2022
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December 2022
- Farewell, Barbara Walters!
- Memories of Four Years of Trump
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat: The West Must Stop Putin Now!
- New Mexico: What One Determined Member of Congress Accomplished
- Heather Cox Richardson: The GOP Divide
- Tune in to Leonie Haimson Show on 12/31! I’m a Guest
- Timothy Snyder on the January 6 Report
- Heather Long: The Teacher Shortage Will Not End Until Teacher Pay Is Increased
- Call the WOKE Police!
- What Will the GOP Do About Serial Liar George Santos?
- Kansas: Former Legislator Who Sponsored “In God We Trust“ Bill Convicted of Fraud
- Rich Lowry: Republicans Are Still Intimidated by Trump
- Indiana: Will Legislature Force Districts to Fund Charter Schools with Property Taxes?
- NYC: Mayor Adams Cancels Expansion of DeBlasio’s Universal Pre-K Program
- Cassidy Hutchinson Has a Moral Core
- Randi Led the Way in Seeking a Safe Reopening of Schools
- Why David Brooks Is Wrong to Blame “Teachers’ Unions” for Pandemic School Closings
- Cathy Young: Putin’s Useful Idiots: How the Rightwingers Lost It Over Zelensky Visit
- Texas Gov. Abbott Sneers at the Spirit of Christmas
- Fred Smith: My Annual Christmas Poem
- Merry Christmas to All!
- COVID: A Personal Update
- The Torment of Cassidy Hutchinson: To Tell the Truth Or Not?
- John Merrow: ‘Tis the Season to Make Lists
- Heather Cox Richardson on the $1.7 Trillion Budget Bill…And More
- Consider a Monthly Donation to the Network for Public Education
- South Carolina: New State Superintendent Spreads Conspiracy Theories
- Kentucky: Reactions to Supreme Court Ruling Against Vouchers
- Arthur Camins: What If Our Basic Needs Were Met? What If?
- DeSantis Elevates Anti-Abortion Judge Who Lost Election
- Gary Rubinstein: Success Academy Attrition Is Even Worse Than Previously Reported
- Oklahoma: Catholic School Will Apply for Charter Status
- Stephen Dyer: Fordham Quietly Admits That vouchers Are Unconstitutional
- Jan Resseger: Culture Wars in Schools Disrespect Students and Families
- Florida: A Tribute to Donna Mace, a Champion of Public Schools
- Ohio: Lawsuit Against Vouchers Win Right to Go to Trial
- Politico: Partisan Battles Over School Boards Continue Unabated
- A Book You Might Enjoy
- Congress Votes to Remove Roger Taney’s Marble Bust from Place of Honor
- National Education Policy Center: The Outcomes of For-Profit Charter Schools in Ohio
- Texas: Battle Over Vouchers Looms in Legislature
- Julia Davis Watches Russian Television to Learn What the Russian People Are Told
- The Schools That Indoctrinate Students
- Mississippi: Ethics Commission Rules that State Legislature Is Not a “Public Body”
- Activists to Denver School Board: Grow Up and Take Charge!
- David Herman: What If a Machine Writes a Better Essay Than a Student?
- NYC: There IS a Better Way to Support Students with Disabilities
- Ed Johnson: Atlanta Schoools Could Be the Linchpin for Reducing Crime and Violence
- U.S. Senate Rejects GOP Effort to Overturn Biden Administration Charter Regulations
- Heather Cox Richardson: Trump’s Major Announcement
- Great News! Kentucky Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Vouchers!
- Campaign Ads I Never Want to See Again
- Texas: The Link Between the Charter School Lobby and Fossil Fuel Industry
- John Merrow: Public Schools Are Under Siege: Do Not Relax
- Carol Burris: Why Did GAO Undercount the Number of Federally-Funded Charter Schools That Closed?
- Florida: DeSantis Wages War on COVID Vaccines
- Today is the 10th Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre
- Florida: Broward School Board Rescinds Firing of Superintendent
- Nephew of Homophobic Member of Congress Defends Gay Marriage
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Is a Traitor
- Boston: Mayoral Control Is the Wrong Answer
- The AFT Is Buying Generators for Ukraine: Please Help!
- Dan Rather: Thank You, Dr. Fauci!
- Josh Cowen: What about the Kids Who Give Up Their Vouchers?
- A Beautiful Soul Has Left Us
- A Worthy Cause for a Xmas Donation
- Dr. John Walcott Debates DeVos’ Ideas at Her Alma Mater
- Maté Wierdl: The Unending Hungarian Teachers’ Strike
- Florida: State Will Investigate “Woke” School Boards
- Nicholas Tampio: John King Is the Wrong Choice for SUNY
- Welcome Home, Brittney Griner!
- A Video Worth Watching: Putin and the Priest
- Peter Greene: Onward to Taxpayer-Funded Religious Charter Schools
- New Hampshire: Lawsuit Claims That Voucher Funding Violates State Constitution
- Drag Queens vs. Fascist Boys & Girls
- Florida: Judge Tosses Out Another “Voter Fraud” Case
- Republicans Demand Repeal of Vaccine Mandate for Military
- Rachel M. Cohen: The Last-Ditch Effort to Renew the Child Tax Credit
- Why Reading Fiction Matters
- Heather Cox Richardson: Biden’s Economic Plans Attract Massive Investment and Jobs
- Josh Cowen Offers Advice to Gov-Elect in Pennsylvania: Don’t Do Vouchers!
- Is Elon Musk Destroying Twitter?
- Herschel Walker Lost, But Is He the ”New Normal” for the Republican Party?
- Senator Raphael Warnock Re-elected to the Senate
- Fred Smith: The Return of the Tisch Flunkies
- Good News! New Mexico Will Provide Free Childcare for Most Families
- Gregory Sampson: Those Useless Tests
- Thom Hartmann: Why the GOP Wants to Destroy Public Schools
- New York: Appointment of John King as SUNY Chancellor Draws Sharp Rebuke from Parent Group
- Heather Cox Richardson: The GOP Disrespects the Constitution
- Ryan Cooper: Elon Musk Shows the Problem with Billionaires (Arrogance)
- Indiana: Education Department Gives No-Bid Contract to The Mind Trust, Which Promotes Charters
- Kindergarten Teacher: Please, No More “Rigor” or “Data”
- Trump Goes Full Bonkers, Attacks the Constitution
- Mississippi: How Haley Barbour Turned $570 Million for Low-Income Housing into a Port that Benefited Few
- Jeff Bryant: An Unlikely City in the South Is Leading a Public School Renaissance
- Florida Withdraws $2 Billion from Investment Fund Because It Has “Woke” Standards
- Florida: DeSantis Administration Refused to Comply with Open Records Law, Fined $376,000
- Florida: School Boards Endorsed by DeSantis Begin Firing Superintendents
- Florida: Why Does Governor DeSantis Appoint Local School Board Members?
- Florida: Why Did Ron DeSantis Fire an Elected Local Prosecutor?
- Joel: Why Biden Was Right About The Rail Workers Contract
- NY Times: Hate Speech Soars on Twitter Since Musk Purchase
- Oklahoma: State Attorney General Rules that Charter Schools Can Be Religious
- This Blog: More than 40 Million Page Views in a Decade
- The Child Tax Credit Cut Child Poverty in Half, and the GOP Killed It
- Jan Resseger: Do You Want to Reduce Child Poverty Now? Yes, You Can.
