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Jan Resseger: Does Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Want to Return to Arne Duncan Era?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 28, 2021September 29, 2021

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021019

Jan Resseger is puzzled that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot selected San Antonio Superintendent Pedro Martinez to lead Chicago’s public schools. His experience and views overlap...

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Oakland: Activists Win Six-Figure Settlement, which They Will Use to Fight Privatization

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 26, 2021September 27, 2021

September 26, 2021September 27, 2021060

I am posting this notice after the press conference described here, but the details are important nevertheless. A group called Oakland Not For Sale formed...

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Manufacturing Consent for Market-Driven Schooling

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 19, 2021September 20, 2021

September 19, 2021September 20, 2021018

Christopher A. Lizotte of the University of Washington and Dan Cohen published an interesting research paper about how market-driven policies have been promoted and sold....

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Los Angeles: School Board Votes Tuesday on Rightwing Funding Scheme

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 12, 2021September 13, 2021

September 12, 2021September 13, 2021036

The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District will vote Tuesday on a funding scheme promoted by conservatives and neoliberals. Its promoters call it...

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Jeff Bryant: The End of School “Reform”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 22, 2021August 23, 2021

August 22, 2021August 23, 2021023

Jeff Bryant is a journalist who specializes in education. In a recent issue of The Progressive, he details the many failures of what is falsely...

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Nancy Bailey: Can We Save Our Democratic Public Schools?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 5, 2021July 6, 2021

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021032

Nancy Bailey writes here about the growing influence and persistence of the billionaire-funded groups that want to privatize our nation’s public schools. Despite the substantial...

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Tom Ultican: How Johns Hopkins Lost Its Reputation for Scholarship in Education and Became a Beacon of “Reform” Advocacy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 12, 2021June 13, 2021

June 12, 2021June 13, 2021039

Tom Ultican tells the sad story of the Johns Hopkins University Education Policy Institute, which was once known for unbiased scholarship. As he recounts the...

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Nora De La Cour: Abolish High-Stakes Testing

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 25, 2021February 26, 2021

February 25, 2021February 26, 2021041

Teacher Nora De La Cour writes on her blog that it is time to restore the joy of teaching and learning by abolishing high-stakes testing....

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Biden Picks Former President of Broad Foundation as Deputy Chief of Staff

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 24, 2020December 25, 2020

December 24, 2020December 25, 2020049

President-Elect announced that Bruce Reed will be his Deputy Chief of Staff. This is alarming news, though not surprising. Reed previously served as Biden’s chief...

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Rob Schofield: This Land Belongs to You and Me, Not the Privatizers

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 20, 2020November 26, 2020

November 20, 2020November 26, 2020044

Rob Schofield of North Carolina Policy Watch lives in a state taken over by the Tea Party, who are intent on selling off whatever they...

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