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November 15, 2018
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Struggle to Save Our Schools
How do we go about putting democracy back into public education?
February 16, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Mental Health Scapegoat
The GOP's hand-wringing over "deranged" individuals distracts from America's real pathology: guns.
January 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
A Texas Law Would Let Teachers Shoot Students Who "Threaten" School Property. Guess Which Students Would Suffer Most?
November 21, 2014
Helen Vendler
Save the Humanities in Our Public Schools
We're depriving students of their national heritage. Here's how to fix that.
November 7, 2014
Molly Mirhashem
Why Do Some High Schools Have 'Mean Girls' and Others Don't? A New Study Explains
May 16, 2014
Arit John
Even Well-Integrated Schools Treat Black Students Differently
Sixty years after Brown v. Board, America's classrooms may not be separate, but they're still not equal
May 23, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Apple's Tax Hypocrisy
Tech says there's a shortage in homegrown talent—but tax avoidance only makes it worse
March 12, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Trouble with Boys-Only Schooling
Advocates say parents should be able to choose single-sex public schools. It's not clear if that's a good choice
February 27, 1995
Adrian Wooldridge
Bell Curve Liberals
How the left betrayed I.Q.
October 5, 1963
Paul Goodman
Why Go to School?
November 11, 1914
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In a Schoolroom
Call this thing that goes on in the modern classroom schooling, if you like. Just don’t call it education.
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