- Robert Hubbell: Biden Was Right to Avert the Rail Strike
- New Hampshire: Neo-Nazi Group Is Active in New England
- John Thompson: History and Our Times
- Ohio: GOP Pushes Bill to Strip Power of State Board After Democrats Win Seats
November 2022
- Congress Votes to Prevent Rail Workers’ Strike
- Joel: Beware of False Claims in the Media
- David C. Berliner on Censorship
- Do “Growth Mindset Interventions” Improve Academic Outcomes?
- Alan J. Singer: Missouri Is the “Don’t Show Me State”
- Peter Greene: Gates Foundation Gives Reason Foundation Nearly $1 Million for Education
- Josh Cowen: A Citizen’s Guide to the Researchers and Funders Behind Vouchers
- Colorado Killer’s Dad: “I’m Relieved He’s Not Gay”
- New York: Federal Judge Enjoins Part of State Gun Control Law
- The U.S. Has the Most Guns and the Most Gun Deaths of Any Advanced Democratic Nation
- Heather Cox Richardson: Trump’s Dinner with Extremists Ye and Fuentes
- Happy Thanksgiving from Me to You
- Dan Rather: Thank You, Teachers
- Robert Hubbell: Gratitude
- The 50 Most Banned Books in America This Year
- Mercedes Schneider on “Moms for Liberty” Takeover of Local School Board: Let the Litigation Begin!
- Pompeo: Randi Weingarten Is “the Most Dangerous Person in the World”
- Dana Milbank on the Loony Republicans Who Ascend to Power
- Andrew Van Wagner: Our Broken Media
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat: DeSantis Is No Better Than Trump
- The Hero of the Club Q Massacre and the Villains Who Provoked It
- The Slavic Battle of the Books
- William Phillis: Charters Are a Step Backward in Ohio
- New Orleans: The Great Charter Experiment Is a Farce! A Failure! A Mirage!
- Georgia: Trump at Risk of Criminal Charges in Election Investigation
- Texas: Conservatives Flop in Some Suburban Districts
- Helen F. Ladd: How Charter Schools Disrupt Sound Educational Policymaking
- Parents: Speak Out for Student Privacy!
- Timothy Snyder: Help Stop Genocide in Ukraine
- Indiana: Anti-CRT Forces Underperform in School Board Races
- Paul Bowers: What Happens When Rightwingers Wiin Control of Local School Board
- Maurice Cunningham Responds to Rightwing Group Harassing Schools
- Mackenzie Scott Gives Millions to TFA, Charter Chains, A Few Public Schools
- Florida: Federal Judge Overturns “WOKE” Act in Higher Education
- Virginia: Governor Youngkin Directs Whitewashing of History Standards
- Harvard and Yale Law Schools Back Out of US News Rankings
- Texas: State Board of Education Opposes Vouchers
- New York: Regents Board Debates Future of Graduation Exams
- Ukraine: People of Kherson Celebrate Liberation from Russians
- New Hampshire: Where the Minority is the Majority Due to Gerrymandering
- Wisconsin: A Victory for Democracy and Decency
- Josh Cowen: Vouchers Are a Disaster for Students Who Leave Public Schools
- Massachusetts: Rightwing Groups Attack Public Schools for Diversity Policies
- Florida: DeSantis’ Dazzling Victory
- Gary Rubinstein: Cruel and Unusual Punishment of a Student at Success Academy
- David Kirp: Schools Can Improve Without Disruption
- Congratulations, Mitchell Robinson on Election to the Michigan State Board of Ed
- Democracy Survived the 2022 Elections
- It Won’t Be Easy for Republicans to Dump Trump
- Carol Burris: How the Election Affected Education
- Uvalde County, Texas, Votes for Gun-Loving Gregg Abbot
- Los Angeles: Parents Complain About Sharing Their Schools with Charters, Loss of Resouces
- Two Top Executives Leave Twitter
- Musk Threatens to “Name and Shame” Advertisers Who Suspend Their Ads on Twitter
- North Carolina: Major Victory for Public School Funding!
- Good News from Ohio!
- Trump Blasts DeSantis
- Trump Blasts DeSantis
- Lauren Boebert Takes the Lead in Colorado Race, But Thousands of Votes Not Yet Counted
- The Polls Were Wrong About Extremist Lauren Boebert
- South Carolina: Voucher Advocate Elected as State Superintendent
- Oklahoma: Voters Choose Voucher Advocate to Lead State Ed Agency
- Arizona: Universal Vouchers Are a Subsidy for Wealthy Families
- Randi Weingarten on the Election
- Elon Musk Has Purchased a Regulatory Nightmare
- Indiana: “Liberal” Reed Hastings Bankrolled GOP Ban on Abortion: Shame!
- A Good Night for Sanity and Democracy
- Musk Suspends Twitter Account of Leader of League of Women Voters of California
- Elon Bans Kathy Griffin from Twitter!
- GOP Billionaires Poured Millions into Elections, Even Though They Don’t Like TFG
- Vote! Vote! Vote!
- Obama: What Matters Most
- Heather Cox Richardson on the Elections
- Preparing for Election Day
- Miami Herald Endorses Crist for Governor
- Texas: Public Schools Are on the Ballot
- Please Vote Tomorrow! Every Vote Counts!
- New York: If You Care about Education, Vote for Kathy Hochul
- Denis Smith: Take Republicans at Their Word
- Charter Schools Worsen the Teacher Shortage
- Nora de la Cour: Wisconsin Is a Battleground for the Future of Public Education
- Connecticut: The Biggest Charter Scandal Of All Time
- Steve Nelson: The Legal Case Against Affirmative Action Is Poppycock!
- How Elite Colleges Restricted the Number of Jewish Students
- Iris Rotberg: The Real Scandal of Affirmative Action
- Walton Family Foundation and PNC Bank Will Give $100 Million to Charter Schools
- A Culture of Secrecy and Fear at Twitter
- Teacher: What Could I Have Done to Prevent the School Shooter’s Despair?
- Public Citizen: Tax Big Oil!
- Oklahoma: Prominent Republican Endorses Democrat Joy Hofmeister for Governor!
- Jeanne Kaplan on the Denver Model: Charter, Choice, Chaos, and Churn
- Michael Hiltzik: The Republicans Have No Plan to Reduce Inflation
- Paul Cobaugh: Moral Courage Is on the Ballot in Texas
- Preston Green: Charter Schools Must Be Regulated
- How the Hasidic Community Became Powerful in New York
- Robert Hubbell: Why Are the Media Still Searching for the Motive of Paul Pelosi’s Attacker?
- Los Angeles Times Debunks Rightwing Conspiracy Theories About Attack on Paul Pelosi
October 2022
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett Gets $2 Million Book Deal
- Billy Townsend: Florida’s NAEP Hoax Again
- What Will Elon Musk Do to Twitter?
- Doug Mastriano is Dangerous to Democracy
- Jan Resseger: Don’t Get Stressed About the NAEP Scores
- NAEP Hysteria at MSNBC
- Peter Greene: Doug Mastriano peddles Nonsense for Parents
- “Moms for Liberty” Paid $21,357 to Company Owned by Husband of One of Its Founding Members
- Michigan: Parents Go Bonkers Over Mural in School
- Arthur Camins: Democrats, It’s Time to Give Up on Charter Schools
- Miami Herald Endorses Val Demings For Senate Over Rubio
- The Con-Job Story of the Donald J. Trump State Park
- GOP Is NOT Tough on Crime: They Want Everyone Armed!
