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The secretary of education’s latest school-privatization scheme is not going well.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been a lightning rod since taking office in February. But little has been known about her behind-the-scenes work to reform the way American education is delivered.
Critics wrote DeVos off as a nitwit. But she’s playing a long game, and winning
Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner has a plan to pump an additional $1 billion into public schools without raising taxes. He says he`d do four things to make that happen: privatize the sale of alcohol, lease its liquor wholesale system, slash corporate welfare `that has no positive economic impact,` and reform the welfare system.
We are in a hidden battle in Florida, and in Sarasota County, to save our public schools. It’s one reason this primary election is so important.Public schools in Sarasota remain a source of pride and hope in our community. The Sarasota County School District has received an A rating for the 15th consecutive year with a four-percentage point increase over last year.Sarasotans continue to view our public schools as a defining hallmark in our community, and earlier this year they voted
The start of school in Puerto Rico has been a disaster — but educators will set a different tone with a one-day strike to save public education.
Members of the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico are planning a one-day strike to defend public education.
Efforts to privatize prisons and public education have been under way for years. Now, public libraries are the target of the privatization drive.
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DeVos takes an ax to student-loan forgiveness. A charter school folds in Los Angeles, while striking Banning teachers walk the line.
If you want to laud the effects of privatization, look at what it did to the Ukraine in the 1990s.
This past school year, Wisconsin taxpayers sent $250,000,000 to religious schools. Catholics received the largest slice, but protestants, evangelicals and Jews got their cuts. Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) reveals that private Islamic schools took in $6,350,000. Of the 212 schools collecting voucher money, 197 were religious schools. The Wisconsin voucher program was expanded before the…
A national school survey by organizations that support democratically governed, traditional public schools gives Arkansas an F.
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