Education

The Spread of Schoolyard Astroturf

Maurice Cunningham / Independent Media Institute Mar 24, 2025 How news reporters are being deceived by fake groups of ‘moms’ and ‘parents’ attacking public schools. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Could Corporations Control What’s Taught in Our Public Schools?

Jeff Bryant / Independent Media Institute Feb 14, 2020 A growing number of parents, teachers and experts in academia sound the alarm about a dangerous new form of school privatization. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Are Democrats Finally Turning on Charter Schools?

Jeff Bryant / Independent Media Institute May 10, 2019 The party has embraced school privatization in recent years, but its enthusiasm appears to be waning amid a series of rolling scandals. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

West Virginia Offers a Blueprint to Combat School Privatization

Jeff Bryant / Independent Media Institute Mar 1, 2019 If charters are to be defeated, if public education has a future in the U.S., our teachers will have to take matters into their own hands. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Amid School Closures, Puerto Rico’s Teachers Fight Privatization

Emily Wells / Truthdig Apr 6, 2018 Teachers in the U.S. territory worry that its education department will exploit a plunge in enrollment to push charter schools and a voucher program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Link Between School Privatization and Opioid Epidemic

Sarah Darer Littman / AlterNet Nov 13, 2017 A fortune derived from the relentless marketing of painkillers is now being used to expand charter schools. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan

By Annie Waldman / ProPublica Sep 19, 2017 They are converting into private schools—and using voucher programs to thrive on the public dime. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Study Shows School Vouchers Hurt Students — but Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos Could Not Care Less

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report May 8, 2017 The president and secretary of education are old-school "segregation academy" politicians with strong ideological investments in private school vouchers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Despite Evidence That They Harm Children, Trump Touts School Vouchers

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Mar 4, 2017 Children who use vouchers to attend private schools perform worse on average than their public-school peers, according to numerous studies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Chronicle of Echoes

By Patrick Walsh Sep 19, 2014 Teaching in the American public school system, in another 10 years, could be reduced to a temp job or a micromanaged performance scripted by corporations. Who are the people behind this implosion? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Diverse Group of Wealthy Elite Funded Attack on L.A. Teachers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 13, 2014 Republicans, liberals, Hollywood stars and multinational corporate executives are all donating to the effort to strip public schools and teachers in Los Angeles and beyond of the means to perform their work without interference from private interests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Social Disregard Guides Anti-Teacher Ruling in L.A.

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 12, 2014 To those who won a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Tuesday "declaring all sorts of job protections for teachers 'unconstitutional,' " teachers unions are at the center of the California school system's problems -- not poverty or inequality -- Michael Hiltzik writes at the Los Angeles Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )