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New Study Finds Parents in England Dissatisfied by School Choice, Parents in Scotland Pleased with Their Local Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 29, 2022January 30, 2022

January 29, 2022January 30, 2022023

The Guardian in the U.K. reports on a study finding that parents in England are unhappy with the past three decades of “school choice.” By...

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British Secretary of Defense: Russia Should Not Invade Ukraine; Don’t Believe Their Excuses If They Do

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 25, 2022January 26, 2022

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022041

In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine and took control of the Crimean Peninsula, which was then absorbed into Russia. Presently, Putin has stationed at least 100,000...

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Italy: The Unvaccinated Retreat from Public Life

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 18, 2022January 19, 2022

January 18, 2022January 19, 2022032

Italy has restricted the activities of the unvaccinated to protect the vast majority who are vaccinated and to curb the spread of COVID. The Washington...

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Chile: Former Student Leader Wins Presidency

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 21, 2021December 22, 2021

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021053

The people of Chile are expunging the last traces of the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet. They elected Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old member of the Chilean...

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Do Not Forget the True Purpose of School

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 13, 2021December 14, 2021

December 13, 2021December 14, 2021051

Mother’s first class, around 1950, at Skabersjöskolan, where I myself also went to school. A friend in Sweden sent this article via Twitter. It was...

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Robert Kuttner: A Good Day for Labor

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 12, 2021December 13, 2021

December 12, 2021December 13, 2021034

Robert Kuttner wrote the following for The American Prospect, which he co-founded and where he is co-editor. It is “the authoritative magazine of liberal ideas.”...

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Samuel Abrams: Should France Establish Charter Schools?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 4, 2021December 5, 2021

December 4, 2021December 5, 2021054

Samuel Abrams is the Director of the National Center for the Study of Privaization in Education. He writes here about his recent work on education...

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The View from Canada: Why Public Schools Are Public

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 26, 2021November 27, 2021

November 26, 2021November 27, 2021059

As we wade through the muck of a national effort to privatize public schools and replace them with “school choice,” via privately-run charters and vouchers,...

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Jim Sleeper: How Yale Molded the Cold War Mentality and Leadership

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 20, 2021October 21, 2021

October 20, 2021October 21, 2021048

Jim Sleeper is a journalist and alumnus of Yale, as well as a lecturer there. He published an enlightening article about the role of Yale...

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Sweden: Why Do For-Profit Schools Survive Despite Overwhelming Public Opposition?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 10, 2021October 11, 2021

October 10, 2021October 11, 2021067

Sweden is one of the few nations that allow for-profit schools to be funded by the government. The United States also funds for-profit schools with...

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