Thursday, July 26, 2012

How Hard Is Poverty Hitting Your County?

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A map of changes in poverty, county by county. By  Andy Hull ,  Nick McClellan , and  Troy K. Schneider Click here to access the ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I'm Fed up With Advocates of Charter Schools and Vouchers: Public Schools Made America Great

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I'm Fed up With Advocates of Charter Schools and Vouchers: MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Perhaps it's a coin...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Appeals Court Rejects Use of Church for Public School Graduation

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Appeals Court Rejects Use of Church for Public School Graduation By  Mark Walsh  on  July 24, 2012 10:02 AM A Wisconsin school dis...

Charter Schools – 21 Reasons to say NO

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Charter Schools – 21 Reasons to say NO by  Marcie Maxwell 1.  Charters have NOT outperformed public schools - the majority of ch...

Enrollment Off in Big Districts, Forcing Layoffs

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By  MOTOKO RICH , New York Times Enrollment in nearly half of the nation’s largest school districts has dropped steadily over the las...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Which CEO made $5 million stealing your kid's lunch money?

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Public education is essential to our democracy — but big corporations and their front group ALEC see it as just another way to make money....
Friday, July 20, 2012

Why a School Is Not Like a Business

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by Diane Ravitch A reader responds to  an earlier pos t. This reader says that schools are like churches; some say they are like familie...