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  • Public Schools for Sale?
    March 28, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Preeminent education historian and public school advocate Diane Ravitch talks to Bill this week about the private sellout of public schools.
  • The Propaganda Campaign Against Public Education
    March 25, 2014
    | Diane Ravitch
    Those interested in creating a market-based system to replace public education are spreading the false story that our public schools are obsolete and failing. They are not.
  • Study: Racial Inequality Starts in Pre-K
    March 24, 2014
    | Steven Hsieh
    The DOE’s comprehensive civil rights survey revealed this and several other disturbing stats about racial inequality in our public schools.
  • Deconstructing PISA: Implications for Education Reform
    January 23, 2014
    | Elaine Weiss and Thomas W. Payzant
    This year, three states received PISA scores — as if they were independent countries — which could help policymakers understand what's working and what's not.
  • DOJ to Schools: Stop Sending Kids to Jail for Breaking the Rules
    January 9, 2014
    | Nicole Flatow
    The Department of Justice issued new guidance Wednesday aimed at curbing harsh, discriminatory over-punishment of school discipline violations.
  • Henry Giroux on the "School-to-Prison Pipeline"
    November 22, 2013
    Scholar and education expert Henry Giroux talks to Bill about the troubling trend of police arrests in public schools.
  • On ‘Country Club' Campuses
    November 21, 2013
    | Marian Wang
    Mark Garland is the ex-president of a public university in Ohio. He shares his second thoughts on some of the decisions he made at Miami University.
  • The Real Reason Public Schools are Failing
    June 7, 2013
    | David Sirota
    Poor schools underperform largely because of poverty and economic inequality, not because teachers have it too easy, writes David Sirota.
  • The Sequester Puts Head Start in Last Place
    June 5, 2013
    | Greg Kaufmann
    Greg Kaufmann talks to a Head Start director in Washington state to find out how the sequester is affecting programs that are already underfunded.
  • Messing With Texas Textbooks
    June 29, 2012
    | Theresa Riley
    Board of Education changes to Texas textbooks reveal a clear conservative agenda.


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