Tag: Public school
A progressive vision for education in the 21st century
This system spans early childhood education, K-12 education, higher education, and workforce development—each piece a load-bearing support for the American dream.
Sanders unveils billionaire plot to undermine US public education: $9 million...
A new report by Sen. Bernie Sanders exposes a well-funded campaign by right-wing billionaires to privatize public education and divert critical funds from public schools.
The defeat of a school voucher program reveals the truth within...
The momentum for education savings accounts is increasing across the country, and public education advocates say they will endanger neighborhood schools.
A school choice nightmare: Families getting government funding to switch from...
The harrowing story of a Maine family shows the potential perils families face when they transfer to privately run schools that are less subject to government oversight.
School vouchers have been a disaster—now advocates are trying to rename...
What you need to know about education savings accounts, a kind of “super-voucher.”
An unlikely city in the South could be home to a...
Advocates for school improvement in Jackson, Mississippi, want investments in education infrastructure, not more charter schools and privatization.
Parents like their public schools, no matter how much the charter...
Branding public schools as “failed” institutions is more about politics than education.
Saving our schools starts with spending less on the military
Imagine if we invested in them rather than war.
Betsy DeVos is gone, but her education agenda is rolling out...
Her efforts to privatize public schools are being rolled out in state legislatures across the country.
Yes, schools can improve; Here’s how
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.
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Must Democrats stay centrist or go progressive, plus find savvy messaging, to regain estranged...
It's time for Democrats to kick Trump while he's down—repeatedly.
Seven dead in ICE custody in Trump’s first 100 days as detainee population swells
At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since January, as the Trump administration expands detention and dismantles oversight across a system plagued by abuse, neglect, and inhumane conditions.
Sports can distract us (but not enough)
It’s now all Trumpiana all the time.
Millions of people depend on the Great Lakes’ water supply. Trump decimated the lab...
Cutbacks have gutted the staff at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Michigan AG drops charges against pro-Palestinian campus protesters
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped all charges against seven people arrested last year at the University of Michigan amid allegations of bias that the Democrat rejected.