Pasi Sahlberg and William Doyle: In Finland, Education is a Basic Civil Right
In this post, Pasi Sahlberg and William Doyle respond to a recent article that pitted civil rights groups against advocates for the Finnish model of...
Category : Civil Rights
Bayard Rustin: A Remembrance
My youngest grandson is in second grade. His class was studying Black History, and each student was asked to make a project. He chose to...
Eve Ewing Is Wrong About Charter Schools
Eve Ewing is a writer and scholar whose work I very much admire. When her book Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on...
Georgia: Civil Rights Groups Oppose Voucher Legislation
Civil rights groups, led by the Southern Education Foundation, are opposing the voucher legislation proposed by Republicans in Georgia. SEF leads opposition to education savings...
Dr. Leslie T. Fenwick for Secretary of Education
President-Elect Joe Biden will soon announce his choice for Secretary of Education. He promised to choose a person with experience as a teacher. He said...
Capital & Main: Five Ways to “De-DeVos” the U.S. Department of Education
After four years of Betsy DeVos and her antagonism toward public schools, civil rights protection, and students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges, the U.S....
Mike Klonsky: The Supreme Court’s Dangerous Decision
The Supreme Court has taken a dangerous rightwing turn since the addition of Trump’s three religious zealot. Poor Chief Justice John Roberts has lost control....
Jesse Jackson: Black Americans Are Not Fooled by Trump’s Lies
Jesse Jackson wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that Black Americans will not fall for Trump’s absurd claims about the great things he claims to have...
David R. Taylor: What Would Four More Years of Trump Mean for Public Education?
David R. Taylor is a veteran teacher and blogger. He asks the important question of what to expect the consequences to be for public education...
Ruth Marcus on Amy Coney Barrett
Ruth Marcus, a writer for the Washington Post, writes that Amy Coney Barrett says she holds the same judicial philosophy as her mentor Justice Antonin...