Nation Topics - Charter Schools | The Nation

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

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.