International Case Studies: Public Education Works!
A new international organization has released five case studies of low- and middle-income nations, demonstrating that PUBLIC EDUCATION WORKS. I received this mailing: We are...
Category : Supporting public schools
Denis Smith: If We Lose Public Schools, We Lose Our Democracy
Denis Smith worked for many years in the Ohio State Department of Education, finishing his career in the Office of Charter Schools. He writes in...
Parent: Why I No Longer Support Vouchers
Dountonia Batts is a parent advocate and community organizer in Indianapolis. she is a member of the board of the Network for Public Education. She...
Two Pro-Public School Organizations Are Merging
In the education world, currently controlled by a coalition of billionaires and the rightwing think tanks and legislators they finance, public schools have some valuable...
Sign Up for NPE’s Annual Conference This October!
I’ll be sending you occasional notices to remind you that the end of the pandemic means the return of the annual conference of the Network...
Speduktr: We All Pay for Public Services and Public Goods, for Our Common Benefit
The privatization movement is built on the ideology of “a backpack full of cash.” Give the money to the family and let them spend it...
Tom Ultican: Why I Support Public Education
Tom Ultican explains why he spends so much of his time fighting for public schools. The original cause for my supporting public education was that...
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...
Nancy Bailey: Why I Write About Students and Public Schools
Nancy Bailey is a retired teacher and a terrific blogger. She and I co-authored a book called EdSpeak and DoubleTalk: A Glossary to Decipher Hypocrisy...
Karen Francisco: Why I Fight to Save Public Schools
Karen Francisco is the editorial page editor of the The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette in Indiana. She is one of the few journalists who are outspoken...