Tag: public education
Education Department changes are leaving millions of vulnerable students at risk
Moving special education services and civil rights enforcement to other federal agencies has left families wondering what's next.
The conservative ‘plan’ to dismantle public schools is entering the home...
The Republican Party’s crusade to cap or abolish local property taxes is the latest tactic in their effort to drain funding from public education.
$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful...
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public...
With the help of the U.S. Supreme Court and congressional Republicans, Trump is turning public education into the great unequalizer.
Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages...
Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.
Chicago teachers want to transform their city into a ‘system of...
Headbutting and friction continue in the battle of big ideas vs. entrenched leadership.
Private fortunes vs. public education
That era of growing equality and expanding public education would start fading in the 1970s. Over recent years, a new U.S. Senate report makes clear, that fade has only intensified.
Community schools can revitalize the neighborhoods around them
The transformative approach to school improvement is a catalyst for community revival.
The right wing is pumping out critical race theory attacks to...
“No one deserves the school I went to,” says Celia Gottlieb.
Gottlieb is currently enrolled in Middlebury College and...
Diane Ravitch: Biden’s pick for education secretary must overturn DeVos’s attack...
“He’s not Betsy DeVos, and every educator in America, or almost every educator, will be thrilled about that.”
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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.