A growing number of local unions want a say in authorizing them.
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Chicago Charter School Strike Deadline Looms
Unionized teachers and staff at UNO, a charter network comprising 16 elementary and high schools in Chicago, may go on strike Wednesday. Many local news organizations have incorrectly claimed that a walkout by the unionized charter school teachers would be the first labor action of its kind. But as Jacobin first reported, teachers at a […]
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Massachusetts Charter School Debate Could Turn on Funding
A ballot initiative to expand charters in the Bay State may put fiscal pressure on cash-strapped municipalities.
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When Public Schools Go Private
A 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
Political 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.Â
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The National Labor Relations Board Says Charter School Teachers Are Private Employees
Recent labor board decisions help clarify longstanding ambiguity around charter school teachers’ right to organize. Â
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The Afrocentric Education Crisis
How 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?
Now 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
In cities and states nationwide, centrist billionaires are working to unseat progressive Democrats. Â
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Black Organizations Say No — or at Least, Slow Down — to Charter Schools
The NAACP and the Movement for Black Lives cast a cold eye on education reform.
