education-reform
Giorgia Meloni’s Bootstrap Ideology
Giorgia Meloni waves at an anti-lockdown protest in 2020. (Tiziana Fabi / AFP / Getty Images) Rome—As soon as it took form in late October, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government declared its intent by giving key ministries more ideologically suitable names. An anti-abortionist was appointed to the role previously known as “Minister for Equal …
Republicans Have a Favorite New Tool to Destroy Public Schools
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on Monday, March 27, 2023, in Miami to mark his signing of a law expanding education savings accounts. (Matias J. Ocner / Miami Herald via AP) For Pamela Lang, a realtor in the Phoenix area whose son developed learning disabilities after surviving a typically fatal brain …
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The Movement That Made Brandon Johnson Mayor of Chicago
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson celebrates with supporters after defeating Paul Vallas after the mayoral runoff election late Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Paul Beaty / AP Photo) Chicago, Ill.—Anyone who doubts the power of organized labor to reshape the world should look to the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and its allies’ electing one of their own …
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Why 60,000 Education Workers Walked Off the Job In Los Angeles
Purple for Power? Los Angeles teachers wearing their “Red for Ed” shirts and SIEU 99 members (in purple) at a solidarity rally in downtown Los Angeles on March 15, 2023. (Ted Soqui / SIPA USA via AP Photo) Los Angeles, Calif.—On March 21, the 25,000 custodians, cafeteria workers, campus aides, bus drivers, teaching assistants, special …
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Florida Man Trashes the Constitution and History in Pursuit of the White House
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis campaigns for reelection during a “Unite and Win” rally on the eve of the US midterm elections, at Hialeah Park Clubhouse, in Hialeah, Fla., on November 7, 2022. (Eva Marie Uzcategui / AFP via Getty Images) When Louis Brandeis declared that the states were laboratories of democracy, it’s a safe bet …
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Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature
A demonstrator’s sign outside the US Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2023. (Sarah Silbiger / The Washington Post via Getty Images) EDITOR’S NOTE: The reporting for this story was supported by funding from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. The Supreme Court hadn’t even finished the hearing about President Biden’s student debt cancellation …
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Norman Fruchter Was a Giant in the Fight for Education Equity
(Courtesy of John Douglas) Norman Fruchter, who died on January 4 from complications after being struck by a car while walking his dog, was a civil rights activist, community organizer, novelist, filmmaker, and for over five decades a giant in the education equity movement. He was 85. Upon graduation from Rutgers in 1959, Fruchter sailed …
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Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd
Donald Trump is greeted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at Southwest Florida International Airport October 16, 2020, in Fort Myers, Fla. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. He appointed three conservative Supreme …
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Robbing From the Poor to Educate the Rich
Students and teachers from East High School in Salt Lake City walk out of school to protest the HB15 voucher bill. (Rick Egan / The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) The assault on public education currently unfolding in state legislatures across the United States stands to annually transfer tens of billions of dollars from public …
Saree Makdisi on Israelis and Palestinians and Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle Over Black Studies
Israeli security forces detain a protester during a demonstration against the Israeli government’s controversial justice reform bill, near the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem on March 1, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty Images) Israel’s new far-right government, headed, again, by Benjamin Netanyahu, is working to undermine democracy for Israelis and advance Israel’s annexation …