- Florida: Faculty Senate Vote Overwhelmingly to Reject Ben Sasse as New President
- NPE Action Endorses Rebekah Jones, Running Against Matt Gaetz
- CBS News: Leader of Dominion Voting System Speaks Out Against Election Lies
- Jacob Goodwin: Privatizers Attack New Hampshire Public Schools and Local Control
- Florida: Teachers Fired at Public Schools Are Hired at Charter Schools
- Peter Greene: Your Handy All-Purpose NAEP Press Release
- Arizona: The Governor’s Race Is Crucial for the Future of Education
- Justice Alito Assured Senator Ted Kennedy That He Would Not Overturn Roe v. Wade
- Leonie Haimson Reviews NAEP Scores, from a NYC Perspective
- New York: Hasidic School Will Pay $8 Million After Admitting Fraud
- Leonie Haimson: Why Won’t NYC’s DOE Pay for New Migrant Students?
- Texas: The Truth About What Happened in Uvalde May Never Be Known
- Tennessee: Democratic Candidates in Clarksville Oppose Charter Schools
- Pastors for Children Endorses Mike Collier for Lt. Governor
- Tucker Carlson Turns a CDC Recommendation into a “Mandate,” and GOP Panics
- Missouri: Book Banning Is On the Rise
- Please Watch This Explanation of the GOP Agenda
- John Warner: What Is School For? A Deweyan Response
- Texas: Inside the Secret Plan to Bring Private School Vouchers to Texas
- Florida: Judge Drops Charges Against First Person Arrested for Voting Illegally
- Florida: DeSantis’ Voting Police Arrest 19 Perplexed Felons
- Elon Musk Took Advantage of Huge Federal Subsidies
- Texas: State Is Distributing DNA Kits to Students to Identify Them After Mass Shooting—But No Gun Control
- Timothy Snyder: Why Crimea Does Not Belong to Russia
- A Beautiful Memory of Angela Lansbury
- Steven Singer: Five GOP Lies About Public Schools
- Beware of “Medicare Advantage”—The “Cash Monsters”
- Tennessee: State Charter Commission Rejects Two Charter Schools in Memphis
- Jan Resseger: Why Ohio Must End the Failed Policy of 3rd Grade Retention
- Fiona Hill: Putin Is Using Elon Musk to Send a Message
- Stephen Dyer: Fordham Institute Turns Cherry Picking Data into an Art Form
- Mississippi: Judge Rules that Public Funds Can’t Use Public Funds for Private Schools
- Paul Bowers: “We Are Not a Threat; We’re Just People”
- Maurice Cunningham: Management Chaos at the “National Parents Union”
- William Phillis: Will Ohio Recoup Any of the Millions Spent on the Failing ECOT?
- Texas: The Evangelical Christian Face of the State GOP
- The Republican Party of 1956
- Laurence Tribe Reviews the Dobbs Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
- Arizona: Candidate for Secretary of State Wants to Abolish Mail-in Voting. So Does Republican Senate Candidate. Both Vote by Mail.
- Florida: Did DeSantis Break the Law When He Took Contol of Redistricting the State?
- Nancy Flanagan: What Parents Really Want from Schools
- Jennifer Rubin: Kentucky Women Say Dobbs’ Decision Violates Religious Freedom
- Georgia: Why Public School Teachers Support Republican Incumbent for State Superintendent of Education
- Maurice Cunningham: Foot-Soldiers for Ron DeSantis
- Jon Stewart: Young Women of Iran Fight for Freedom
- West Virginia: State’s Voucher Program is a Scam that Helps the Rich, Say Critics
- New York: State Officials Say That Hasidic School Violates State Law by Failing to Provide a Basic Secular Education
- Connecticut Jury Orders Alex Jones to Pay Nearly $1 Billion to People He Slandered
- William S. Becker: Are We Losing Our Country?
- PEN America: The Growing Movement to Ban Books
- Alan Singer: Florida’s Assault on the Right to Teach
- Ruth Marcus: Get Ready for Reactionary Decisions by an Arrogant Supreme Court
- Timothy Snyder: The Coming Power Struggle in Russia
- North Carolina: A Teacher Explains Why the State is Pushing a Disastrous Plan
- Alabama: $311,000 Missing from Charter School But No One Is Accountable
- Alexei Navalny: What Happens After the War in Ukraine?
- Oklahoma: Vote for Joy Hofmeister for Governor!
- Liz Cheney in Arizona: Vote for Democrats!
- Paul Horton: How Do We Navigate the Culture Wars in the Classroom This Year?
- Teachers: Would Your District or State Allow You to Teach Ken Burns’ Series on the Holocaust?
- Anonymous Artist Dyes Tehran Fountains Blood-Red as Protest
- Finnish Prime Minister: “The Way Out of the Conflict”
- How to End the War in Ukraine Quickly
- Hurrah for the Courageous Women of Iran!
- North Carolina: The Secret Plan to Sabotage Teachers and Make Money
- Washington Post: Mr. Putin, Stop This “Needless War”
- Arizona: Why the Wealthy Love Vouchers
- Steven Singer: Why Even the Best Charter Schools Are Fundamentally Inequitable
- Kathryn Joyce: Is Abortion Murder?
- James Kirylo: How to Destroy South Carolina’s Underfunded Public Schools
- Arnold Hillman: Save the Children of South Carolina!
- Bob Shepherd: Why Extremists Fund Christian Madrassas
- Mississippi Corruption: Funds for the Needy Used for a Volleyball Stadium
- Texas: Abbott’s Voucher Plan is a “Terrible Idea”
- Paul Cobaugh: Will Putin Dare to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?
- John Thompson: Will Oklahoma Schools Dare to Show Ken Burns’ Series on the U.S. and the Holocaust?
- Philadelphia: Judge Overturns Mayor’s Ban on Guns in Playgrounds and Rec Centers
- Federal Judge Delivers Blistering Rebuke to the Republican Party For Failing to Defend the Constitution
- Insurrectionist Gets 7 Years and Two Months in Prison for Vicious Attack on Police Officer
- January 6, 2021: The Most Shameful Day in U.S. History
- Did You Miss Olena Zelensky on “60 Minutes”?
- What Ron DeSantis Did When Hurricane Sandy Devastated the Northeast
- Greg Brozeit: What Ken Burns Got Wrong
- Tom Ultican: Will Profiteers Take Over Community Schools Movement?
- Heather Cox Richardson: Putin’s War on Ukraine is not Going Well
- New York City: Urban Assembly Schools Denounce Return of Screened Admissions to Middle and High Schools
- NYC: Mayor Restores Selective Admissions Policy
September 2022
- NYCLU Denounces Admission Screens for Public Schools
- Lauren Boebert Predicts the End Times Are Coming Soon
- Jan Resseger: Yes, We Can Reduce Child Poverty!
- Tennessee: Hillsdale Charters Withdraw Applications
- To Our Friends in Florida
- A Link to Bob Shepherd’s Brilliant Essay on Teaching Reading and Comprehension—and a Note of Gratitude
- Steve Hinnefeld: Vouchers Have Failed. Why Do Red States Want More of Them?
