Education
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Betrayers of the Dream
Jul 12, 2015How sleazy for-profit colleges disproportionately targeted black students.
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It's All About the Money
May 21, 2015How America became preoccupied with higher education’s bottom line.
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Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Jun 22, 2014Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
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Sex, Lies and Justice
Jan 12, 2015Can we reconcile the belated attention to rape on campus with due process?
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When Adjuncts Go Union
Jun 30, 2015On campuses across America, contingent faculty are fighting back against low wages and precarious employment.
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When Public Schools Go Private
Sep 28, 2016A landmark report notes the toll that private enterprises, including charter schools, take on the public’s control over the institutions it funds.
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Q&A: Pulling Back the Curtain on Education Philanthropy
Sep 21, 2016Political scientist Megan Tompkins-Stange discusses her new book about the role of philanthropic foundations in education policy, and why they should be more accountable to the public.
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The National Labor Relations Board Says Charter School Teachers Are Private Employees
Sep 08, 2016Recent labor board decisions help clarify longstanding ambiguity around charter school teachers’ right to organize.
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The Afrocentric Education Crisis
Sep 02, 2016How charter schools—including many that claim to be “culturally affirming” the black experience—have weakened Afrocentric education
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Q&A: Will Colleges Support Debt-Free Higher Education?
Sep 02, 2016Now the president of a liberal arts college in Maryland, former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairwoman Sheila Bair discusses whether college-for-all proposals would really help students.
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How the Charter School Lobby Is Changing the Democratic Party
Aug 30, 2016In cities and states nationwide, centrist billionaires are working to unseat progressive Democrats.
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Black Organizations Say No -- or at Least, Slow Down -- to Charter Schools
Aug 08, 2016The NAACP and the Movement for Black Lives cast a cold eye on education reform.
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Q&A: The Economic Consequences of Denying Teachers Tenure
Aug 04, 2016A California court recently reversed a decision that would have weakened teacher employment protections. Economist Jesse Rothstein discusses the tradeoffs between job security and attracting new teachers.
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California’s Ed Reform Wars
Aug 02, 2016How long before a teacher is tenured? The legislature mulls it over.
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Q&A: The Education Stakes in Election 2016
Jul 28, 2016A conversation with NEA President Lily Eskelsen García on what 2016 means for K-12 education.
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Education Reform Democrats Look Ahead to Life After Obama
Jul 26, 2016School choice activists met at a Democratic National Convention forum to discuss the party’s education stances, but unions were conspicuously absent from discussion.
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Clinton Reframes Education Message, Attacks Trump
Jul 19, 2016Hillary Clinton’s speech this week to 3,000 teachers union members underscored recent shifts in her party’s education agenda, and took jabs at Donald Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence.
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Hillary on Charters: Yes and No
Jul 06, 2016The Democratic presidential candidate spoke to the nation’s largest labor union, and defended both collective bargaining and public charter schools.
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Education Reformers Reflect at 25
Jun 29, 2016A quarter-century on, challenges loom for the school reform movement.
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Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling Sets Precedent for Pending Cases
Jun 27, 2016The decision upholding the University of Texas at Austin's admissions program is a victory for affirmative action supporters.
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