Our Public Education System Needs Transformation, Not ‘Reform’ Our Public Education System Needs Transformation, Not ‘Reform’
A growing, diverse movement is rejecting market-oriented reforms in favor of education justice.
Sep 24, 2014 / The Editors
5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice 5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice
A former public school teacher and union organizer picks his favorites.
Sep 24, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Kenzo Shibata
American Education Is Leaving Our Youth With a Debt Sentence American Education Is Leaving Our Youth With a Debt Sentence
How for-profit colleges are allowing Wall Street investors to cash in, at students’ expense.
Sep 22, 2014 / Astra Taylor and Hannah Appel
Christie Touts Anti–Public Schools Record on 2016 Campaign Trail Christie Touts Anti–Public Schools Record on 2016 Campaign Trail
He’ll do to the country what he did to Newark’s schools, the governor promises.
Aug 1, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit
National Education Association calls out Obama’s education secretary for focusing on high-stakes testing. Democrats should take the criticism seriously.
Jul 8, 2014 / John Nichols
Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy
Northwestern officials will finally comply with the Violence Against Women Act and compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.
Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Olivia Exstrum and StudentNation
California Just Abolished Due Process for Public School Teachers California Just Abolished Due Process for Public School Teachers
Hardline reformers are using Vergara v. State of California to dismantle tenure in other states.
Jun 13, 2014 / Michelle Chen
The Newark School Reform Wars The Newark School Reform Wars
The city has a new mayor with a progressive mandate, but its schools are reeling from the market-based reforms Cory Booker introduced.
May 28, 2014 / Owen Davis
Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay For It Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay For It
Colleges borrowing great sums from students are focusing on prettying and branding the campus to reflect the commodification of the “college experience,” a vicious cycl...
May 23, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How Teachers Are Fighting to Change One of the Most Segregated School Districts in the Country How Teachers Are Fighting to Change One of the Most Segregated School Districts in the Country
“They’ve lost before they even walked into that room,” said a Brooklyn English teacher. “They’re already telling themselves, ‘I can’t,&rsq...
May 21, 2014 / Michelle Chen