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...
Category : Supporting public schools
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...
Idaho: Vouchers Violate the State Constitution
Two prominent Idaho citizens, Jim Jones and Rod Gramer, warned that proposed voucher legislation violates the clear language of the Idaho state constitution and threatens...
Carol Burris: Cardona Is a Public School Guy
Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, watched the Senate confirmation hearings of Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education. She was delighted...
Emiliana Dore: Charter Schools Are Not the Answer!
Emiliana Dore wrote a powerful article at Medium about the importance of public schools and why charter schools do not promote racial or social justice....