Good News in Charleston: School Board Delays Privatization Effort
It is great when good things happen, especially when they prove the power of the pen. Backstory: an anonymous reader of this blog left a...
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Dark Money in the Holy City: A Short History of School Privatization in Charleston, South Carolina
Paul Bowers was the education reporter at the Charleston Post and Courier. He wrote this post at my request. A reader alerted me to the...
Tom Ultican: The Attack on Democracy and Public Education by Charles Koch, ALEC, and Dark Money
Tom Ultican, retired teacher of physics and advanced mathematics, has written an incisive analysis of the libertarian attack on democracy and public education, funded by...
Jeannie Kaplan: Dark Money Floods into Denver School Board Races
Jeannie Kaplan, a former member of Denver’s elected school board, has warned for years about the subversion of Denver’s school election by well-funded, out-of-state “reformers.”...
FBI Will Investigate Violent Threats Against Educators and School Boards
James Harvey, leader of the National Superintendents Roundtable, reported that federal authorities will investigate violent threats made against school personnel and school boards in response...
Koch Network Funds Parent Anti-Mask Protests
Conservative groups are funding protests against “critical race theory.” Now we learn, thanks to investigative reporting by the Washington Post, that the rightwing libertarian Koch...
UnKochMy Campus: Send a Message
The organization called “UnKoch My Campus” does a great job of tracking and exposing the influence of billionaire Charles Koch in schools and higher education....
NPE Launches New Website with Stories from the Frontlines of Public School Advocacy
NPE ACTION’S NEW PROJECT TO BRING TALES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCACY Public schools remain incredibly popular among Americans across the political spectrum,...
Maurice Cunningham: Phony Parent Groups Lead Attacks on Critical Race Theory
Maurice Cunningham is a political scientist with a deep interest in how Dark Money influences education policy. His motto is: “Dark Money never sleeps.” He...
Idaho: Vouchers Violate the State Constitution
Two prominent Idaho citizens, Jim Jones and Rod Gramer, warned that proposed voucher legislation violates the clear language of the Idaho state constitution and threatens...