- Please Watch “Abbott Elementary”
- Bob Shepherd: What You Need to Know About Reading Instruction
- Nancy Bailey: The Science of Reading and Corporate Contacts
- Federal Audit of Federal Charter Schools Program Finds Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
- Happy New Year to Y’All!!
- John Merrow: Depersonalize Your Chilld’s Backpack and Clothing
- Florida Will Spend $1.3 Billion on Vouchers This Year, Diverted from Public Schools
- Stephen Dyer: The Longer Students Are in Voucher Schools, the Farther Behind They Fall
- My Letter to Josh Shapiro, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
- Heather Cox Richardson: The Origins of Arizona’s Disgraceful Abortion Law
- Marty Levine: Beware Billionaires Bearing Gifts
- Jeremy Mohler: Privatization Sets the Stage for Rightwing Populism and Inequity
- Pennsylvania: Voucher Bill Will Hurt the Neediest Students
- Should Admission to Middle Schools Be Competitive?
- Bill Phillis: Ohio Launches “Tax-Eating Glutton”
- Denver Approves Afrocentric Charter School
- Arizona SOS Files Signatures to Block Universal Vouchers
- UN Investigators Conclude that Russia Committed War Crimes in Ukraine
- Dana Milbank: Hail Julius Caesar Trump!
- Steve Nelson: The Beatings Will Continue…
- Stephen Dyer: The Abject Failure of Charter Schools in Ohio
- Please Watch Ken Burns’ “The U.S. and the Holocaust”
- Ryan Grim: Appeals Court Ruling Ridicules Trump Judge
- Uvalde Massacre: The Failure of Texas State Police
- Send a Message to Josh Shapiro, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
- John Thompson on Ken Burns’ Powerful “The U.S. and the Holocaust”
- Kathryn Joyce of Salon: Florida Ranked #1 by Group That Wants to Eliminate Public Schools
- Lloyd Lofthouse: Who Corrupted Our Political System with Big Money?
- Peter Greene: Josh Shapiro Joins the GOP on School Vouchers
- Pennsylvania: Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Endorses Republican School Agenda
- Why Did the Ford Foundation Kill Off Its Highly Successful Diversity Program?
- Democracy: What the Senate Intelligence Report Said About Trump
- Arizona: The Facts About Universal Voucher Expansion
- Jitu Brown: A Civil Rights Leader at the Forefront of the Fight for Equity in Education
- Jan Resseger: Heritage Foundation and Its Allies Support Drive for Vouchers in Ohio
- Jan Resseger: The Far-Right Groups That Work with the Ohio Legislature to Defund Public Schools
- Carol Burris: DeVos Blames Teachers’ Unions for “Learning Loss” With Malice But Without Evidence
- Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott Campaigns for Vouchers by Knocking Public Schools
- Illinois Dark Money Tries to Intervene in School Board Races
- Iowa Teen Kills Rapist, Is Ordered to Pay His Family $150,000
- Florida: DeSantis’ Phony Crackdown on “Voter Fraud”
- Peter Greene: What Did the Broad Academy Accomplish?
- Idaho: 18-Year-Old Activist Defeats Far-Right Candidate for Boise School Board
- Why Did We Abandon the Most Effective Program Against Child Poverty?
- Arizona: Vouchers Will Harm Our Children
- Biden Administration Brokers Deal to Avoid Railroad Strike
- Bob Shepherd: How Political Surveys Lie to Voters
- Mercedes Schneider: The Value of Reading Banned Books
- Oklahoma: Ousted Teacher Asks: “Which Side Are You On?”
- Dana Milbank: The GOP’s Big Lie About the IRS
- Politico Was Bought by German Billionaire Who Prayed for Trump’s Re-Election
- Carol Burris: Enrollments Rise in Low-Performing Virtual Charter Schools
- Peter Smagorinsky: What to Do About Cellphones in School
- Jacob Goodwin: The Best Cure for the Teacher Shortage Is Union Power
- Paul Cobaugh: Biden Was Right: MAGA ThreatensOur National Security
- Miami-Dade Schools Censor Eminent Cuban-American’s Pulitzer-Prize Winning Play
- Stephen Dyer: Why Ohio Spent Only $8 Million of Its Federal Funding of $71 Million for Charters in Seven Years
- Jan Resseger: NAEP Scores Show the Toll of the Pandemic—But It’s Temporary
- New York: Hasidic Private Schools Are Failing But Flush with Public Funds
- New York: Parents and Teachers Thank Gov. Hochul for Signing Class Size Reduction Law
- Miami-Dade School Board Cancels LBTQ Month, in Response to DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” Law
- Leonie Haimson: NAEP Score Declines Unleash Wave of False Prescriptions
- EPI: Unions Are Popular Again
- American Prospect: Why Obama-Era Economists Hate Biden’s Student Debt Relief
- Fun Reading: Federal Judge Throws Out Trump’s Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton
- Tom Ultican: Destroying Public Schools in Stockton, California
- Charter Schools Collected $1 Billion in PPP Loans That Were Forgiven
- Texas: Voucher Advocates Form Their Own Pastors’ Group to Undermine Public Schools
- Oklahoma Ousts Teacher Who Provided Online Access to Banned Books
- John Thompson: How the Republican Party Lost Its Soul
- Breaking News: Michigan Supreme Court Rules that Referendum on Abortion Will Be on the Ballot
- Washington Post: What the FBI Found at Mar-A-Lago
- KIPP Leader in D.C. Steals $2.2 Million and Kills Himself
- Jesse Hagopian: Seattle Teachers On Strike!
- Stephen Dyer Rebukes Fordham Institute for Twisting His Words—and the Law
- Public Citizen: Is Trump Above the Law?
- Christian Dominionists Ally with Republicans to Control Everything
- South Carolina Advances Bill for Near-Total Ban on Abortions
- The New Yorker: A Devastating Take-Down of Whole Language/Balanced Literacy
- Why Did Trump Take Top Secret Documents to Mar-A-Lago? My Hunch
- Texas: Conservative Cell Phone Company Funding Takeover of Local School Boards
- Trump Goes to Pennsylvania and Focuses on Himself
- Anya Kamenetz: The Attack on Horace Mann’s Historic Vision of Public Schooling
- New Study: Broad Supes Made No Difference, Other Than Increasing Charter Schools
- Laurence Tribe: The Supreme Court Has Become a Threat to Our Democracy
- Robert Reich: Is DeSantis a Fascist?
- Michigan Library Saved by Book Lovers, Including Romance Novelist Nora Roberts
- Pennsylvania: Want Your Child to Fail While Wasting Tax $$? Send Her to a CyberCharter!
- Rightwing Mega-Donor Gives $1.6 Billion to Fund Extremist Candidates
- Stephen Dyer: 2 of 3 Students in Ohio Voucher Schools Never Attended a Public School
- Ohio: Charter Connected to Hillsdale Plans to Open in Rural Area
- Gary Rubinstein: Success Academy’s Backhanded Backfill Policy
- Why NAEP Scores Plummeted During Pandemic
- Indianapolis: Low-Performing Charter School Reopens with a New Name
- Steven Singer: The MAP Test is Expensive Junk
- Miami Herald: Mar-a-Lago Was Never a Secure Location
August 2022
- Will Texas Allow Schools to Post “In God We Trust” in Arabic?
