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SocietyJune 15, 2021
What’s Joe Biden’s Plan for Education?
Rather than forge a new path, so far Biden has simply dusted off the tired playbook employed by centrist administrations from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.
Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
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Election 2020October 29, 2020
The GOP’s Education Extremism Is Alienating Moderate Voters
If Democrats succeed in taking back statehouses on November 3, education will be a major reason why.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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May 20, 2020
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EducationMarch 5, 2020
Trump’s Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats
Republicans are running away from Betsy DeVos’s “education freedom” agenda as fast as they can. So why haven’t Democrats noticed?
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Education ReformDecember 30, 2019
The Democrats’ School Choice Problem
Charter schools find their most vocal Democratic support among the least progressive members of the party: centrists and Wall Streeters.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Election 2004July 29, 2004
A Social Occasion
When organizers were planning the Boston Social Forum, they envisioned a gathering that would counter the Democratic National Convention in every way.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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ActivismJuly 24, 2004
Dispatches from the Boston Social Forum
If another world is possible, what will that world look like?
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Immigration PolicyNovember 14, 2002
Alien Nation
When immigrant janitors in Boston went on strike this fall, they attracted some unlikely allies.
Jennifer C. Berkshire