Tag: public schools
What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4...
"All regions of our country and rural and metropolitan areas alike have changing patterns of segregation that demand the public’s attention and action."
‘A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education:’ Bernie Sanders unveils 10-point...
"The United States, as the wealthiest country in history, should have the best education system in the world...sadly, that is not the case today."
How the wealthy destroy public schools, one gift at a time
They’re certainly doing a good job of burning down public education.
Why the new push for charter schools should anger progressives
Surveys find that Americans have increased confidence in public schools while support for charter schools has dropped by double digit percentages among Democrats and Republicans.
Like her boss, Betsy DeVos makes a disaster all about herself
“It’s going to be a profit boom for charter schools, and it’s going to hasten the demise of traditional public schools.”
In the public schools, it’s been 1984 for quite awhile
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.
Governments need to look beyond education rankings and focus on inequities...
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.
Drastic education cuts could be coming under Trump
The U.S. Department of Education probably won’t be abolished, but will it be effective?
Monsanto’s Toxic Chemicals Lurking in 26,000 U.S. Public Schools
“Supporters are calling on the EPA to survey school systems nationwide and update its records to better assess the scope of potential PCB hazards in schools.”
Throwing Public Education Under the Bus
Now the small-minded budget slashers won’t even pay for bus rides? It's time we invest fully in public education to get the future we want for our children.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.