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Why Black Colleges and Universities Still Matter
The continuing case for America’s historically black colleges and universities.Â
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Judge Issues Restraining Order After an L.A. Charter Network Interfered with Teachers Union Drive
Drama has escalated for teachers organizing at the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, the largest charter network in Los Angeles. Since the teachers, organizing with United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), first went public with their union drive in March, they allege the administration has erected illegal barriers to organizing, including intimidating their employees. (Alliance denies these […]
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We Don’t Know What Kind of President Hillary Clinton Would Be on Public Education
Clinton’s ties to both education reformers and teachers unions leave many observers guessing.Â
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Challenges to John King’s Integration Pilot
In August I wrote about the Obama administration’s record on school integration, and while it’s been mostly disappointing, there have been some encouraging recent developments. Specifically, the administration has moved to include diversity as a funding priority in more of its smaller grant programs. At the end of 2014, New York’s education commissioner, John King, […]
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Why the Administration Needs a Bolder Plan on School Integration
Diversity initiatives like Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans can’t succeed without a larger federal strategy to combat segregation in schools. Â
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On New Philanthropy, Education Reform, and Eli Broad’s Big Plan for L.A. Schools
The reach, and limits, of billionaire-funded education reform.Â
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School Choice and the Chaotic State of Racial Desegregation
Why no one can say for sure if some school districts are still under federal desegregation order.Â
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Outsourcing Substitute Teachers in Philadelphia Gets Off to a Bad Start
Last spring, officials from the Philadelphia School District announced plans to contract out substitute-teaching services, saying they could not effectively manage the responsibilities in-house. At the time, approximately 60 percent of substitute teaching jobs were filled daily, and officials said a private vendor would be able to fill more open positions. Naomi Wyatt, the chief […]
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The For-Profit College Industry Is Losing its Most Loyal Politician
Congressman John Kline is not exactly a household name, even to D.C. politicos. And for the past dozen years, he’s preferred it that way. Kline has successfully flown under the radar while quietly becoming one of the most powerful politicians on education policy, reaching his apex in 2011 when he took the helm of the […]
