Is the Hardest Job in Education Convincing Parents to Send Their Kids to a San Francisco Public School? Is the Hardest Job in Education Convincing Parents to Send Their Kids to a San Francisco Public School?
The city’s public-school enrollment has shrunk. Here’s how one district employee is fighting privatization, bad PR, segregation, and population loss to stem the tide.
Mar 5, 2024 / Gail Cornwall
The Desolation of America’s Urban Schools The Desolation of America’s Urban Schools
Austerity measures have resulted in dangerous, squalid conditions for the most vulnerable students.
Feb 26, 2024 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol
The Right-Wing Pretexts of Parents’ and Children’s Rights The Right-Wing Pretexts of Parents’ and Children’s Rights
Across the country, both notions are being carried to absurd extremes—at great cost to the groups they claim to represent.
Feb 23, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky
The War on Transgender Kids Took the Life of Nex Benedict The War on Transgender Kids Took the Life of Nex Benedict
America eats its young through legislation that valorizes bullying.
Feb 22, 2024 / Dave Zirin
Stop Picking on Public Libraries Stop Picking on Public Libraries
You might think that an apparently harmless public good like a library would have no enemies. But in the age of Trump, they have many.
Feb 14, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon
The Struggle to Save Berkeley’s People’s Park The Struggle to Save Berkeley’s People’s Park
After a police raid in early January, razor wire was erected and homeless residents removed. “This is, unfortunately, something that’s not unique to Berkeley.”
Feb 12, 2024 / StudentNation / Shaanth Nanguneri
In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due
For GOP lawmakers who view public education as a quasi-socialist project, the gaping hole in state budgets left by subsidizing private school tuition is a feature, not a bug.
Feb 7, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine
Activism / StudentNation / February 7, 2024 Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine On Friday, students at Brown began the longest hunger strike for…
Feb 7, 2024 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller
Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard? Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard?
He’s a distinguished scholar, director of Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies, and former president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. But Bill Ackman doesn’t like him.
Feb 2, 2024 / Eric Alterman
Calling for Respect, Freedom, and Security for All Is Not Antisemitic Calling for Respect, Freedom, and Security for All Is Not Antisemitic
My obligation to critique the Israeli state comes from my own Jewish tradition, a tradition which had to defend itself from genuine antisemitism.
Feb 1, 2024 / Marshall Ganz