- Peter Greene: Why Can’t the “Reform Industry” Clean Up Their Failures?
- U.S. Department of Education Invites Astroturf “Parent” Groups to Join Advisory Council
- Heather Cox Richardson Remembers When Republicans Fought for Public Schools
- John Merrow: Don’t Read Banned Books and Don’t Vote!
- Tom Ultican: The Best Book of the Year: How Democrats Abandoned Public Schools
- Texas: Conservative Activists Attack Social Studies Standards for CRT and References to Gay Rights
- Dana Milbank: Call MAGA Extremists What They Are: Fascists
- Mom in Texas Shuts Down Extremists and Joins the Honor Roll
- Billy Townsend: DeSantis Lost Polk County School Board
- Florida: MAGA Slate Wins Control of Sarasota School Board
- Will the George Dawson School in Texas Ban the Biography of George Dawson?
- The Fake Heiress at Mar-A-Lago: Why Was She There?
- Republicans Who Complain about Student Loan Forgiveness Are Hypocrites
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Received a Big Federal Loan, Which Was Forgiven
- Slate: The Long History of Forgiving Debt
- Carol Burris: The Charter Lobby’s Deceptive and Self-Serving Poll
- Florida: Charlie Crist Chooses Head of Miami Teachers Union as Running Mate!
- Arizona: Senate Candidate Blake Masters Covers Up His 100% Opposition to Abortion
- Dahlia Lithwick: The Long-Term Goal of the Anti-Abortion Movement
- New PDK Poll: Esteem of Public Schools Rises But Most Parents Don’t Want Their Children to Become Teachers
- Nancy Flanagan: How to Make More Teachers
- Utah: State Charter Board Removes Entire Board of Polygamy Charter School
- “Dear Sweden: Let Me Tell You What a School Is”—It is Not a Business
- Big Increase in Federal Aid for Community Schools
- Cong. Rosa DeLauro Applauds Biden Action to Relieve Student Debt
- Biden Cancels Student Debt for Millions of Debtors
- Texas: What You Need to Know About the Lt. Governor Race Today!
- Peter Greene Explains the Hoax of the “School Choice” Fervor
- Stephen Dyer: School Choice Costs Ohio More Than Public Schools, with Worse Results
- Michael Hiltzik: Why Relieving Student Debt Would Not Cause Inflation, But Grow Economy
- Miami: Two 1776 Candidates Elected to School Board
- Flash! Former House Speaker in Tennessee Arrested!
- DeSantis Meddles in Local School Board Elections
- Florida: Federal Judge Blocks Part of DeSantis’ WOKE Act That Affects Employers
- Stunning News from Conservative Journal: U.S. Public Schools Are Better Than Ever!
- Ohio: Columbus Teachers Will Strike
- Virginia: Youngkin Hires Fordham Institute to Review History Standards
- Byron James Henry: Trying to Understand the Christian Nationalist Agenda
- Byron James Henry: Slate of Christian Nationalists Win Seats on District Board in Texas
- Librarian Amanda Jones Is a Hero of This Blog!
- Jeff Bryant: Community Schools Are a Great Reform!
- Pennsylvania: Bipartisan Complaint about State’s Failure to Reform Charter Funding
- Carol Burris: Parents, Beware! Charters Close Frequently
- NPR: States with Toughest Abortion Laws Have Least Support for Mothers and Children
- M. Yvonne Taylor: Teaching Toni Morrison: “We Read to Know We Are Not Alone”
- Houston: Preschool Teachers Prepare for Active Shooter Situations
- Betty Bowers Hands Out Awards for Stupidest People in Congress, and Those Pretending to Be Stupid
- Louisiana: Librarian Goes to Court to Fight Bullies
- David Kirp: The College Ratings System Is Broken
- Frankenstein Lives!
- DeSantis Opens Teaching to All First Responders
- Stephen Dyer: Fordham Wants School Choice Explosion Across Ohio, Despite Choice Failure
- Ohio: Teachers’ Pension Fund Loses $3 Billion, Fund Employees Will Get Bonuses
- David Berliner: The Dangerous, Treasonous Attack on Certified Teachers
- Texas: Dramatic Increase in Number of Teachers Thinking of Quitting Their Profession
- Heather Cox Richardson: The Assault on Our Democracy Continues
- Florida Teacher: I Will Ignore DeSantis’ Gag Laws
- John Thompson: The Assault on Public Education Has Become Deadly
- Florida: Teacher Resigns After Staff Removes Pictures of African-American Heroes from His Classroom
- Jennifer Hall Lee: Public Schools Are Essential for Democracy
- Pennsylvania: Cybercharters Are Costly and Academically Inferior
- Idaho: Top Court Leaves Strict Abortion Ban to Remain in Place
- A Warning for Folks in Indiana
- Ivana’s Final Resting Place on Trump’s Golf Course
- DeSantis’ Laws Threaten Research and Speech in Higher Education
- National Archives Issues Statement Correcting Trump Lie About Obama
- Why Does the Far Right Love Hungary’s Victor Orban?
- Florida: Jewish Leaders Oppose Abortion Restrictions as Violations of Their Religious Freedom
- North Carolina: Sheriff Puts an AR-15 in Every School
- Beto O’Rourke Takes Down a Heckler with One Sentence
- North Carolina: Charter Operator Plans Supreme Court Appeal on Dress Code for Girls
- Mike Hynes: What My Daughter With Down Syndrome Has Taught Me
- Arizona: Parents, Educators, Others Must Fight Rightwing Voucher Plan—Again!
- New CDC Guidance: No Quarantines, Less COVID Testing
- George Conway: Trump Is Scared
- Vanity Fair: FBI Ignored Most Tips About Kavanaugh
- Republican State Treasurers Join to Punish Banks That Fight Climate Change
- Carol Burris: Rightwing Groups File Lawsuit to Block Regulations for Federally-Funded Charters
- New York City: Uncertainty About Schools’ Budget as Court Orders a Pause
- Trump Suggests that FBI Agents Who Raided His Home Planted Evidence
- Why Trump Took the Fifth, Answered No Questions
- PBS: The Far-Right’s Embrace of Authoritarian Viktor Orban
- Do You Want to Visit Cuba? Yes, You Can.
- New Hampshire: Libertarians Launch Attack on Public School Funding
- Ryan Grim: Why the “Inflation Reduction Bill” Is Good News
- Texas Tribune: Vouchers Are a Major Issue in Governors’ Race
- The Raid on Mar-A-Lago
- Republicans Kill Price Cap on Insulin for Millions of People
- What Sinema Got in Exchange for Her Vote
- What Manchin Got in Exchange for His Vote
- What’s in the Historic Bill That Just Passed
- Marine Veteran: The Real Meaning of the Second Amendment: Correction!!
- Oklahoma Downgrades Two Districts for Making Whites Feel “Uncomfortable”
- Kathryn Joyce: New Rightwing Social Studies Curriculum Attacks Social Justice and Equity as “Un-Patriotic”
- Robert Hubbell: The Rising Tide of Fascism in the GOP
- How Alabama Takes from the Poor and Gives to the Rich
- Florida: Is DeSantis Purposefully Driving Teachers Away?
