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February 8, 2017
Betsy DeVos Has Been Confirmed. Now the Fight Really Begins.
DeVos will have significant influence over how civil-rights protections for students are enforced, and how the for-profit college and student-loan industries are regulated.
Zoë Carpenter
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February 1, 2017
How Alaskan Activists Got a Key Republican Senator to Oppose Betsy DeVos
Unions and education activists urged Lisa Murkowski to oppose Trump’s education pick. On Tuesday, in a testament to the power of grassroots resistance, Murkowski switched.
John Nichols
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February 1, 2017
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January 18, 2017
Betsy DeVos Just Flunked Her Senate Test
From guns in schools to accountability for for-profit colleges, the nominee for secretary of education either could not or chose not to answer most serious policy questions.
Zoë Carpenter
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January 13, 2017
The Coming Crusade Against Public Education
Secretary of Education–nominee Betsy DeVos has fought to “advance God’s Kingdom” by privatizing the public-school system.
Zoë Carpenter
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December 22, 2016
Will Obama Cancel the Loan Debt of For-Profit College Victims?
It may be their last chance for justice before Trump takes over.
Michelle Chen
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November 29, 2016
Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children
Silicon Valley–backed Bridge International Academies repeatedly failed to comply with national education standards.
Michelle Chen
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November 3, 2016
This Governor Wants to Take Over ‘Failing’ Public Schools and Turn Them Into Charters
These activists are telling Georgia’s Nathan Deal: That’s not how it works.
Anna Simonton and Allie McCullen
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September 14, 2016
Unions Enter the World of Online Charter Schools
The teachers across Agora Cyber Charter’s “virtual classrooms” have won an unlikely organizing victory.
Michelle Chen
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September 1, 2016
Who’s Behind the Right-Wing Assault on Public Universities?
A new documentary explores the hidden campaign to undermine state schools across America.
Eric Alterman