Florida: League of Women Voters Exposes Voucher Boondoggle As Big Business
The Florida League of Women Voters has long been wary about the state’s rush to privatize public school funding through charters and vouchers. It has...
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Oklahoma: State Board, by 4-3, Gives Charter Schools Access to Local Tax Revenues
Over the opposition of Joy Hofmeister, the state superintendent, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted 4-3 to allow charter schools to have a share...
Economic Policy Institute: As Unions Decline, Income Inequality Grows
The Economic Policy Institute is one of the very few think tanks in Washington, D.C., that is not funded by Bill Gates or the Waltons....
Tom Loveless: Why Common Core Failed
Tom Loveless is an experienced education researcher who taught sixth grade in California. He has long been skeptical of top-down solutions to classroom-level problems. In...
Gary Rubinstein: How to Pretend to Reform Schools
Gary Rubinstein revisits the past decade of failed reforms and notes how frequently the “reformers” made promises and then failed to keep them. Michelle Rhee...
Darcie Cimarusti: K12 Inc. and Charter Lobby Pushes for $$$ in Iowa
Darcie Cimarusti, communications director for the Network for Public Education, reports on the assault on public school funding in Iowa. K12 Inc., the for-profit virtual...
Kentucky Governor Vetoes Voucher Bill and Pension Bill
Democrat Andy Beshear vetoed school bills passed by the Republican-dominated legislature of Kentucky. Beshear campaigned as a friend of public schools, and he came through...
Texas: Legislature Debates Whether to Make It Easier to Open Charter Schools
The charter industry is turning its lobbyists loose in Texas. Despite the large number of charters in the state (more than 800), the lobbyists want...
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...
Brookings: The Battle for a Union at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama
The struggle now occurring in Bessemer, Alabama, to form a union at an Amazon warehouse could have a dramatic effect on the future of organized...