- Jury Fines Alex Jones $45 Million in Punitive Damages for Lying about Sandy Hook Massacre
- Chalkbeat: Parents and Teachers Win Lawsuit to Block Budget Cuts by Mayor Adams
- Georgia: A Fetus May Be Claimed as a Dependent on State Tax Returns
- Texas: Lack of Access to Abortion Creates Tragic Choices for Women
- Robert Hubbell: Kansas Proved That the Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong
- Carol Burris: Mike Bloomberg Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About When It Comes to Charter Schools
- Why DeSantis Suspended the Prosecutor of Hillsborough County
- Senator Sinema Agrees to Deal By Protecting Richest and Corporations
- Leonie Haimson: Parents Win Court Ruling Against City Budget Cuts
- Mimi Swartz: Freedom Is Now More Fragile in Texas
- John Merrow: What Do Stalin, Hitler, Castro and Most GOP Governors Have in Common?
- “Moms for Liberty” Seek to Expand Their Influence on School Boards and State Races
- Florida: DeSantis Takes Control of Civics Curriculum
- Kansas: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Abortion Rights
- Chris Rufo Opens Up a New Line of Hysteria About Public Schools: They Are Turning Our Children Gay/Trans
- Kindergarten Teacher Explains Things to TFG
- Jennifer Berkshire: Why Do So Many Democrats Refuse to Defend Public Schools?
- Minimum Wage Hits Lowest Value Since 1956
- Do Black Parents Have Rights?
- Darcie Cimarusti: How Hillsdale College’s Charters Are Spreading
- Florida: Legislature Makes It Easier for Charters to Open
- Texas: Insurrectionist Likely to Win Seat on State Board of Education
July 2022
- Tennessee: The Rightwing Plan for Hillsdale Charters Just Backfired
- Dana Milbank: Trump Crowd Welcomes Hungarian Leader and Shows Its Values
- Voucher Scholar Turns Against Vouchers
- New York City: Mayor Adams’ Budget Cuts Slash Spending on the Arts in Schools
- Allison Fine: “Nobody’s Free Until Everybody Is Free”
- DeSantis: Elementary School Teachers Are “Instructed” to Tell Kids to Switch Gender
- CNN AT 11 PM EST: Two Texas Evangelical Billionaires Want to Replace Public Schools with Religious Schools
- Yes, Elise Stefanik Is a Shape-Shifter
- Alan Singer: Is Elise Stefanik a Witch?
- Jon Stewart Blasts Senate Republicans for Abandoning Veterans
- Miami-Dade School Board Flips, Endorses Sex-Ed Textbook
- Miami-Dade School Board Rejects Sex Education Textbook
- Steven Singer: Why Is a Gates-Funded, Anti-Union Group Part of PA’s Plan to Retain Teachers?
- Jan Resseger: The Child Tax Credit Is Not Dead Yet
- CNN Will Rerun Special About Two Evangelical Billionaires Trying to Destroy Public Schools on Friday Night
- Arthur Camins: Democrats Should Not Parrot Republicans. It’s a Losing Strategy.
- William J. Mathis: The Insurrection: Will the Center Hold?
- Andrea Gabor: Online Schooling Is a Very Bad Idea
- Washington Post: Justice Department Investigating Trump
- Russia: A Dissident Speaks Out Against the War-and Plans to Vote
- Berkshire and Schneider: Voters in School Board Elections Reject Slanders Against Their Public Schools
- Librarians Are Targets for Fascists
- Who Should Make the Choice? A Reason to Join Twitter.
- Fiona Hill Assesses Putin’s Plans in Ukraine
- Oklahoma: Federal Auditors Demand Governor Return Wasted COVID Funds
- Texas: Two Billionaires Want to Destroy Public Education and Replace It With Christian Schools
- Heather Cox Richardson: What Does the Republican Party Believe in?
- Georgia: Will the State Ban Teaching the Truth About Racism?
- Mercedes Schneider: Kentucky Teacher of the Year 2022 Resigns
- Murdoch’s NY Post Blasts Trump
- Australian TV on FOX, Trump, and the Big Lie
- Arnold Hillman: South Carolina’s Cruel Culture of Low Expectations
- Texas: Charters Are a Parasite on The Public Schools
- Ohio: No Oversight for Vouchers
- Peter Greene: Dolly Parton Is a Great Friend of Children
- Adam Laats: Will the Supreme Court Bring Prayer Back to Public Schools?
- Heather Cox Richardson Sums Up Jan 6 Hearing
- Lloyd Lofthouse: Who Is Woke?
- Tennessee: Another School District Rejects a Hillsdale Charter School
- Michael Tomasky: Public Schools Are Good for Society!
- Tennessee: Local School Board Rejects Hillsdale Charter Endorsed by Governor
- Bob Shepherd: The Goal of the Reactionary Supreme Court
- Gary Rubinstein: Parents at Success Academy Speak Out: “I Was Not Allowed to Attend My Son’s Graduation”
- Correction: Beto O’Rourke’s Town Meeting on Education Will Not Be on Zoom Thursday
- North Carolina: Former Governor Jim Hunt Leaves “Merit Pay” Panel
- Robert Hubbell: The Manchin Wrecking Ball and Why Merrick Garland Should Be Fired
- Virginia: Evangelical Church Plans to Open New School to Meet Alleged Demand
- Meet Beto O’Rourke on Zoom This Thursday
- Reader: Why The Supreme Court Is Wrong About Abortion
- Peter Greene: Chris Rufo’s Radical Plan to Eliminate Public Education
- Ohio: Legislators Want to Compel Teaching of “Both Sides” of Holocaust, Slavery
- Putin Revives Kremlin Propaganda in the Schools
- Join This Zoom to Learn about Critical Race Theory and Teaching Truth
- Croydon, New Hampshire: A Surprising Victory for Public Schools and Democracy!
- Gary Rubinstein: Nearly Half of the 9th Graders at Success Academy Won’t Graduate From There
- Biden Will Not Nominate Anti-Abortion to Federal Judgeship
- How Did I Get on a Mailing List for Weapons of Death?
- Mercedes Schneider: John White, a “Teacher at Heart?”
- Time for Some Good News!
- Lisa Haver: The Mysterious Hiring Practices of the Philadelphia School Board
- Renaming the Supreme Court: The Supreme Christian Court
- New Study: Funding Matters, and Low-Income Districts Get the Least
- Lies About the 10-Year-Old Child Who Was Raped in Ohio
- The Fake Case of the Coach Who Prayed “in Private”
- Peter Greene: In a Gun-Crazed Society, Buy Bunkers for Your School!
- Florida: Black Students in Charter School Allegedly Oppose Teaching About Racism
- Maurice Cunningham: Who Is Behind “Moms for Liberty”?
- Texas: H-E-B Pledges $10 Million to Build New Elementary School in Uvalde
- Kathryn Joyce: Arizona Eliminates Standards for Teachers
- Dana Milbank: A Lesson in Latin About Stare Decisis
- Ohio: The Billion-Dollar Charter School Boondoggle
- Denis Smith: ECOT Owes Ohio $117 Million. What Are We Going to Do About It?
- Mercedes Schneider: Arizona’s Race to the Bottom!
- Amy Frogge: Her Second Letter to the School Board of Philadelphia
- New York Times: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
- Katherine Stewart: Christian Nationalism Is Winning
- Dallas: Pregnant Woman Drives in HOV Lane Because Her Fetus is a Person, Post-Roe
- Mark Leibovich: “The Most Pathetic Men in America”
- Mercedes Schneider: Authentic Christianity Does Not Urinate on the Rights of Others
- Another Whittle School Bites the Dust
- Georgia: Rally for Public Schools on July 23!
