The Notion

The Obama administration wants states to develop assessments for pre-schoolers. Here’s how it would work in the classroom.

July 6, 2011
A Jeffersonian Challenge to the Tories of Fitzwalkerstan
John Nichols

Activists challenging Walker administration assaults on public education and on college students from immigrant families disrupt Wisconsin legislative hearing with a reading from the Declaration of Independence.

June 3, 2011
The Real Debt Crisis
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Enrollment at for-profit colleges has surged dramatically in past years. But these institutions often lack accreditation and have dismal records of job placement--and the cost of attendance isn't cheap.

May 17, 2011
Students and Teachers Rally Around Ethnic Studies

A house bill was passed in Arizona last spring banning ethnic studies classes like African American history and Chicano studies. This week, students and teachers across the country are holding a week of events in support of multicultural education.

October 1, 2010
What Are Teachers Worth?
The Notion

If we can't find a way to pay living wages for kindergarten teachers, who are we?

August 3, 2010
Texas Fails High School
StudentNation

Without accurate reports and transparent outcomes, the urgent need to implement high school reforms could pass without notice.

July 9, 2010
How Archaic Is US Education?
Nation in the News

On Florida public radio, Nation authors Linda Darling-Hammond and Philissa Cramer discuss the ways the US can equalize its education resources and teacher training.

June 14, 2010
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies—Update
The Notion

"Advocating ethnic solidarity" is now illegal in Arizona public schools.

May 12, 2010
It's Detention Time for Sex Education Teachers
StudentNation

Is sex education a crime? A Wisconsin District Attorney is warning teachers to stop teaching sexual education or they'll face prosecution and possible time in jail.

April 30, 2010
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