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House Democrats Want to Bar Federal Funding of For-Profit Charter Schools, and Charter Lobby Goes Wild

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 24, 2021July 25, 2021

July 24, 2021July 25, 202104

The federal government has handed out billions of dollars to start new charter schools. The federal Charter Schools Program program started small, in 1994, with...

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Missouri: GOP Passes Vouchers

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 17, 2021July 18, 2021

July 17, 2021July 18, 202105

The voucher movement should be dead, in light of the numerous evaluations showing that voucher schools do not get better results than public schoools, and...

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The Obscure Foundation Funding the Uproar Over “Critical Race Theory”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 15, 2021July 16, 2021

July 15, 2021July 16, 202105

Readers of this blog are accustomed to the rule “follow the money.” Thus, you should not be surprised that the national campaign to discredit teaching...

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Ohio: Proof That High School Students Are Smarter Than Legislators

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 15, 2021June 16, 2021

June 15, 2021June 16, 2021014

This post appeared on the Network for Public Education website. Paul Huang and Olivia Peebles: It’s time to pass a Fair School Funding Plan This...

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Who Should Pay for College?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 13, 2021June 14, 2021

June 13, 2021June 14, 202107

In recent decades, states have reduced their subsidies to institutions of high education, shifting the financial burden to students and families. After World War II,...

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Biden Breaks Another Promise to Educators and Parents

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 13, 2021June 14, 2021

June 13, 2021June 14, 2021012

During the 2020 Presidential campaign, candidate Joe Biden pledged to educators that if elected, Betsy DeVos’s priorities, such as charter schools, would be gone. That’s...

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New Hampshire: Why We Need Equitably-Funded Public Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 3, 2021June 4, 2021

June 3, 2021June 4, 2021012

This clear and thoughtful article was written by Michael Turmelle, director of education and career initiatives, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The Republican-controlled legislation intends to...

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Billy Townsend: Jones High School in Florida Is Far Better Than the Deregulated, Unaccountable Voucher Schools That the State Prefers

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 22, 2021May 23, 2021

May 22, 2021May 23, 2021011

Billy Townsend served as a school board member in Polk County, Florida. He now blogs about the schools in his state and takes aim at...

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Angie Sullivan: In the Nevada Charter Industry, Conflicts of Interest Are Rampant

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 18, 2021April 19, 2021

April 18, 2021April 19, 2021024

Angie Sullivan teaches first-grade students in a Title I school in Las Vegas. She writes regularly to every member of the legislature and to journalists...

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An Important New Book About New Orleans and Its Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 17, 2021April 18, 2021

April 17, 2021April 18, 2021023

Three scholars have recently published a very informative book about the history of education in New Orleans. The authors tell this story by scrutinizing one...

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