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NPE Launches New Website with Stories from the Frontlines of Public School Advocacy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 13, 2021September 14, 2021

September 13, 2021September 14, 202109

NPE ACTION’S NEW PROJECT TO BRING TALES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCACY Public schools remain incredibly popular among Americans across the political spectrum,...

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Beware the Insidious Attack on Your Local School Board

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 9, 2021September 10, 2021

September 9, 2021September 10, 202107

I recently learned of a rightwing website collecting complaints about school boards, presumably to encourage dissension and hostility at school board meetings. The School Board...

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Support Declines for Charters and Vouchers, Especially Among Democrats

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 4, 2021September 5, 2021

September 4, 2021September 5, 202106

Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, reports the heartening news that support for school choice has declined in the latest poll...

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Maurice Cunningham: Phony Parent Groups Lead Attacks on Critical Race Theory

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 31, 2021August 1, 2021

July 31, 2021August 1, 2021017

Maurice Cunningham is a political scientist with a deep interest in how Dark Money influences education policy. His motto is: “Dark Money never sleeps.” He...

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Denis Smith Warns West Virginia about Their New Charter Law: Expect a Train Wreck

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 12, 2021July 13, 2021

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Denis Smith went to graduate school in West Virginia and served as an elementary and middle school principal, director of curriculum, and director of federal...

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Nancy Bailey: Can We Save Our Democratic Public Schools?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 5, 2021July 6, 2021

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021024

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, 2021032

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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Chalkbeat: State Takeovers Are Usually Unsuccessful

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 11, 2021June 12, 2021

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Matt Barnum of Chalkbeat reports on a research study that concluded that most state takeovers of low-performing districts were unsuccessful. Local school boards, it was...

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Chicago Ends Arne Duncan’s Failed Strategy of “Turnaround” and “Disruption”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 3, 2021June 4, 2021

June 3, 2021June 4, 2021022

Way back in 2004, Chicago’s then-superintendent Arne Duncan announced a bold initiative that he called “Renaissance 2010.” He closed 80 public schools and opened 100...

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An Important New Book About New Orleans and Its Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 17, 2021April 18, 2021

April 17, 2021April 18, 2021038

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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