- Mark Joseph Stern: The Supreme Court Is Just Getting Started on Its Demolition Derby
- Samuel Abrams: The Curious Omission in the Supreme Court’s Maine Ruling
- Heather Cox Richardson: EU Condemns SCOTUS on Abortion
- Andrew Van Wagner: Arizona is a Laboratory for Rightwing Control and Indoctrination
- Arizona: The Death of Public Schools?
- Michael Hiltzik: Trump’s Many Business Failures
- Ohio Denies 10-Year-Old Child an Abortion
- Idaho Lowers Standards for New Teachers: Anyone Can Teach!
- Texas: Hillsdale Supporter Buys Control of Texas State Board of Education
- Tennessee: Hillsdale President Says Teachers are Dumb and Dumber
- Florida: Hillsdale College Puts Its Brand and Charter Schools in Red States
- Good News from West Virginia: Court Strikes Down Voucher Law!
- Carol Burris Explains the Changes to the Federal Charter Schools Program
- Peter Greene: Who are “Moms for Liberty”?
- Another Massacre: More Than 300 So Far This Year
- Jan Resseger: U.S. Department of Education Overhauls Federal Charter Schools Program, Despite Charter Campaign
- Carol Burris: Yes! The U.S. Department of Education Reforms Federal Charter School Program!
- What Is America? DeSantis Sponsors Civic Indoctrination
- The Koch Libertarian Project vs. America
- Our Democracy Depends on the Integrity of Our Elections
- Dana Milbank: The Supreme Court Embraces Chaos
- Massachusetts: Do Students Have a Right to a Bathroom?
- Steve Hinnefeld: Indiana’s Fraudulent Voucher Program
- Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Wonders Why New Supe Needs $450,000 Handholding
- Ohio Lawmaker Who Wrote Bill Requiring Gun Training for Teachers Owns Gun Training Business
- Bill Press: Repeal the Second Amendment
- Mark Joseph Stern: The Most Hopeless Day of SCOTUS Term?
- Texas: State Board Rejects Charters, So Charter Sponsor Buys Seats on State Board
- The Dangerous Decision by the Supreme Court to Protect Gun Rights
- House Appropriations Committee Proposes Budget Cuts and Oversight for Federal Charter Schools Program
June 2022
- Rolling Stone: Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That the Planet Should Burn
- Betrayal! Biden Cuts a Deal with McConnell to Appoint Extremist Antti-Abortion Judge
- Maurice Cunningham Warns Secretary Cardona About the “National Parents Union”
- Nevada: Supreme Court Rejects Private School Vouchers Again!
- South Carolina: Republicans Choose Unqualified Foe of Public Schools and Teachers for State Superintendent Race
- Mercedes Schneider: The Coach’s Prayer Was Neither “Personal” Nor “Private”
- Boston Picks Experienced Educator as New Superintendent
- Rep. Boebert: “I’m Tired of This Separation of Church and State Junk”
- Georgia: Voters in Two Counties Reject Anti-CRT School Board Candidates
- Georgia: Protestors Drove This Black Educator Out of Her Job and Pursued Her
- Thoughts on The Latest 1/6 Hearing
- Christine Langhoff: A Victory for Boston Public Schools!
- Peter Greene: Why SCOTUS Was Wrong About the Praying Football Coach
- Maine: Will the State Fund Religious Schools that Violate State Law by Discriminating?
- Good News! No State Takeover for Boston Public Schools!
- Dana Milbank: If Texas Secedes, Good Riddance!
- Arizona: Republican Candidates Ridicule the 1/6 Commission
- Slate: How Christian Conservatives Use Fear to Build the Home School Movement
- NYC: Officials Stunned by Supreme Court Gun Rights Decision
- NY Times: How the Proud Boys Organized and Led the 1/6 Insurrection
- Mark Joseph Stern: The Supreme Court’s Decision to Compel Maine to Pay Religious School Tuition Threatens Public Schools Everywhere
- Boston: Emergency Meeting Tuesday Against Receivership!
- Robert Hubbell: After the Fall of Roe, the Way Forward
- Texas: State Attorney General Assures Mourners in Uvalde That God Has a Plan
- Jan Resseger: How the Clinton Administration Joined Philanthrocapitalists to Create Corporate Education Reform
- Justice Thomas Warns Us Which Other Decisions Are in Peril from the Trump Court
- Supreme Court Overturns Roe and Miranda Rights
- Oklahoma: Read More About Why Epic Charter Founders Were Arrested
- Oklahoma: EPIC Charter Founders Arrested and Charged with Financial Crimes
- Amy Frogge of Nashville Sends a Warning to School Board of Philadelphia
- Trump Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits on Gun Control
- Charles P. Pierce: Supreme Court Declares Establishment Clause Unconstitutional
- The Dissenting Opinions to Carson v. Makin
- Carson v. Makin: The Supreme Court Decision That Tears Down the Wall of Separation Between Church and State
- Texas Monthly: Will We Ever Learn the Truth About What Happened at Uvalde?
- Uvalde: The Police In the School Didn’t Try to Open the Classroom Doors
- Gary Rubinstein: The Astonishing Attrition Rates at Ember Charter School in Brooklyn
- Texas: State Police Chief Blasts Grossly Inadequate Response to Uvalde Massacre
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules That States Must Fund Tuition at Religious Schools if They Fund Other Private Schools
- Texas Tribune: Bombshell Revelations About Uvalde Massacre
- Tennessee: Your Help Is Needed!
- Mike Deshotels: The Failure of Charter Schools in New Orleans
- Texas: GOP Rejects Democracy, Embraces Theocracy
- Arizona: GOP Plans Massive Voucher Expansion Despite Public Opposition to Vouchers
- Jitu Brown and Randi Weingarten: Charter Schools Should Be Accountable, Like Public Schools
- Trump Blasts Pence for Refusing to Overturn the Election, Violate the Constitution
- The Most Shocking Story Yet About the Failed Coup
- North Carolina Offers Sweet Deal to Failing Virtual Charter Schools
- Pennsylvania: It Is Time to Reform the Charter School Law
- Texas GOP Outraged that Sen. Cornyn Negotiated Gun Control Deal
- North Carolina: Federal Court Rules that Charter School Can’t Require Girls to Wear Dresses
- Florida: Synagogue Sues to Overturn Abortion Law Because It Violates Religious Freedom
- Leonie Haimson: Speak Out for Reduced Class Sizes
- Leonie Haimsom: Fight Back Against New York City Budget Cuts
- No Jail Time for Grifters in Largest Charter Scam in History
- Nora De La Cour: How Privatizers Are Using Culture Wars to Advance Their Agenda
- Michael Hiltzik: Gun Laws Work
- Anand Giridharadas: Who Is Stifling Our Democracy?
