Guess Who Slipped a Pro-Corporate Provision into the Infrastructure Bill?
“In the Public Interest” is our best source for alerts about privatization. Here is their latest warning. Welcome back to our weekly newsletter for people...
Peter Greene to U.S. News: Ranking Schools by Test Scores is a Truly Stupid Idea
Peter Greene points out that U.S. News used to be a news magazine, but has turned itself into a ranking agency, mainly of colleges, then...
NYC: Eric Adams, Reversing De Blasio, Will Not Scrap Gifted Programs
Eric Adams, the Democratic candidate for mayor, is sure to be elected mayor of New York City in November, succeeding Bill De Blasio. The current...
Carol Burris: The Myth of “Charter School Enrollment Growth” During Pandemic
On September 22, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools put out a press release boasting of unprecedented enrollment growth during the pandemic. The report...
Texas: Teachers Told to Teach “Opposing Views” of Holocaust and Slavery
As part of the Republican effort to eliminate teaching about slavery, racism, and other injustices, the state has banned “critical race theory” and requires teaching...
Billy Townsend: Is the Era of High-Stakes Standardized Testing Coming to an End?
Billy Townsend of Florida writes here about an emerging development: the end of high-stakes testing. As a candidate, Biden promised to end it, but didn’t....
The Sad and Unfree Life of an Anti-Vaxxer
A few days ago, I was driving across the Brooklyn Bridge heading towards Brooklyn and saw that the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge was closed...
Harold Meyerson: The Little Union That’s Reviving the Strike
The American Prospect publishes two of our nation’s most thoughtful commentators: Harold Meyerson and Robert Kuttner. They represent liberalism at its best; they are on...
New York City Plans to Eliminate G&T Test for Four-Year-Olds…Maybe
Mayor Bill De Blasio announced that the city would eliminate the entry test for the city’s “gifted and talented” programs, administered to four-year-olds. The children...
Network for Public Education Action Endorses Terry McAuliffe for Governor of Virginia!
If you live in Virginia and care about your public schools, please vote for Terry McAuliffe for Governor! The Network for Public Education Action has...