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If pro-charter proposals in Washington State or Georgia pass this November, that will mark the first time charter schools have won at the ballot box.

The journalist blames teachers unions, not economic inequality, for students’ failure to achieve.

Student reading

As thirty-six states contemplate privatization measures, public schools are on the defensive.

The celebrated film tells a familiar story about unions and schools—but misses what's new.

In The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch has found a new métier as a critic of neo-capitalist school reform.

Drastic changes in the educational system are leaving New Orleans's public schools behind.

The New Orleans school system, re-created in the wake of Hurricane
Katrina, is beginning to look like something designed by FEMA.

A new charter school is embracing "eco-gastronomy"--a holistic
curriculum based around food--hoping "to renew New Orleans one okra
plant and one child at a time."

Ask a supporter of charter schools whether that vogue new concept holds promise for inner-city children.

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The Chicago Teacher Strike was just the first step in a march against educational inequality.

September 24, 2012

Denver's contest for local school board seats has already cost $600,000, as big-money backers of school privatization, charters and “choice” try to buy control of education policy.

October 21, 2011

As part of a push to privatize schools, rich conservatives are pouring a fortune into a campaign to defend Republicans who support school choice schemes.

August 8, 2011

The governor who has led te fight to bust unions and cut public services now steps up as the pointman for privatization of education -- and his own political ambitions.

May 9, 2011

On one level, it's a conflict to keep their field house. On another, it's about the future of our nation's schools.

September 22, 2010