Tag: education

Schools in low-income communities in many states don’t have the resources to give students access to opportunities that are available in wealthier areas.

The American education system is “a system of social control.”

Betsy DeVos is the face of corporate reform, displaying in stark, unlovely form the processes that have been eating away at public education since the beginning of this century.

Faced with two utterly misguided directions for education policy, some argue for a “centrist solution,” as if meeting in the middle of two bad ideas can somehow produce something good.

The keys to authentic education have always been interest and ability and when these are absent so too is authentic learning.

At best international rankings are a distraction – but basing policies on the rankings while ignoring the more important evidence these international surveys present is unlikely to address the key issue of inequity in our system.

Most people know NASA for its moon shots and participation in the International Space Station; many don’t realize that NASA also supports its space mission through its Earth Science program.

The U.S. Department of Education probably won’t be abolished, but will it be effective?

should Trump really take the steps to add ben Carson to his cabinet?

With the elections coming up, parents, educators, community organizers and progressive activists are focusing on the public school system and the need for governmental focus.