Jan Resseger: 100 School Districts in Ohio File Lawsuit Against Vouchers
Jan Resseger writes here about a lawsuit against vouchers filed by 100 school districts and the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy. She begins: On...
Category : Equity
Civil Rights Groups, Unions Form Coalition to Urge Federal Funding for Community Schools
If you don’t know the work of Jitu Brown, this is a good time to inform yourself. Jitu Brown has worked for many years as...
Steven Greenhouse: How Unions Improve Workers’ Lives
Steven Greehouse, a veteran journalist, wrote an article for The American Prospect that demonstrates the power of unions to improve the lives of workers. The...
Rittenhouse Benefitted from a Well-Funded Defense Team
We have had some animated discussion on this blog about whether the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was “fair,” since he walks away a free man...
Bill Phillis: A Major Difference Between Public Schools and “School Choice”
Bill Phillis of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding is a champion of public schools in a state with many charters...
Commack Public Schools Riven by Rage about CRT
The Commack Public School District is located on Long Island in New York. The district has about 79% white students, 9% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 1%...
Today: The Anniversary of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
James Grossman, executive director of the American Historical Association, tweeted that today is the anniversary of the certification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution....
Boston: The Minority Report on Admission to Exam Schools
I previously posted the decision by the Boston School Committee to change the requirements for admission to its elite examination schools. What I didn’t know...
Congratulations, Jeff Bezos! Now, Pay Your Taxes!
Jeremy Mohler of the nonpartisan “In the Public Interest,” the leading voice against privatization of the public sector, notes that billionaire Jeff Bezos made into...
Peter Greene: I Believe in Public Education
Peter Greene is well-known as a blogger, a teacher, a columnist for Forbes, and a humorist. He taught in the public schools of Pennsylvania for...