- Helen Ladd: How Charter Schools Disrupt Good Education Policy
- Jan Resseger: Awaiting the Supreme Court’s Decision on Public Funding of Religious Schools
- Civil Society Groups Oppose Funding of Fee-Charging Private Schools
- A Puff Piece in the “New York Times” for a Failed Education Program
- Study: Raise the Minimum Age for Buying Long Guns to 21
- Florida: Incoming House Leader Wants to Pass Right to Carry Guns Openly, Without a Permit
- Why I Am Not Thrilled with the Bipartisan Deal on Gun Control
- Ohio: Teachers Can Be Armed with Only 24 Hours of Training
- Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Is Our Own American Monster
- Reader: The Supreme Court Provided Clear Guidance for Gun Control
- Texas Tribune: First Interview with Uvalde School Police Chief
- Idaho: White Supremacist Group Arrested While Going to Disrupt Gay Pride Parade
- Carol Burris: Charter Schools File Frivolous Lawsuit
- Valedictorians in Florida and California Speak Truth to Power
- Michael Gerson: The Pathetic Response of The GOP to the 1/6 Hearings
- The Moral Collapse of Today’s Republican Party
- Southern Baptist Convention Rocked by Sex Abuse Allegations
- Michigan convicted charter school founder in trouble with the law again
- Michigan: Vouchers Fail in State House of Representatives!
- San Diego: Charter Founder Still Repaying State for Largest Charter Scam in U.S. History
- The January 6 Committee: Facts vs. Lies
- Jan Resseger: The Ohio Legislature Is a Self-Serving Disgrace
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- Jill LePore: Alito Was “Shocked” to Discover That Abortion Is Not Included in the Constitution
- Ohio: Two of Three Voucher Students Never Attended Public School
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- Dana Milbank: The Sad Story of Elise Stefanik
- Joe Straus: Texas Has a Crisis of Gun Violence and It Is Time for Action
- Colbert I. King: Strom Thurmond’s Black Daughter
- Michael Hiltzik: Everything You Need to Know About Gun Control
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- Uvalde: The Officer in Charge Did Not Have a Police Radio
- Maine: Could the Racist, Xenophobic, Homophobic Tea Party Ex-Governor Be Re-Elected?
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- Ohio: State Superintendent Resigns After One Month on Job
- New York: Will Governor Hochul Sign Class Size Bill?
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- Uvalde: “I’m Not Surprised,” Writes Uvalde Native
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May 2022
- New York City: Legislature Close to Enacting Major Class Size Reduction Bill
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- Lawrence Feinberg: A Tribute to School Board Members
- Texas: State Leaders Said That 2022 Was the Year of “Protecting the Children”
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- Reader: How the Media Lies About the Economy and Crime
- Robert Hubbell: The Death of Outrage
- How to End Gun Violence in the U.S.
- Does the Alito Decision Set the Stage for a National Ban on Abortion?
- Human Rights Watch: Governments Violated Children’s Rights During Remote Instruction
- Robert Kuttner: GOP on the Wrong Side of Public Outrage
- Videos Attacking Disney and Pearson for Sexually “Grooming” Children
- Glen Beck Accuses North Carolina Schools of Sexually “Grooming” Kindergartners
- Texas: Why Rural Communities Oppose School Choice
- Gov. Abbott Explains Why the Police Did Not Break into the Classroom Where the Shooter Was
- Uvalde: Agents in Tactical Gear Were in the Scene, Held Back by Local Police
- Washington Post Editorial: Why Did Police Not Enter the School While the Killer Was Shooting?
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- Steve Hinnefeld: Charter Schools and “Educational Blackmail”
- Denis Smith: Ohio Charter Lobby Cheers Choice of New State Superintendent
- Uvalde: Husband of Murdered Teacher Dies of a Heart Attack; Lt. Gov. Patrick Blames Massacre on Video Games, Not Guns
- Uvalde: Parents Pleaded with Police to Enter the Building and Save Their Children
- Peter Greene: Let’s Make the Targets Responsible for Surviving or Dying
- CBS: Why Did the Police Wait So Long to Enter the Classroom in Uvalde?
- Steven Singer: If You Don’t Support Gun Control, You Support School Shootings
- Uvalde: Why Did Law Officers Leave Killer in 4th Grade Classroom for Almost an Hour?
- Mercedes Schneider: The Gutless, Weak, Cowardly NRA Issues a Lame Statement on Uvalde Massacre
- Boston: Protests Work. State Defers Takeover of Boston Public Schools
- Former Superintendent of Newtown, CT, Speaks Out (Again) for Gun Control
- If the Right to Own a Gun Were Like Access to Abortion…
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- Boston: Teachers’ Union Plans Rally Against Likely State Takeover
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- Oklahoma: Billionaires Pushing Charter Schools and Vouchers Underwrite Salary of State Secretary of Education
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- Dana Milbank: Republicans Have Brought Extremism into the Mainstream
- Texas: Voters Oppose Vouchers!
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- Tucker Carlson Slams Houston Congressman for Supporting Aid to Ukraine
- Texas: IDEA Charter Chain Hires State Auditor to Be Its New CEO
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- North Carolina: Governor Roy Cooper Proposes Funding Increase for Public Schools
- Tennessee: FBI Investigates Republican in Legislature for Key Voucher Vote
- Trump’s Vile Legacy: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down California’s Ban on Selling Assault Weapons to Young People Under 21
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- Texas: Gov. Abbott Wants to Revoke State’s Obligation to Educate All Children, Taking Aim at Children of Immigrants
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- Virginia: New Secretary of Education Says Top Goal Is Job Readiness
- North Carolina: State Auditor Faults Charter School for Inflating Enrollment, Misusing State $$$
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- Tennessee: Why Did the Education Commissioner Forget to Mention Her Husband in Her Disclosure Statement?
- California: Charter School Enrollment Drops for First Time in Three Decades
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- Mercedes Schneider: D.C. Fires 2 Experienced Educators for Refusing to Adopt “No Excuses” Program
- U.S. Supreme Court Set to Overturn Roe v. Wade
- Peter Greene: The False Promise of School
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- Michael Hiltzik: Why Starbucks Is the Target of the New Unionism
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- Florida: Bond Ratings Agency Warns State that Uncertainty Over Disney Debt Will Harm State’s Rating
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April 2022
- San Antonio: IDEA Charter School Vice Proncipal Arrested for Punching 5-Year-Old
- Sweden: Teachers Speak Out Against “Marketization” of Schools
- Peter Greene: I Am Not Going to Defend SEL
- Australia: Teachers Plan to Strike on May 4
- Florida: Man Demands Ban on Bible and Dictionary in Schools
- Florida: School District Bans “Everywhere Babies”
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- Dana Milbank: The Revolt of the Gentry
- Jeb Bush: Let’s Get Back to Destroying Public Schools
- Los Angeles: Teachers at 4 Charter Schools Plan to Strike Today
- Michigan: The GOP Goes Off the Deep End
- Jan Resseger: Unfair School Funding and the Legacy of Jim Crow
- Florida: DeSantis’ Attack on Disney May Cost Orange County Taxpayers $1 Billion+
- Gloria Nolan: Why I Quit the Charter Industry
- Chris Rufo Threatens to Sue Randi Weingarten
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- Ted Cruz: “School Choice is the Most Important Issue” of Our Time
- Chris Rufo Wants You to “Lay Siege to the Institutions”
- If Every Philanthropist Were like Mackenzie Scott
- Tom Ultican: The City Fund Uses Oligarch Money to Privatize Public Schools
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- Dana Milbank: If the Jackboot Fits, Wear It
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- Iowa: High School Students Are Smarter Than Legislators
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- Jane Mayer: A Dark Money Group That Is Trying to Block Every Biden Nominee
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