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  • Inequality
    The "Great" Reopening is Setting America's Schools Up to Fail
    August 24, 2020
    A schoolteacher in Portland, Oregon, shares her thoughts on the Covid crisis and returning to the classroom.
  • Inequality
    Trump Says Our Schools Are 'Flush with Cash!?'
    January 27, 2017
    | Steven Singer
    Our schools have not gotten worse; they've stayed the same.
  • Inequality
    The Real Forgotten Americans
    January 19, 2017
    | Leonard Steinhorn
    If Trump really wants to speak for forgotten Americans, he would travel to the Mississippi Delta and the rural Black Belt of the American South.
  • Activism
    Boots on the Ground for Public Schools
    October 7, 2016
    | Sarah Jaffe
    In the midst of a presidential campaign circus, parents and teachers try to put the focus on state lawmakers — and kids.
  • Money & Politics
    Pence Has Pushed Hard for School Privatization With Lousy Results
    August 22, 2016
    | Steven Rosenfeld
    Donors love Trump's VP's conservative, ALEC-aligned rhetoric, but ignore the effects of his policies.
  • Inequality
    In Our Schools, Black Lives Matter, Too
    July 21, 2016
    | Elaine Weiss
    Disparities in education begin at an early age and we as a society need to make a commitment to fund our schools equitably so all students have a chance to succeed.
  • Society
    Failing the Test: Charter Schools’ Winners and Losers
    June 3, 2016
    | Capital & Main Staff
    Charter schools may offer better opportunities for students, but they also may hurt the education system.
  • Society
    How Hedge Funders Built the Pro-Charter Political Network
    May 17, 2016
    | Justin Miller
    School board elections have graduated from quaint races to big-money contests, thanks to well-funded education reform advocacy groups succeeding at the local level.
  • Web Extra: Public Schools for Sale?
    April 2, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Bill continues his conversation with education historian Diane Ravitch about the privatization of public education.
  • NY Charters Will Not Have to Pay Rent
    March 30, 2014
    | Diane Ravitch
    Public school advocate Diane Ravitch responds to the news that charter schools will receive new protections under a budget deal reached between NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature.


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