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Charter Schools
April 17, 2023
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Katherine Stewart
The Bigger Story Behind the Charter School That Requires Girls to Wear Skirts
Conservatives are opening a new front in the war on education by pouring money into publicly funded yet religious or right-wing schools.
March 30, 2022
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Annie Abrams
The Lesson in Republicans’ Alarming Embrace of “Classical Education”
Religious charter schools are plainly a threat to pluralistic society. But should liberals learn something from them?
September 10, 2021
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Jennifer C. Berkshire
Charter Schools’ Scary Future
As Democrats withdraw support, we may see a future in which charters turn rightward—while still getting federal funding.
February 25, 2021
Critical Mass
Diane Ravitch
The Bipartisan Assault on Public Schools
Betsy Devos was no exception in education. She pushed an agenda that Republicans and Democrats have strangely united behind for years.
August 4, 2020
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Jo Livingstone
The New Aristocracy Discovers “Microschools”
Introducing the newest, oldest way to engineer a feckless elite
May 13, 2020
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Annie Abrams
A Privatization Fever Dream for Post-Crisis Public Education
Millions of students are now learning from home, and pro-charter, anti-teacher forces are trying to seize the moment.
November 14, 2019
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Nick Martin
A Charter School Gets Canceled for Wanting to Teach Indigenous History
The case has it all: white-centrism, the "school choice" debate, and the obscene way in which North Carolina is failing its students.
October 22, 2019
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Jennifer C. Berkshire
Could Betsy DeVos Cost Trump the Election?
The president needs to win Michigan again, but many of his supporters there hate the education secretary.
May 22, 2019
Magazine
Jennifer C. Berkshire
Cory Booker Was Once a Foot Soldier for Betsy DeVos
The Democratic candidate claims to be a defender of public education. But in 2000, he hawked school vouchers for the future education secretary.
August 7, 2018
Sarah Jones
What LeBron Can Prove About Public Education
The basketball star's new school in Ohio embraces a promising model for helping at-risk communities.
November 9, 2017
Rachel M. Cohen
Life Lessons from a Charter School Founder
Eva Moskowitz's new memoir says little about her philosophy of education and a lot about her battles with critics.
August 15, 2017
Sarah Jones
Andrew Cuomo, facing his own racial controversy, has been very vocal about Charlottesville.
July 26, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos Is Making “School Choice” Toxic for Democrats
Conservatives frame privatization as a civil rights issue, but Trump's extreme agenda is energizing racial justice and public education advocates.
May 23, 2017
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Diane Ravitch
Don’t Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats.
The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools.
April 17, 2017
Graham Vyse
Education policy will divide Democrats in 2018, because Betsy DeVos.
February 16, 2017
Graham Vyse
Here’s more evidence that Betsy DeVos supports bad education policies.
March 21, 2010
Diane Ravitch
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Kevin Carey
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Nelson Smith
Is Education on the Wrong Track?
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